Wednesday, December 3
​6–7 PM MST
8 - 9 PM EST, 7 - 8 PM CST, 5 - 6 PM PST

What's at stake without

Join us for an open forum fundraiser to help BlueCD2NM keep a Democrat representing New Mexico’s swing district. Our special guests will be three New Mexicans who see what’s at stake for real people if our longstanding values and democratic institutions are demolished by Trump as easily as he demolished the East Wing of the White House. 

Our speakers have spent their lives fighting for everyday people. What looming threats do they see? And how do they recommend we defend against these threats? They know, from personal experience, that either we stand together or we watch our communities, our state, our country succumb to rule by oligarchy.

Lawyer and Co-Executive Director of the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center, Teague González helps provide free legal assistance and resources for immigrants in New Mexico, and extends the reach of NMILC by partnering with other organizations and mentoring the next generation of social justice legal professionals. Throughout her career, González has wielded her legal and mediation skills on behalf of low-wage workers, members of the immigrant community, children and adults experiencing homelessness, county jail inmates experiencing disabilities, and Medicaid and SNAP participants.​

As NM Secretary of State, Maggie Toulouse Oliver, enhanced election integrity and voter access. She has modernized the online campaign finance system, advocated for stronger ethics legislation, and implemented programs like the Safe at Home program for victims of crime and the Native American Voting Task Force. She also championed legislation for automatic and same-day voter registration and has worked to counter election misinformation. Under Toulouse Oliver’s leadership, New Mexico’s elections have been ranked best in the nation by the Elections Performance Index.

Journalist Joline Gutierrez Krueger has written for the Albuquerque Tribune and recently retired from her bi-weekly "UpFront" column she wrote for The Albuquerque Journal. The column was known for effectively reporting on local issues and highlighting community stories and generating strong, positive responses, frequently shared on social media. Gutierrez Krueger says, “I write about real people who rarely make headlines, and the real stories behind the people who do.” ​