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UNM LEAF
UNM Leaders for Environmental Action and Foresight
The Student Solidarity Coalition
UNM LEAF is a proud member of the Student Solidarity Coalition. The SSC is a coalition of student groups and organizations at UNM dedicated to standing in solidarity with one another and fighting for the rights of UNM students.
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The coalition began in Spring 2021, when we realized that collaboration between organizations on campus was already happening, but not in a formal setting. Many groups on campus shared similar goals and ideas, and we thought that by building a coalition and standing in solidarity, we could generate real momentum for change at the University of New Mexico. The SSC is an avenue for groups on campus to communicate, advocate, and learn from and with each other.
THE MEMBERS
The UNM Kiva Club is now one of many Native American organizations at UNM but is one of the largest and oldest student lead Native American organization in the United States. Their goal is to encourage student and community involvement with Native American Issues and events at UNM and in the surrounding communities.
UNM Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlan(M.E.Ch.A.) is a student organization that promotes intersectionality, higher education, cultura, radical politics, and historia. MEChA was founded on the principles of self-determination for the liberation of our people.
American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
We are the AISES chapter here at the UNM where we strive to Indigenize the STEM field and beyond. Our chapter hosts, plans, and volunteers for many activities ranging from resume workshops/critiques, guest speaker lectures, and attending conferences throughout the country.
United Graduate Workers of UNM
We are a group of graduate workers across all departments and colleges committed to improving working conditions for all graduate workers at the University of New Mexico. We are members of UE, the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, a democratic and member-led union.
The New Mexico Dream Team is a statewide network committed to create power for multigenerational, undocumented, LGBTQ+, and mixed status families towards liberation. Through trainings and leadership development, we work to engage our community and allies, in becoming leaders using an intersectional, gender, and racial justice lens—to develop and implement an organizing and advocacy infrastructure for policy change fighting to dismantle systematic oppression.
UNM's Geology and Environmental Science Club
The Geology and Environmental Science Club is dedicated to promoting a close-knit community, providing opportunities for meaningful experiences, and protecting and sustaining our environment within the UNM community.
The UNM College Democrats work to improve our community by engaging in activism and advocacy on a local and national level. Issues we advocate for include reducing the price of college, making housing and healthcare affordable, and fighting corruption in New Mexican politics. This club is not officially affiliated with the Democratic Party so we are free to take stances and make statements that the official Democratic Party may not agree with.
UNM LEAF (Leaders for Environmental Action and Foresight)
We are a coalition of students, faculty, staff, and alumni at the University of New Mexico who recognize that we now face an accelerating climate crisis with only a short window of time to avert the catastrophic consequences of our current trajectory. UNM needs to declare a Climate Emergency and vow to create a waste & carbon free campus, invest in environmentally aware education and research, and divest from fossil fuels.
UNM Wilderness Alliance
The student chapter of the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance dedicated to the exploration, conservation, and protection of wilderness and public lands in New Mexico. They organize trips, work in conservation, and advocate for the protection and conservation of wilderness.
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