2022 Civic Engagement Trainings
Youth Civic Engagement Training
This virtual training teaches students how to navigate the state’s legislative website, encouraging students to participate in multi-generational issues, and discussing how our youth can advocate for fair/equitable change to help our state progress.
The training will focus on understanding the legislative process and creating tangible outcomes through civic engagement. Our focus will be on healthy initiatives that will impact us in our communities.
This training took place on January 11, 2022.
Our meeting notes from the Training by artist Judah Kismetti, Kismetism LLC
Link to the Youth Resources page.
Template to use to tell your story to legislators (Word document will download)
The Youth Civic Engagement Training is co-sponsored by Agri-Cultura Cooperative Network and the New Mexico Food & Agriculture Policy Council, supported by the NM Association of Conservation Districts, and produced by Farm to Table.
Civic Engagement Training
The New Mexico Food & Agriculture Policy Council’s virtual Civic Engagement Training introduces and engages participants in the importance of advocacy and ways to educate and inform policy makers about the issues that are most important to them.
The training provides an introduction to local, state, tribal and national policy in relationship to food and farm systems and healthy communities. It prepares participants for the 2022 New Mexico Legislative session, and include tools that will support participation during the Legislative session and beyond.
Through an equity lens and with an upstream approaches to engaging policy makers, we will actively involve participants in the 2022 New Mexico Legislative Session finding ways to participate in varying roles and situations.
This training took place on January 13, 2022.
Link to the Resources page.
Template to use to tell your story to legislators (Word document will download)
The Civic Engagement Training is co-sponsored by the New Mexico Food & Agriculture Policy Council and the NM Association of Conservation Districts, and produced by Farm to Table.
Photo Credit Einar E. Kvaran, Creative Commons