All people have the right to just, equitable, dignified, and respectful treatment.

We Affirm

1. Racism is a deeply embedded system by which the power structure and the enforcing institutions are designed to serve a particular race to the oppression or disadvantage of another; and

2. Prejudice is an antagonism directed against an individual or a group based on race, appearance, identity, or attributes; and

3. Discrimination is a systematic action to isolate and define an individual or group based on appearance, identity, or attributes; and

4. Those born into privilege have an advantage. An equitable society should provide additional resources to level the playing field for those who are historically disadvantaged; and

5. The rights as defined by the United States Constitution of free speech, free press, peaceful assembly, due process, and habeas corpus must be defended and upheld; and

6. Personal choices, including reproductive choice, domestic partnership, end-of-life options, religious choice (including freedom from and of religion), and marriage equality, are fundamental rights; and

7. Unreasonable searches and domestic surveillance, including any conducted under the USA PATRIOT Act, are unconstitutional; and

8. All people have a right to a high-quality education, regardless of race, color, prior education, gender identity, religion, national origin, right to remain in the U.S., socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, physical ability, cognitive ability, or age; and

9. Civility and speaking out against bigotry and other forms of intolerance must be promoted; and

10. History is written by the victor and does not portray an accurate account of all people; and

11. The primary drivers of wealth are home and business ownership. These fundamental assets were inaccessible to Black, Indigenous, and people of color for hundreds of years, creating a societal imbalance in wealth and opportunity and health and life expectancy; and 

12. The death penalty is an absolute violation of civil and human rights; and

13. Our rights to clean water and air, a stable climate, and healthy environments are fundamental rights that must be recognized through a state constitutional amendment such as the “Green Amendment.”

We Will

1. Protect all people from harassment and violence, including personal, domestic, emotional, mental, financial, and sexual, through education, law enforcement, and the courts. Survivors of these crimes deserve all the support they need; and

2. Protect the Establishment Clause, which is the separation of church and state, in all local, state, and federal government institutions, including the military and public schools; and

3. Improve conditions and defend human rights for the incarcerated and provide adequate support for successful reintegration into society, including housing, food, health care, employment, and financial support; and

4. Embrace racial and socioeconomic equity and counter discrimination in hiring practices and ongoing employment; and

5. Defend the use of affirmative action within academic admissions; and

6. Enact incentives to reserve units in new housing developments for lower-income households; and

7. Protect current homeowners and renters from being displaced due to higher property taxes that occur as a result of increased property values often associated with gentrification; and

8. Work to end police violence, mass incarceration, and other racist features of the criminal legal apparatus, all of which have severely harmed Black, Indigenous, and people of color individuals; and

9. Propose legislation that appropriately defines​ racism in the workplace, including definitions of discriminatory behaviors and adverse treatment; and 

10. Work to end income and wealth inequality; and

11. Push for legislation that places incarcerated people in the facilities that match their gender identity to address abuses upon transgender, non-binary, and intersex incarcerated individuals; and

12. Work to end human trafficking by uplifting policies and laws such as the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Prevention Act (TVPA); and

13. Address the intersection of racism within our police departments, courts, and media that allow the systemic issues of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR) to be ignored. Demand equitable sentencing and allocation of adequate resources to remedy this global issue; and

14. Remediate policies that allow inhumane and inequitable treatment of Black, Indigenous, or people of color individuals seeking legal refuge in the U.S. only to be put in cages with aluminum blankets or whipped; and

15. Ensure the abolition of the death penalty in recognition that the death penalty is an absolute violation of human and civil rights; and

16. Actively work to deconstruct institutional and structural racism and acknowledge the role of patriarchy, colonization, and white supremacy in the current lived experiences of our fellow New Mexicans; and

17. Actively work to eliminate voter suppression laws and practices; and

18. Actively work to build healthy communities to preclude the disparate impact of pandemics such as COVID-19 on working class communities and Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities; and

19. Ensure that our education systems teach a true and accurate history of Black, Indigenous, and people of color, as this history is our collective history.