We’re looking for radio scripts and TV storyboards for 30-second ads written by New Mexico youth, aimed at preventing tobacco use among young people.  We're particularly interested in ads targeting low-income, Native American, and/or LGBT youth, as well as storyboards & scripts in languages other than English.

The contest is sponsored by NMMLP with support from the New Mexico Department of Health’s Tobacco Use Prevention & Control Program (TUPAC).  The deadline for entries is Dec. 4.  In January, we’ll pick eight winners to receive $500 prizes. 

Visit www.talkback.nmmlp.org for more information as well as complete contest rules, entry forms, and more.

On August 29th, New Mexico Media Literacy Project staff participated in a Community Forum for Albuquerque’s Mayoral and City Council candidates at the La Mesa Presbyterian Church. The forum was hosted by Albuquerque party of La Raza Unida.

NMMLP also submitted questions to be asked of the candidates that focused on universal broadband access and hate speech. Both topics are projects NMMLP will direct attention to in the coming year.

In addition, elisa guadalupe pintor (pictured at right in yellow) polled attendees for NMMLP on their opinions about hate speech, including questions such as:

1. Do you know who Lou Dobbs is?
2. Would you support a campaign to get Lou Dobbs off of CNN?
3. Would you support a hate speech ordinance for Albuquerque?

more information about NMMLP’s campaign against hate speech

elisa guadalupe pintor joined NMMLP in August as a part-time Community Organizer and Administrative Assistant. She will be working on NMMLP's media justice campaigns for the coming year. elisa has eight years of community organizing experience and most recently, she worked on the Campaign to Reform Immigration for America at Illinois Immigrant Action (the lobbying arm of Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights).

Her other organizing work includes running a non-partisan electoral campaign on the southwest side of Chicago and coordinating a Community School program with Enlace Chicago at Little Village Greater Lawndale High School campus. As a Public Ally in Albuquerque, she worked at El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos and New Mexico Forum for Youth and Community.

elisa also worked at the SouthWest Organizing Project both as a volunteer and paid canvasser for five years and she served on the Out’ch Yonda Live Artz Studio Collective for three years. elisa is currently a graduate student in the Community and Regional Planning Program at the University of New Mexico.

New Mexico Media Literacy Project may be visiting your area soon! Please contact us if you would like a presentation in your community. Our upcoming plans include:

September:
17-19, New York, NY: NMMLP participates in MAG-Net Strategic Planning
18, Albuquerque, NM: NMMLP hosts Indy Media Show on Community Access Channel 27 at 7 p.m. MST. For live streaming video click here
19-24, Washington, D.C.: NMMLP will participate in a Knowledge Exchange on Universal Broadband, coordinated by The Center for Media Justice and Consumers Union.

October:
2, Albuquerque, NM: Presentation for New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
16, Albuquerque, NM: NMMLP hosts Indy Media Show on Community Access Channel 27 at 7 p.m. MST. For live online streaming video please click here
20-21, Roswell, NM: TUPAC Middle School Teacher Training
27-28, Albuquerque, NM: 2009 School Health Education Institute Conference

November:
17, Watertown, SD: Media Literacy and Tobacco Presentations for Human Service Agency
20, Albuquerque, NM: NMMLP hosts Indy Media Show on Community Access Channel 27 at 7 p.m. MST. For live online streaming video please click here