Taos City Councilor Darien FernandezVOLA News:
Voices of Los Alamos meets 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2 at the Unitarian Church, 1738 N. Sage Loop.
The guest speaker for this special holiday edition meeting is Taos City Councilor Darien Fernandez. He will present on the intersectionality of climate change, demographic change and land use in northern New Mexico, and what it means for agriculture and the regional economy, from a policy-maker’s perspective.
Fernandez will discuss proposed policy changes at the local, state and federal level, that would help protect open space and the multicultural values of the region.
Born and raised in Taos, Fernandez is a first-term town councilor and current chair of the Taos County Democratic Party. He serves on several boards, including the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities, Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos and the Taos County Interfaith/Intercultural Alliance. He previously served on the boards for Stray Hearts Animal Shelter and Taos Center for the Arts.
Voices of Los Alamos is a non-partisan, progressive advocacy group created as a way for Los Alamos residents to voice their concerns over the current political events (both at the state and at the federal levels). It strives to build community, educate, discuss, and enact action plans, with a focus on the following issues: social justice, women’s rights, human rights, education, environment, health care, gun safety, election reform.