Campaign encourages Black New Mexicans to vote in election

A group of local Black-led organizations held a kickoff on Tuesday for a campaign to educate and encourage eligible Black New Mexicans to vote.

The New Mexico Black Leadership Council and New Mexico Black Voters Collaborative held the event at a new mural project at the Council’s offices in Southeast Albuquerque. It’s called “Love Trumps Hate” by Noé Barnett and features the hand of an African American voter with a ballot.

Cathryn McGill is the founder of the Leadership Council, she said they wanted to create inclusion rather than division.

“So what we did was we commissioned him to do something transformative that would uplift the neighborhood,” she said.





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