Menaul School – A local racial-ethnic school for middle and high school students started by the Presbyterian Church with a student body that reflects the diversity of New Mexico and includes an international boarding population. Volunteers will have the opportunity to teach, working in the classroom alongside mentor teachers. YAVs will also engage with the school in other areas based on their skills and interests; opportunities include helping with chapel and the chaplaincy program, mission week, working with boarding students, ESL programs, and leading extracurricular activities.
Albuquerque Heading Home Initiative is a multi-agency partnership that aims to make experiences of homelessness rare, short-lived, and non-recurring. A YAV placed with Heading Home will work to help the most vulnerable local population stabilize their living situations, with the ultimate goal of obtaining and keeping permanent housing. These are people experiencing homelessness and who are below the poverty level (often with no income at all), 83% of who have mental health challenges. The Heading Home YAV will confront the challenges of social systems, issues of social inequity and poverty and homelessness while being part of a solution that gives people shelter, dignity and housing.
Camino de Vida is a new church development, born from a partnership between the PC(USA) and ELCA that provides worship services, bible studies and a variety of community programs for Spanish-speaking migrant populations. Camino addresses root causes of poverty by trying to close the gap for its community members, building programs that focus on issues such as education, malnutrition, economic disparity, music lessons, and others. Volunteers will be helping to build and carry out these programs, working directly with the congregation and community in Albuquerque’s South Valley. Spanish fluency is strongly preferred.
Passionate about protecting the environment, excited about equipping spiritual leaders and communities to make a difference as responsible stewards of God’s creation? Enjoy community organizing and helping promote responsible public policies focused on environmentalism and justice? In partnership with First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe, Earth Keepers 360 is a dynamic environmental initiative and movement focused on equipping spiritual leaders, faith communities, and the broader public with the tools needed to effectively engage modern environmental issues and act as responsible stewards of God’s creation. Through on the ground educational opportunities, community organizing and strategic civic engagement, Earth Keepers 360 unites spiritual leaders from various traditions in shaping and embodying a new earth ethic capable of addressing modern environmental challenges. This position will be a balance of community organizing, policy engagement, resource development and helping Earth Keepers 360 continue grow in terms of both organizational capacity and effectiveness of our mission.
New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light works for climate justice by mobilizing faith communities, faith leaders and people of faith to reduce the causes and consequences of global climate change through inspiration, education, outreach, implementation of sustainable practices and advocating effective climate protection policies. Our core belief is that the active care of the natural world is integral to spiritual life and social justice. NM IPL has approximately 90 faith communities (churches, synagogues, etc.) who are covenanted members and about 300 partner faith communities around the state and thousands of individuals in New Mexico.
For almost a half century, YDI has been fighting a war against poverty and all its causes and effects.
YDI is a nationally recognized youth service organization that partners with families to help them solve life's problems. We do this by:
1. Providing an accepting environment
2. Offering Diverse Services
3. Having proven results
In a state that comes in last in the nation for issues like hunger, child well-being, and education, YDI is first on the front lines to battle each and every social ill. Whether feeding hungry children, providing alternative means to high school equivalency diplomas, or creating safe spaces for runaway or foster youth, YDI is on the ground providing resources to the young people and families of New Mexico.
YDI is a nationally recognized youth service organization that partners with families to help them solve life's problems. We do this by:
1. Providing an accepting environment
2. Offering Diverse Services
3. Having proven results
In a state that comes in last in the nation for issues like hunger, child well-being, and education, YDI is first on the front lines to battle each and every social ill. Whether feeding hungry children, providing alternative means to high school equivalency diplomas, or creating safe spaces for runaway or foster youth, YDI is on the ground providing resources to the young people and families of New Mexico.
The New Mexico Wilderness Alliance is dedicated to the protection, restoration, and continued enjoyment of New Mexico's wildlands and wilderness areas.
Founded in 1997, we achieve our mission through administrative protection, federal wilderness designation, and ongoing stewardship. We have a membership of individuals from all corners of New Mexico and across the nation. Our organizing efforts span the state and involve many diverse groups, including ranchers, sportsmen, land grants, acequia communities, tribal and religious leaders, scientists, youth, and community leaders. We are the only statewide wilderness group in New Mexico with a proven track record of building diverse coalitions to protect our public lands.
Our organization is committed to building community and raising public awareness of wilderness issues. Our Let’s Get Wild! program connects citizens to wilderness through hikes and volunteer service projects throughout the state. We reach thousands of citizens each year through our quarterly newsletter and with our Wild Guide, an almanac of our events filled with wilderness anecdotes, art, and poetry. Our youth outreach programs engage young people in stewardship of public lands to promote a healthy future for our lands and communities. We hope you’ll join us in our mission to save New Mexico’s wild places!
Founded in 1997, we achieve our mission through administrative protection, federal wilderness designation, and ongoing stewardship. We have a membership of individuals from all corners of New Mexico and across the nation. Our organizing efforts span the state and involve many diverse groups, including ranchers, sportsmen, land grants, acequia communities, tribal and religious leaders, scientists, youth, and community leaders. We are the only statewide wilderness group in New Mexico with a proven track record of building diverse coalitions to protect our public lands.
Our organization is committed to building community and raising public awareness of wilderness issues. Our Let’s Get Wild! program connects citizens to wilderness through hikes and volunteer service projects throughout the state. We reach thousands of citizens each year through our quarterly newsletter and with our Wild Guide, an almanac of our events filled with wilderness anecdotes, art, and poetry. Our youth outreach programs engage young people in stewardship of public lands to promote a healthy future for our lands and communities. We hope you’ll join us in our mission to save New Mexico’s wild places!
Today more than 20 million refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons are living with a very uncertain future. The Lutheran Family Services (LFS) Refugee & Asylee Programs are dedicated to helping these vulnerable individuals and families rebuild their lives by equipping them to achieve self-sufficiency within their first year in the United States and fostering integration into their new communities.