HEAL Fund Convening

HEAL Fund (Healthy Entry for Asylee Lives) partners and grantees addressing asylee support in New Mexico.  This is a virtual event.

This will be an opportunity to learn more about:

• The needs of asylees in New Mexico
• The support being provided by nonprofit partners
• Ways to engage in this community effort

Event Agenda

1. Welcome – JoAnn Melchor
2. Land Acknowledgement - Nelsy Dominguez
3. Introduction of Secretary Ortiz-Wertheim – Allan Oliver
4. Secretary Ortiz-Wertheim:  Context Setting/Overview and Current Trends
5. Panel Discussion – Rashad Mahmood, New Mexico Local News Fund, to moderate
   • Jennifer Landau, New Mexico Immigrant Law Center, HEAL Fund grantee
   • Pastor George Miller, El Calvario United Methodist Church, HEAL Fund grantee
   • Dr. Judith (Judy) Barnstone, New Mexico Highlands University (Co-Author, Eligible but Excluded report co-author)
6. Philanthropy Call to Engage – Chamiza Pacheco de Alas, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

HEAL Fund partners

• Con Alma Heath Foundation
• Groundworks New Mexico
• Hispanics in Philanthropy
• New Mexico First
• New Mexico Foundation
• Santa Fe Community Foundation
• Thornburg Foundation
• U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Grantees (as of August 31, 2021)

• Albuquerque Faith Works Collaborative
• Border Servant Corps
• Colores United
• El Calvario United Methodist Church
• Las Cumbres Community Services
• New Mexico Immigrant Law Center
• Santa Fe Dreamers Project