Volunteers Needed for Legislative Alerts for this Network!

Please contact me if you have an interest in becoming a volunteer to keep the community aware of legislation both at a statewide, local and federal level. These volunteer positions would consist of a team of 3 or 4 individuals who would become knowledgeable in the political arena and in turn educate the New Mexico homeschool community through emails and discussions. Your 'work' would consist of phone calls, internet research and compilation of emails to be sent out through the New Mexico Homeschool network. Thus in turn empowering our community to write, email and contact our lawmakers to let them know the needs of our community.

I have found that lawmakers do not know the variety of homeschooling families that exist in New Mexico. Most lawmakers are aware of the successful activities of larger groups such as CAPE and HSDLA but they represent only a fraction of the modern homeschooling family. Statistics show that there are millions of us in the United States and in order to maintain our freedoms to homeschool and in turn raise our families the way we each see fit we need to make sure we are educated in politics and not standing on the sidelines waiting to be told when something is happening or when things have already been passed through legislature.

Please note that this is not an effort to compete with the groups mentioned above but a chance to continue to utilize the network that has come about through the New Mexico Homeschool Community emails. I realize that not all groups or individuals will agree on everything but we all agree that homeschooling is a freedom that we need to protect. Active discussions of pros and cons will be a part of the New Mexico Homeschool Community Yahoo group so that you can vote and make calls to those in the political arena that are best for your families' choices.

I know that our time is limited as parents and homeschooling families but with a group of us working together I know we can make things happen!

Contact me at the email below or reply to this email. Take care, Tabitha