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We Brought 1500+ Into The Streets for We Got Us: Take Action Today to Help Build What Comes Next

It's been a busy first month of the new year at YUCCA – from bringing over 1,500 young people and community members into the streets on the Opening Day of the Legislative Session, to skilling up 150 organizers in Santa Fe during our We Got Us Bootcamp, and making our voices heard in the spaces where decisions about our lives are being made.  

And we're already building what comes next. This email is packed with ways to take action in the days and weeks ahead – from taking action to urge amendments to SB 18 (The Clear Horizons Act), to registering to join us for weekly, virtual We Got Us Network Meetings, to signing up to provide public comment at the Public Regulation Commission's upcoming Public Comment Hearing on Blackstone's proposed acquisition of PNM and taking to the streets at Albuquerque Civic Plaza at 2:00 pm during a nationwide shutdown on January 30th.


BUILDING POWER TOGETHER: WE GOT US BOOTCAMP AND MASS MOBILIZATION



On January 20th, as the 2026 Legislative Session began, YUCCA and 26+ cross movement partner organizations to bring over 1,500 young people and community members into the streets for our We Got Us Mass Mobilization.

 

During the Mass Mobilization, we marched to the Roundhouse, rallied to call for more than this system has ever delivered, and came together to show decision-makers what it looks like when we link arms across movements, generations, and struggles to demand the future we know is possible.


 

At the Roundhouse, organizers from YUCCA, New Mexico Dream Team, Indigenous Lifeways, Southwest Coalition for Palestine, Organized Power in Numbers, Gulf of Mexico Youth Climate Summit, Millions for Prisoners, and the New Mexico No False Solutions Coalition joined community leaders, poets, and performers to lift up a shared vision for the world we're already building together: calling for climate action that matches the scale of this crisis, investments in care instead of criminalization, economic justice that puts people over profits, and an end to the systems of violence harming our communities at home and abroad.



"The same system that tells us there's no money for climate action, housing, healthcare, or education is pouring billions into extraction, criminalization, and militarization – and the same people who created the crises we're facing are profiting from our suffering. Today, we're coming together to demand something different," said YUCCA Campaign Organizer Zephyr Jaramillo. "Our communities have always shown up for each other, even when systems fail us. We Got Us is about turning the care our communities already practice into collective action – and showing what's possible when we stand together."


You can learn more about the We Got Us Mass Mobilization here by viewing coverage from from Unicorn Riot, SourceNM, the Santa Fe New Mexican, the Daily Lobo, KOB, KUNM, KSFR, and New Mexico In Focus.


In the days leading up to the Mass Mobilization, we also brought 150+ young people, community members, and organizers together in Santa Fe for the We Got Us Bootcamp – not just to train, but to build relationships, share skills, and grow the capacity of our collective movement for change.

 

During Bootcamp, we came together across movements, generations, and struggles to organize, strategize, and grow together – breaking bread over meals from community members and local mutual aid organizations, deepening trust and solidarity, and participating in workshops ranging from direct action and policy advocacy to creative resistance, street medic work, de-escalation, legal observing, vehicle support, and more.



The fights that lie ahead will take all of us – but we're already building the future we know is possible, together.

 

As YUCCA Campaign Organizer Jonathon Juárez put it, "We Got Us is about more than one day, one protest, one movement, or one Legislative Session. The We Got Us Mass Mobilization was the culmination of months of organizing and four days of intensive training, but it's also a launching point for continued action during the coming year and beyond." And that work has already begun.

 

On Monday, 75+ organizers and community members joined us virtually for our first-ever We Got Us Network Meeting to build power together, share resources and opportunities, and organize for the pressing calls to action that are on the horizon – and we'll hold our next weekly meeting on Monday, February 2nd at 5:30 pm MT.

 

Register to join us next Monday at the button below. We can't wait to be in community with you.



THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS IN FULL SWING: TAKE ACTION

AND MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD


 🚨 Take Action TODAY: Call for Critical Amendments to The Clear Horizons Act 🚨


The 2026 Legislative Session is in full swing, and we need your help to take action TODAY to urge members of the Senate Conservation Committee to push for critical amendments to The Clear Horizons Act (SB 18) ahead of its hearing in the committee next week.



SB 18 represents a critical step forward for meaningful climate action by setting statewide greenhouse gas emissions limits that comply with the Paris Climate Agreement: a 45% decrease by 2030, 75% by 2040, and 100% by 2050.

 

But while this bill sets important reduction targets, these targets alone won't guarantee desired outcomes.

 

YUCCA supports this bill only with amendments that would strengthen it, and we are urging Committee Members to push for amendments that would:

 

☀️ Require renewables for all microgrid projects. This would address the microgrid loophole that new fossil fuel projects are using to bypass clean-energy safeguards in New Mexico.

 

🚫 Reject offset language, which allows polluters to meet targets on paper, but continue emitting.

 

✍️ Create rulemaking to clarify and support "most affected communities", so that communities most impacted by pollution are fully addressed and involved.

 

🗓️ Accelerate implementation timelines and secure funding, so the climate targets aren't further delayed by administrative hurdles.

 

We need YOUR help to urge members of the Senate Conservation Committee to support The Clear Horizons Act only with critical amendments – take action today by calling or emailing committee members at the contact information below before the bill is heard next week:

 



 Make Your Voice Heard: Sign Up for YUCCA's Legislative Action Alerts



With 22 whirlwind days left in the 30-day 2026 Legislative Session, it's not too late to take action at the Legislature this year!

 

If you're ready to take action and and help YUCCA push for the passage of our priority bills, sign up for our Legislative Action Alerts to get time-sensitive calls to action, advocacy opportunities, and updates on how you can get involved this session – all delivered straight to your inbox with contact information, talking points, and additional resources such as call and email templates to help you make your voice heard.



STOP BLACKSTONE'S BUYOUT OF PNM: TAKE ACTION

AT THE PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION ON FEB 5TH



Last May, Blackstone, the world's largest private equity firm, announced their intent to buy out PNM – a deal that would mean higher bills for our families, scarce resources drained into water-intensive industry projects, and an energy system designed to line the pockets of shareholders instead of serving the people.

 

In September, YUCCA organizers took to the streets in New York City alongside organizers from the New Mexico No False Solutions Coalition, Planet Over Profit, and frontline community members from across the country, putting our bodies on the line because billionaires meeting behind closed doors in Manhattan skyscrapers shouldn't be making decisions for communities they've never set foot in.

 

🚨 Now, the decision-making process is starting to move forward – the Public Regulation Commission will hold a Public Comment Hearing on Blackstone's proposed buyout of New Mexico's largest electric utility on February 5th from 4:00-7:00 pm, and this is YOUR chance to speak out to say that our energy future is not for sale. 🚨

 

Are you one of the hundreds of thousands of PNM ratepayers who would be impacted by a Blackstone buyout? Click here to sign up to provide public comment online or in person at the Public Regulation Commission Roadrunner Conference Room (4100 Osuna Road NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109) and send a clear message that we won't allow our future to be dictated by Wall Street billionaires.



NO WORK, NO SCHOOL, NO SHOPPING: ANSWER THE CALL FOR

A NATIONWIDE SHUTDOWN ON JANUARY 30TH



At YUCCA, our work is rooted in the understanding that the climate crisis is not happening in isolation. It's inseparable from the systems of extraction, imperialism, colonialism, and militarization that have harmed our communities for generations.

 

In the past 29 days alone, ICE has murdered 3 community members – Keith Porter, Renee Nicole Good, and Alex Pretti – as armed agents continue to terrorize our communities, abduct our loved ones from their homes, and tear our families apart.

 

That's why we're joining local organizations and community leaders across New Mexico to answer the call for a nationwide shutdown on January 30th from Somali and Black student organizations in Minneapolis.

 

This Friday, young people, organizers, and community members across the state and the country will stand in solidarity with Minneapolis during a day of no work, no school, and no shopping – and we're calling on you to join us.

 

In Albuquerque, we'll take to the streets at 2:00 pm at Civic Plaza alongside other local organizations as we withhold our labor and our dollars to stop business as usual, demanding an end to ICE and the systems of criminalization harming our neighbors from New Mexico to Minnesota – the same systems that allow polluters to poison our communities while corporations rake in record profits.

 

Organize your workplace. Walk out with your classmates. Talk to your friends. Spread the word to your loved ones. Join us.

 

There is no climate justice without migrant justice. Let's shut it down. ✊



 
 
 

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