/tags/international-district-healthy-communities-coalition International District Healthy Communities Coalition en-US Copyright Fri, 18 Feb 2022 00:56:13 GMT /local-news/2022-02-17/queen-of-light-abqs-international-district-remembers-activist-reynaluz-juarez Renowned community champion, life-long organizer, and the heart of Albuquerque’s International District Reynaluz Juarez died early last week.On Saturday, hundreds of community members, friends, and family gathered to pay tribute to the legacy she left behind. Fri, 18 Feb 2022 00:56:13 GMT /local-news/2022-02-17/queen-of-light-abqs-international-district-remembers-activist-reynaluz-juarez Bryce Dix /local-news/2021-04-19/new-mexico-working-to-solve-disparate-vaccine-rates In the race for herd immunity, New Mexico is being heralded around the country as an unlikely frontrunner. Over half of the state’s population has gotten… Mon, 19 Apr 2021 06:30:20 GMT /local-news/2021-04-19/new-mexico-working-to-solve-disparate-vaccine-rates Marisa Demarco /local-news/2019-08-06/volunteers-fill-a-green-space-void-in-the-international-district People who live in the International District say their corner of Southeast Albuquerque has long been neglected by the city government and lacks some… Tue, 06 Aug 2019 23:05:12 GMT /local-news/2019-08-06/volunteers-fill-a-green-space-void-in-the-international-district Marisa Demarco /local-news/2019-07-03/no-details-from-pnm-or-the-city-about-broken-streetlights People say bad street-lighting contributes to fatalities and violence in some parts of Albuquerque—and national studies bear this out. There’s plenty of… Wed, 03 Jul 2019 21:30:13 GMT /local-news/2019-07-03/no-details-from-pnm-or-the-city-about-broken-streetlights Marisa Demarco /local-news/2019-05-15/lets-talk-streetlights-and-pedestrian-crashes Let's Talk New Mexico 5/16 8a: All around the country, more people who are walking are hit by drivers in neighborhoods with low incomes and in communities… Wed, 15 May 2019 20:06:22 GMT /local-news/2019-05-15/lets-talk-streetlights-and-pedestrian-crashes Marisa Demarco /local-news/2019-05-08/politicians-fail-to-turn-funding-into-long-sought-streetlights-in-southeast-abq At night, for long stretches of road on large busy streets and residential ones, it’s completely dark in Southeast Albuquerque’s International District.… Thu, 09 May 2019 01:34:13 GMT /local-news/2019-05-08/politicians-fail-to-turn-funding-into-long-sought-streetlights-in-southeast-abq Marisa Demarco /local-news/2019-05-07/broken-streetlights-and-pedestrian-deaths-in-abqs-international-district There’s a part of Southeast Albuquerque that sees more than its share of people who are walking being hit and killed by drivers. In just five years, there… Tue, 07 May 2019 23:26:36 GMT /local-news/2019-05-07/broken-streetlights-and-pedestrian-deaths-in-abqs-international-district Marisa Demarco /local-news/2019-03-28/the-fight-for-lights-in-se-albuquerque For decades, people in a southeast Albuquerque district have been asking the city to light their dark streets. One neighborhood group eventually starting… Thu, 28 Mar 2019 11:00:00 GMT /local-news/2019-03-28/the-fight-for-lights-in-se-albuquerque Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2018-07-12/southeast-abq-neighbors-take-lead-on-needle-cleanup The opioid crisis in New Mexico has caused historically high numbers of overdose deaths and has overwhelmed law enforcement agencies. But another side… Thu, 12 Jul 2018 23:11:38 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2018-07-12/southeast-abq-neighbors-take-lead-on-needle-cleanup May Ortega /public-health-new-mexico/2015-06-18/pedestrian-fatalities-in-low-income-neighborhoods Around the country, pedestrian deaths are most common in low-income areas. And New Mexico has had the highest average rate of pedestrian deaths in the… Fri, 19 Jun 2015 00:13:00 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2015-06-18/pedestrian-fatalities-in-low-income-neighborhoods Marisa Demarco