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inclusion and diversity and the needs of workers and families. Lovell, a member of the United Academics for UNM, praised the grad workers for going through an intensive process and said working with unions is the only way the administration is going to benefit overall. “We’re the educators. We’re the
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knowledgeable ones,” Lovell said. “And they might want to take a note from us.” Sardashti drew parallels between residents and grad students, reiterating that their labor is a significant factor in bringing in money for the University. “The only difference is that UNM recognizes us as residents and em-
ployees for years while graduate workers continue to be treated as students and not the laborers they so clearly are,” Sardashti said. Stansbury reflected on her own time at graduate school and reiterated that grad students make universities functional, expressing how wrong it is that these educators have some of the lowest
salaries in the state. “You all are teaching the next generation of students,” Stansbury said. Lovell said there is no question that the grad union will win, and that now is the time to start organizing what the union will look like when it’s finalized. “Right here, right now, we're making history,” Lovell said. “You
are making history.”
opened up it felt like a dream come true, and in some ways I felt like there was no way I could not end up at UNM.” McKnight’s passion for UNM and the task of teaching is one his students clearly recognize. “(McKnight’s) love for photography comes through when looking at our work,” Race Dillon, a UNM
art student and member of McKnight’s current graduate seminar, said. “He offers tough but caring feedback — I say caring because he is sensitive about stifling creativity. He encourages us to produce lots of work and enjoy the process.” Such sentiments were echoed by a former student of McKnight’s, Lacey Chrisco, who is
now an assistant art curator at the Albuquerque Museum. “We take photography for granted these days so it's easy to look at old photographs and not fully embrace how radical they might have been when they were made,” Chrisco said. “Mark always emphasized reading them in the context of their time and understanding how
photography has such potential to imagine the world in new ways. It's that notion that encourages me to keep making photos.”
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when an opening for a position as associate professor in UNM’s photography department came up. “I had long been a fan of many of the alumni of the program. It has long had a significant and important reputation and plays, I think, an integral role in the history of photography in the United States,” McKnight said. “When the position
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UNM LEAF calls for climate action at Earth Day Rally By Avery Rogers @DailyLobo
“Divest from polluters, invest in the future,” protesters chanted on April 22 at an Earth Day rally and march at the University of New Mexico. The event was hosted by the campus organization UNM Leaders for Environmental Action and Foresight (LEAF). UNM LEAF is a group of UNM students and staff dedicated to addressing climate change and potential actions to take to lessen humanity’s impact on the natural world, according to the organization’s website. The event started on Johnson Field, where signs were given out and opening statements were made by UNM LEAF’s Director of Operations Kineo Memmer and Director
of Student Outreach Sofia JenkinsNieto. The crowd then split into smaller groups to comply with social distancing and began to march their way further into campus. “Hurricanes, storms and quakes. How much more can we take?” protesters said. The march ended at the duck pond, where groups sat on the grass and listened to members of UNM LEAF present individual experiences that led them to the common goal of advocating for the environment and implementing climate action in their community. “What do we want? Climate action! When do we want it? Now!” attendees called. As part of the rally, UNM LEAF members brought a compilation of 2020-2021 resolutions pertaining to climate change from the ASUNM
and Faculty Senate governments, a letter about the need for UNM to take climate action and a petition with the goal of persuading UNM to update its climate plan. These documents were received by UNM Chief of Staff Terry Babbitt to be later passed on to President Garnett Stokes. “We want UNM to update the climate action plan, divest from fossil fuels, increase opportunities for environmental education on campus, transition to a carbon-and-wastefree campus by 2030 and declare a climate emergency,” Memmer said. “So, we’re here rallying for all of those points.” Avery Rogers is a freelance reporter at the Daily Lobo. They can be contacted at news@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @DailyLobo
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Rally-goers pose with their sign on Johnson Field, where the organization UNM LEAF held an Earth Day Rally advocating for stronger climate action on behalf of UNM.
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Speaker Victoria Gonzales (left) poses for a picture as attendees hold up their signs in solidarity with UNM LEAF.
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Victoria Gonzales (left) and Sofia Jenkins-Nieto (right) conclude the event and announce an open mic night celebration to be held at Ancora Café and Bakery after the rally.