New Mexico Appleseed

12/27/2025

New Mexico's Homeless and Inadequately-Housed Kids Need Your Help Right Now! Please help with a meaningful donation today.

www.nmappleseed.org

Email from New Mexico Appleseed Please continue supporting them until the very last child. Please Donate Before the New Year! Wonderful Appleseed Family, When I think about the most sophisticated, gen

12/13/2025

Did you know that New Mexico Appleseed wrote the first-in-the-nation law that prohibited something called lunch shaming? After 10 years of failing to stop schools from giving children cheese sandwiches or having their meals thrown out in front of them because their parents owed money at the cafeteria, I had had enough. For those of you who know me, you know exactly what it means when I've had enough.

At least 17 states followed suit, and we had a bill in Congress prohibiting lunch shaming. Now we've even moved past that to successfully feeding all of the children in this state for free. First-in-the-nation policy innovations are our specialty: Paying homeless students a stipend to go to school, tribal sovereignty over federal feeding programs, mandatory breakfast after the bell at high-poverty schools, and eliminating lunch shaming.

Donate to New Mexico Appleseed (www.nmappleseed.org) to be part of this incredible legacy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/well/family/new-mexico-outlaws-school-lunch-shaming.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8U8.N-9Z.utpqf3q_Nhr1&smid=url-share

Children whose parents have lunch debt will not be made to clean cafeteria tables or have their meals thrown away.

12/06/2025

New Mexico is leading with innovation — and our students are proving what’s possible.
The Washington Post recently highlighted New Mexico’s groundbreaking pilot program that provides financial support to students experiencing homelessness — and the results are powerful.
✨ 93% graduation rate.
✨ Students who often face the steepest barriers finding stability, support, and success.
✨ A model now expanding to even more schools across our state.

At the Public Education Department, we believe every student deserves the opportunity to thrive. This program is one more step toward ensuring that circumstances never limit potential.

📖 Read the full story here: https://wapo.st/48wxpup
Together, we’re building a more equitable future for New Mexico’s students. 🌟

12/06/2025

Once again, New Mexico Appleseed's work is at the forefront! This is how we make change. We cannot do it without you. Please consider a donation at www.nmappleseed.org.

Read this incredible article by the Washington Post about our work.

https://wapo.st/3XEli9O

The state is launching a three-year pilot program offering $500 a month to homeless students who maintain high attendance and fulfill other requirements.

12/06/2025

The state is launching a three-year pilot program offering $500 a month to homeless students who maintain high attendance and fulfill other requirements.

12/20/2024

Your donation to Appleseed will quite literally last for generations. Help end the trap of poverty for tens of thousands of New Mexico children and families. This is what we do and we do it well.

Whether it's $50 or $50,000 your donation has the best ROI in town. Give today!

Amid evolving challenges, New Mexico's children need unwavering support. Your generosity helps address persistent issues like poverty, hunger, and homelessness. By advocating for essential programs—child nutrition, economic stability, and homelessness prevention—we ensure that vulnerable familie...

12/04/2023

Can you believe that it has been fifteen years of New Mexico Appleseed? That seems impossible. There are no words to explain how proud I am of this work and how grateful I am for your active and generous support.

New Mexico Appleseed's work is a magic recipe of focused moral intention, academic-level research, and highly-nuanced strategy. We still need your help. We will probably always need your help. We don't take government money so we can keep our hands clean and our values intact. This only makes our work stronger and our impact bigger. The best part of my job has been seeing how generous our community is. I know that when I ask for your help, you will be there -and you always have been.

Your support this year is truly necessary. As I have said every year for the past fifteen years, I promise to make you proud that you support New Mexico Appleseed

All my love and gratitude,

Jenny

Our Annual Report. So much incredible work done and so much more to do.     Hello, all of you wonderful people! Can you believe that it has been fifteen years of New Mexico Appleseed? That seems impos

10/06/2023

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02/07/2023

11/27/2022

NM APPLESEED Poverty Advocacy Lab Members, Jennifer Ramo, Esq. Founder and Executive Director, Daniel Valverde, Director of Strategies, Julia Bowdich, donor,...

10/31/2022

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We attribute our success to your support. View as Webpage Wonderful Appleseed Supporters, The Albuquerque Journal did an incredible and thoughtful front-page piece on the students impacted by our firs

08/19/2022

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Children and families need efficient access to effective supports.     View as Webpage Below: Super cute little boy and his Rube Goldberg machine inadvertently demonstrating that just feeding the dogs