Haaland Makes Service to Community Major Part of District Work

Albuquerque, N.M. – This weekend Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) continued to highlight community service in the district by participating in several service events including supporting union members who help seniors and those in need service their heaters, planting trees in the South Valley, and raising awareness about missing and murdered indigenous women.

These events will be part of Haaland’s push to change the way Congress does business by rolling up her sleeves and boosting service to her community.

“As New Mexicans we have a strong sense of responsibility to our neighbors and we already have amazing events going on to help people. I think it’s important to stand shoulder to shoulder and show people with action that you are with them in the effort to build strong communities. Being part of these service events this weekend makes me proud of our state,” said Congresswoman Deb Haaland.

Congresswoman Deb Haaland delivered remarks and helped serve breakfast to the members of the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 412 who helped service, turn on furnaces, and install smoke detectors for elderly and disabled families in need. On Saturday, union members helped 75 families with their heat as winter temperatures begin to creep into New Mexico.

As part of her work to highlight the need for community action on climate change, Congresswoman Deb Haaland helped plant trees with the Mountain View Neighborhood in Albuquerque’s South Valley. The community held a tutorials on how to plant saplings, planted 100 new trees, and volunteers at the event received a tree they could plant in their own yards. 

Then on Sunday, Congresswomen Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids, the first two Native American women serving in Congress, discussed solutions to the missing and murdered indigenous women’s crisis at the National Congress of American Indians Task Force on Violence Against Native Women.