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Newly-appointed state rep talks priorities

Rep. Pamelya Herndon is ready to help tackle long-standing problems in the New Mexico State Legislature.

Advocate Finds Niche at Center

“I was going to be the civil rights worker who was going to change the world,” said Pamelya Herndon.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Pamelya Herndon, president and CEO of the KWH Law Center for Social Justice and Change discusses what’s being done to turn this statistic around.

A tale of two Americas: How law enforcement handled the Capitol riots vs BLM protests

"Something really was wrong, we had two Americas that we were looking at," said Pamelya Herndon, 1st Vice President of the NAACP of Albuquerque.

DPNM Unveils Statewide Officers At Spring 2021 Meeting

Pamelya Herndon elected Secretary of State Democratic Party

Lifting Indigenous Women’s Voices, new group forms

Long-time reproductive justice advocate and lawyer Pamelya Herndon, who is acting as a legal advisor to the group, said the council will “lift the voices of Native women.”

Join Albuquerque Business First for our virtual Fall Women's Summit on Oct. 15

Pamelya Herndon, CEO of KWH Law Center for Social Justice and Change, will be among the panelists at Albuquerque Business First's Fall Women's Summit.

New Mexico Black leaders challenge tricultural myth

“It was time for white people to actually stand up and say, enough, we’re not going to take this anymore. And we really did need our white brothers and sisters to work beside us,” said Herndon.

Wanted: 18-year-old women to vote

“I got my passion for social justice issues from my mother,” Herndon said.

NAACP Albuquerque discusses equal access to justice in the 21st century

Herndon explains that the NAACP believes that protests must be peaceful so that the demand for justice is not muted.

Domestic violence victims have a new avenue to find help

"There will be financial navigators that will be beside them every step of the way," Herndon said. "And that's really another important aspect of the program you're not just throwing somebody out right? You have access to financial resources."

New efforts to increase low percentage of African Americans getting vaccinated in New Mexico

“We want to make sure that African Americans are in the mix and that they are not sick and that they are getting the best health care they can possibly get,” said Pamelya Herndon, NAACP Albuquerque VP. “One step for that is making sure they're getting the vaccine.”