Civil Discourse

This week, organizers of the People’s Procession and the community meetings convened by MoveOn.org and Indivisible discussed how everyone can easily join a groundswell of citizen action for effective impact on the vital political decisions of our time. We reviewed the events of the first months of this year, and the goals and methods of groups including Grant County Action, Democracy Advocates, and Indivisible networks in the Mimbres Valley and […]

Welcome to Civil Discourse, hosted by retired San Francisco State University social psychology professor and GMCR board chair, Jamie Newton. In keeping with GMCR & KURU's support of democratic and electoral process, Civil Discourse presents a Roundtable for Candidates to the Silver & Cobre Consolidated School Districts. The live broadcast occurred on Wednesday 25 January 2017. in the studio of Gila / Mimbres Community Radio and KURU 89.1 FM. While […]

Welcome to Civil Discourse, hosted by retired San Francisco State University social psychology professor and GMCR board chair, Jamie Newton In keeping with GMCR & KURU's support of democratic and electoral process, Civil Discourse presents a Candidate Roundtable for Grant County Commission.  The live broadcast occurred on Wednesday 12 October 2016. The candidates for the 3 seats are... District 3 - Alicia Edwards (D) District 3 - Henry Torres (R) […]

GMCR presents the forum for candidates for the Democratic Party’s nomination for the New Mexico House of Representatives / 38th District and held at the Grant County Administration Center on 5 May 2016.  GMCR thanks the sponsors of this event – the Silver City Daily Press, Community Access Television of Silver, and Grant County. The candidates are... Karen Whitlock Mary Hotvedt Questions from the audience and the Silver City Daily […]

GMCR presents the forum for candidates for the Democratic Party’s nomination for the 6th Judicial District Attorney - inclusive of Grant, Hidalgo, and Luna counties - and  held at the Grant County Administration Center on 12 May 2016.  GMCR thanks the sponsors of this event – the Silver City Daily Press, Community Access Television of Silver, and Grant County. The candidates are... Francesca Estevez (incumbent) Michael R. Renteria (challenger) Questions […]

Welcome to Civil Discourse, hosted by retired San Francisco State University social psychology professor and GMCR board chair, Jamie Newton. Civil Discourse presents the Grant County Commission Candidate Roundtable which took place took place at GMCR / KURU 89.1 FM - and was broadcast live - on Tuesday 17 May 2016.  Jamie's guests were 3 of the 5 contenders for the Democratic Party nomination for Districts 3 & 5 of […]

Welcome to Civil Discourse, hosted by retired San Francisco State University social psychology professor and GMCR board chair, Jamie Newton. Civil Discourse presents the Grant County Commission Candidate Roundtable which took place took place at GMCR / KURU 89.1 FM - and was broadcast live - on Wednesday 11 May 2016.  Jamie's guests were the 4 contenders for the Democratic Party nomination for District 4 of the newly expanded 5 […]

GMCR presents the Grant County Commission Candidate Forum which took place at WNMU Miller Library on 28 April 2016.  The forum panelists were the candidates competing for the Democratic Party nominations for their respective districts in the newly expanded 5 seat County Commission.  It is another of the continuing 3rd Thursday series of forums presented by the Grant County Democratic Party and the MECHA student organization addressing a range of […]

GMCR board member, retired San Francisco State University social psychology professor, and host of Civil Discourse, Jamie Newton invited all candidates for Silver City offices on the March 1st, 2016 ballot to a live, on-air, round table discussion of their views and goals on Monday / 25 January 2016 / 6pm. The candidates for are... For Mayor Cynthia Ann Bettison cynthiaannbettison@hotmail.com facebook / Cynthia-Bettison twitter / @mogollonarchy 575.574.2779 Current Councilor […]