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About Our Chapter

MPI New Mexico serves meeting planners, destination management professionals, hotel representatives and hospitality industry suppliers across the Land of Enchantment. Founded in 1997, the chapter provides educational development opportunities, cultivates business leaders, supports industry partnerships and demonstrates commitment to excellence in the meetings industry.

When you join MPI New Mexico, you become part of an organization dedicated to your personal and career success. You’ll connect with the innovative learning, passionate people and big ideas that will empower you to become an agent of change and reinvent the world.

MPI's New Mexico Chapter

On behalf of the New Mexico Chapter of Meeting Professionals International, I would like to encourage you to join the ranks of our small but mighty Chapter as we begin our 26^th year of operation.

Our Chapter Board and Committee Members bring strong leadership skills and a commitment to excellence in support of MPI, offering educational and networking opportunities to our members and the community. We are always looking to add to our ranks through community outreach.

Our membership is comprised of an almost even split of Meeting Planners and Suppliers. Join us and "Connect with the connectors, people just like you, and reap the rewards of MPI membership".

Linda Wood, CMP
2023-2024 Chapter President

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MPI Chapter Membership Population

Planners: 17

Suppliers: 18

Students: 2

Faculty: 0

Other: 0

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Upcoming Events

Oct

October Meeting Professionals Meetup

Join us at a unique venue around Albuquerque! Connect and network with other meeting and event professionals across our industry. Drinks on your own, but fun provided complimentary! This month we are venturing out to Town & Ranch Lounge. The tasting lounge at Town & Ranch offers an eclectic throw-back vibe with signature cocktails and a menu of lite bites. Sample a selection of classic and signature gin cocktails inspired by the fields of Los Poblanos and developed by their talented bar team. To join us, just RSVP (click the button below) so we can tell the venue how many are coming. Admission is FREE but remember - food & drinks are on your own.

Oct

Transgender Cultural Fluency

Agenda 8:30-8:50 am Registration & Networking 8:50-9 am Welcome & Opening Announcements 9-10 am Breakfast and Program 10-10:15 am Closing Remarks 10:15 am Venue Tours (optional) 1 hr CEU pending About the Transgender Cultural Fluency Training: Transgender people today are more visible and represented throughout our communities than ever. As such, organizations and individuals are finding the need to increase their knowledge and understanding of issues that affect their transgender colleagues, employees, friends, and family members. Despite gains in visibility and acceptance, transgender people continue to face enormous challenges in everyday life—from poverty, unemployment, lack of access to health care and secure housing, to horrific violence and discrimination. Our Transgender Cultural Fluency Training lays the foundation for participants to gain a better understanding of what it means to be transgender, clarify common misconceptions about transgender people, become familiar with the challenges transgender communities face, and learn ways to be a strong and engaged advocate for transgender people. These trainings cover the following: · Definitions of “the big four” concepts necessary to fully understand transness: sex, gender, expression, and orientation. · Definitions of “trans(gender)”, “cis(gender)”, and “nonbinary.” · A deconstruction of common gender norms, expectations, and stereotypes. · The prevalence of transness, historically and presently. · Models of gender that help conceptualize how nonbinary people fit in. · A wealth of information on pronouns. · How and why people transition, and the processes that may be involved. · Issues faced by trans and nonbinary people. · How to be a good advocate for the trans community. · Services provided by the Transgender Resource Center. About the Speaker: Adrien is the Director of Education at the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico. He co-founded TGRCNM in 2008 with Zane Stephens to be a clearinghouse of service provision, education, and advocacy for the transgender community in New Mexico. He has facilitated over 4,000 Transgender Cultural Fluency training sessions throughout New Mexico, including training every correctional facility in the state, numerous district attorney offices, police departments, public and private schools, healthcare and social service facilities, and countless businesses, nonprofits, and other entities. Adrien has led successful advocacy efforts for model transgender student policies, gender-neutral restrooms, trans inclusion in social service facilities, statewide bullying prevention, and updating the law that governs birth certificate gender marker change. On a national level, Adrien presents and consults on many issues impacting the trans community, including TGRCNM as a successful model for local service provision. He has been recognized with the Jose Sarria Into the Light Award for community service and the Vincent R. Johnson Model of Hope Award for LGBTQ role models. In 2019, Adrien won the Advocacy In Action (AIA) Professional Innovation in Victim Services Award presented by the New Mexico Crime Victims Reparation Commission (CVRC). Adrien is a trans man and father. In his spare time, he enjoys playing guitar with A Band Named Sue.

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