The New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence

The New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence NMCADV works to achieve a coordinated local, regional, and statewide response to domestic violence.

Established in 1979 and incorporated on May 15, 1981, New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NMCADV) has been working to achieve a coordinated local, regional, and statewide response to domestic violence. Coalition members, allies, and supporters are committed to ending domestic violence in New Mexico.

Love does not isolate, intimidate, control, or harm. Love creates connection. Love makes room for dignity, trust, safety...
09/14/2026

Love does not isolate, intimidate, control, or harm. Love creates connection. Love makes room for dignity, trust, safety, and freedom.

Abuse builds walls—between survivors and their families, their friends, their resources, and sometimes even their sense of self. Those walls are not love.

We must continue building bridges: bridges to safety, advocacy, healing, community, and hope. Every survivor deserves relationships where they can live without fear and remain fully themselves.

Love builds bridges. Abuse builds walls.

It is always a joy and a privilege to spend time with our friends at Enlace Comunitario. We had the opportunity to provi...
09/11/2026

It is always a joy and a privilege to spend time with our friends at Enlace Comunitario.

We had the opportunity to provide training to their incredible Promotoras—women whose knowledge, compassion, cultural connection, and commitment make such a powerful difference in our communities.

Promotoras are trusted bridges to safety, resources, education, and hope. They meet people where they are, build trust, break down barriers, and ensure that survivors and families know they are not alone.

Thank you, Enlace Comunitario, for always welcoming us with such warmth, and thank you to every Promotora who carries this important work into our communities with courage, dedication, and corazón.

We are grateful for your partnership and for everything you do for survivors and families across New Mexico.

Psychological abuse often leaves no visible bruises, but its impact can be profound.When someone repeatedly demands that...
09/11/2026

Psychological abuse often leaves no visible bruises, but its impact can be profound.

When someone repeatedly demands that a survivor explain, justify, or prove the harm they experienced—only to deny it, minimize it, twist their words, or argue over the details—it can become another form of control.

Survivors do not owe endless explanations to the person who harmed them. They do not have to debate their pain to make it valid. They do not have to convince someone to take accountability.

We need to stop asking survivors to prove that their experiences were “bad enough” and start holding people who cause harm accountable for their choices.

Believe survivors. Respect their boundaries. Protect their right to safety, dignity, and peace.

What other people think of a survivor is not the measure of their truth, their strength, or their worth.Judgment is easy...
09/09/2026

What other people think of a survivor is not the measure of their truth, their strength, or their worth.

Judgment is easy when you are standing outside someone else’s story. We rarely know the fear they have carried, the choices they have had to make to stay safe, or the courage it took simply to make it through another day.

Survivors already carry enough. They should never have to carry our assumptions, blame, or expectations too.

Believe survivors. Respect their choices. Make room for their healing. And remember: everyone is carrying something we cannot see.

Today, on Labor Day, we honor the people whose work often happens quietly, behind closed doors and in moments few will e...
09/07/2026

Today, on Labor Day, we honor the people whose work often happens quietly, behind closed doors and in moments few will ever see.

We honor the advocates answering crisis calls. The shelter staff preparing a safe room. The counselors, case managers, prevention educators, legal advocates, community partners, and countless others who show up every day for survivors and their children.

Domestic violence advocacy is more than a job. It is work rooted in courage, compassion, and the belief that every person deserves safety, dignity, and a life free from violence.

Across New Mexico, people are doing this essential work in our cities, rural communities, Pueblos, and Tribal Nations—often with limited resources, but never with limited heart.

This Labor Day, we celebrate you.

To every person whose labor helps build a safer New Mexico: thank you for showing up, for carrying hope, and for reminding survivors that they do not have to walk alone.

Your work matters. Your labor matters. And you deserve to be supported, valued, and invested in.

Happy Labor Day from NMCADV.

Your lived experience does not become less real because someone else is uncomfortable hearing it.Too often, survivors ar...
09/04/2026

Your lived experience does not become less real because someone else is uncomfortable hearing it.

Too often, survivors are asked to soften their stories, question their memories, minimize what happened, or remain silent to protect someone else’s comfort.

You do not owe anyone a smaller version of your truth.

We can build communities where survivors are believed, where their voices are honored, and where speaking about abuse is met with compassion—not doubt, judgment, or silence.

Refuse to deny what you know.
Refuse to carry someone else’s shame.
Refuse to disappear to make others comfortable.

Your story is yours. Your truth matters. Your voice matters.

Hope is not something we simply wait for. Hope is something we create—together. On September 25, we invite our community...
09/02/2026

Hope is not something we simply wait for. Hope is something we create—together.

On September 25, we invite our community to join NMCADV and Sheehan Winery for A Toast to Hope—an evening rooted in connection, compassion, and the belief that every survivor deserves safety, dignity, and a future free from violence.

Together, we’ll raise a glass to the courage of survivors, the advocates who walk beside them, and the domestic violence programs across New Mexico that show up every single day—often with far too few resources, but never without heart.

Guests will be among the first to taste our exclusive NMCADV Red & White Wines, created in partnership with Sheehan Winery. A percentage of wine sales from this special release will benefit NMCADV and help strengthen the vital work of domestic violence programs serving survivors and families throughout our state.

📅 September 25
🕕 6:00–8:00 PM
📍 Sheehan Winery at Plaza Don Luis, Old Town Albuquerque

Come raise a glass. Come stand with survivors. Come be part of a community that refuses to look away.

Because when New Mexico stands together, hope becomes action.

Sip with purpose. Support survivors. Strengthen New Mexico.

As a society, we have been asking the wrong question for far too long.“Why didn’t they just leave?”Why is our first inst...
08/31/2026

As a society, we have been asking the wrong question for far too long.

“Why didn’t they just leave?”

Why is our first instinct to examine the survivor’s choices instead of the behavior of the person causing the harm?

Maybe the questions we should be asking are:

Why does someone who claims to love another person choose to abuse them?
Why do we still excuse controlling, threatening, and violent behavior?
Why do we expect survivors to uproot their entire lives while the person causing harm is rarely expected to do the same?
Why do we place the burden of ending abuse on the person experiencing it?

Leaving does not end an abuser’s choice to cause harm. And separation can be an incredibly dangerous time.

We need a cultural shift—one that stops scrutinizing survivors and starts demanding accountability from people who abuse.

The question was never “Why didn’t they leave?”
The question is “Why are we still allowing people who abuse to escape accountability?”

It is time to change the question.
It is time to change where we place responsibility.

Today we’re celebrating our very own Mercedes Reyes! Mercedes brings creativity, heart, passion, and a little bit of mag...
08/29/2026

Today we’re celebrating our very own Mercedes Reyes!

Mercedes brings creativity, heart, passion, and a little bit of magic to everything she does. Her commitment to strengthening our movement, building community, and finding new ways to uplift the work happening across New Mexico is deeply appreciated.

Whether she’s dreaming up a new idea, building a partnership, telling our collective story, or reminding us that this work can hold both purpose and joy, Mercedes brings her whole heart to the Coalition.

Please join us in wishing Mercedes a very Happy Birthday! May this next trip around the sun bring her as much joy, inspiration, and goodness as she brings to those around her.

Happy Birthday, Mercedes!

Healing doesn’t always begin the moment the danger ends.A survivor can know they are safe and still feel their heart rac...
08/28/2026

Healing doesn’t always begin the moment the danger ends.

A survivor can know they are safe and still feel their heart race. They can understand that the abuse is over and still find themselves bracing for the next argument, the next slammed door, the next moment when everything changes.

Because trauma can live beyond the moment it happened.

Healing asks for more than understanding. It asks for time, safety, compassion, connection, and space for the body and mind to learn something new: I am safe now. I can breathe. I can begin again.

There is no timeline for that process. Survivors deserve support not only while they are escaping violence, but in the days, months, and years of rebuilding that can follow.

Survival is not the end of the story. Healing matters, too.

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3167 San Mateo NE, PMB 367
Albuquerque, NM
87110

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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+15052469240

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