ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – As New Mexico's Special Legislative Session starts on Monday, the Albuquerque Homeless Union held a press conference, calling on lawmakers to make changes for the community. Organizers from the union and participants from the People's Forum met at Civic Plaza, hanging banners with a list of demands to reopen the federal government, restore funding for housing and health care, and repurpose New Mexico's resources to create a sustainable humanitarian mission.

"So this is a plea, this is a lament to our elected officials who are gathering in Santa Fe tomorrow. That we can do so much more, that we're just getting started with treating the pain, the suffering that we're all seeing on the streets, and we're hopeful that the courage that's happening here day in and day

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