Are you exposing the city to a liability if you open up data? City Official

The nail that sticks out gets pounded down. City Official

Historically, Albuquerque is a place of 'behind the fence' innovation. City Official

ShareNM is a curator of information, a Wikipedia, an information commons. Community Leader

Indigenous communities want indigenous solutions. Community Leader

If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go with others. City Official

70% of Albuquerque's population is working poor. City Official

Your problem may have a legal component. Community Leader

People are fearful to learn about their rights because they see it as an immigration trap. Community Leader

25% of clients have mental illnesses. Community Leader

Little Brother mentality City Official

We're not good at telling our own story. City Official

Most students are in need of access to non-academic resources. City Official

You don't know what you don't know. City Official

How can I learn to sell the rose I bought for a dollar and sell it for $2? City Official

Where do things need to be pushed apart or brought together? City Official

State workers don't know the reality of what's happening on the ground. Community Leader

Our workers don't want to bite the hand that feeds them. Community Leader

For many residents capital is there, but access to it is not. City Official

There are no mentorship structures that allow residents to meaningfully engage with systems. City Official

Even though they serve the same client, people view themselves based on where their money comes from. City Official

These people aren't homeless, honey— they're working poor. Non-profit organization leader

Financial literacy is not a requirement for NM highschools. Non-profit organization leader

Little people are not bottom lines. Non-profit organization leader

Budgeting is different for everybody. It is an empowering thing, not a punitive thing. Non-profit organization leader

Mentorship is everything. Training doesn't work. Non-profit organization leader

There's no equal treatment for unequals. City Official

An artist and an immigrant are both entrepreneurs. City Official

Entrepreneurship is cultural not monetary. City Official

In the absense of a good mentric, you get a bad metric. City Official

Labs are a fear-based community. City Official

Tent City is emblematic of the fact that there are no other options for residents. City Official

You ask questions, you get answers, but do you take action? City Official

If you need the resources, you can access them. Community Leader

Departments don't share data because they don't want to make their officials look bad. People will share data if they see an ROI. Acamedic Leader

It's the colonialism of it all. Acamedic Leader

It is all about local capacity building, learning what the capacity is, and how to mobilize that capacity. Acamedic Leader

The resident is deperate. They're going through the phonebooks hoping to talk to anyone who will speak with them. Community Leader

Do I want to give the resident a list of all twelve services or just the best one? Community Leader

Asian communities don't trust non-profits. They ask, why are you free? Community Leader

We have to fight hard to get services. Community Leader

There isn't a lot of social mobility for our families because resources aren't there. Community Leader

Asians could be the model minority. Community Leader

You have to carry your documents. Community Leader

All you gotta do is claim it. Claim it and it's yours. And a lot of people don’t. They’re just like, "Oh, I don’t think I can do that job" so they bypass it. Local Resident

But we need organizations like WIA and for people to know about organizations like WIA because if I hadn’t went down there, I would have never known about it. Local Resident

You just have to be persistent and look presentable. Show them that you do want it. Local Resident

People don’t know what you need to do to get a job. Local Resident

Family ties are strong. Once it's in you, you cannot let it go. Community Leader

Albuquerque's past of abandonment shapes how it does business today. Community Leader

Parents don't know so the kids don't know. Community Leader

When vulnerable communities look at data it makes them feel like no one cares. Community Leader

Data doesn't tell the stories of the possibilities. Community Leader

They used to think of it as a classroom, now they think of it as drop-in education. Community Leader

Every city has an art museum, but ABQ has a balloon museum. Community Leader

You can't be rich and own a balloon. Community Leader

Non-traditional entrepreneurship fair, a place to be exceptional. City Official

How do we come to learn to be exceptional? What is the undefined ladder for success? City Official

The look of seniors is changing, we will be the most educated seniors in history. City Official

Working with this population is exciting and I'd like the world to know about it. City Official

Downtown is like that lover you keep giving attention to and keeps letting you down. Small business owner

ABQ is so far behind that we're already cool again. Small business owner

I hire artists as my staff because they give a shit about what they do. Small business owner