PechaKucha Night Santa Fe

This edition of PechaKucha Night Santa Fe invites the 2025 Santa Fe mayoral candidates to step beyond the campaign trail—and onto the stage—as neighbors, storytellers, and human beings shaped by life’s defining moments.

Each candidate will answer one simple but profound question: In the name of what do you serve?

In the exhilarating PechaKucha format—20 slides x 20 seconds—candidates will share their journey stories. No platforms. No promises. Just a window into what shaped their call to public service.

This is not a debate. It’s a civic storytelling experiment grounded in connection over comparison, humanity over headlines. At a time when politics often divides us, IN THE NAME OF seeks to build trust through vulnerability, curiosity, and shared belonging.

PechaKucha Night Santa Fe VOL. 27 IN THE NAME OF presenter line-up includes: Michael Garcia, Justin Greene, Letitia Montoya, Tarin Nix, Jeanne O’Dean, Oscar Rodriguez, Ronald Trujillo, and JoAnne Vigil Coppler.

The evening will be co-hosted by CrSF Executive Director Sorakamol Prapasiri and CrSF Creative Fellow Max Neutra.

Come curious. Leave connected. This is democracy reimagined—in the name of everything that still holds us together.

Co-presented by Creative Santa Fe and The Lensic Performing Arts Center. Proceeds benefit Creative Santa Fe, The Lensic, and PechaKucha.