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Seeking to understand who we are, who we were and who we aspire to be

The New Mexico Humanities Council engages New Mexicans with the humanities through cultural traditions, reflecting on history, storytelling and more.

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EVENTS AROUND THE STATE

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SONGS OF THE CHICANO MOVEMENT

The National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102

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EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA V.19.8

Guild Cinema, 3405 Central Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106

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EMMA TENAYUCA: LA PASIONARA DE SAN ANTONIO

The National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102

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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

N.M. STUDENT PROJECT SELECTED FOR SHOWCASE AT THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY

June 13, 2023

62 LOCAL STUDENTS AWARDED AT THE STATE COMPETITION

May 4, 2023

APRIL 15TH - NM NATIONAL HISTORY DAY STATE CONTEST AT UNM

April 10, 2023

NEW MEXICO HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, MRS. AMY PAGE IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED WITH THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD

July 14, 2022

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STORIES FROM COMMUNITIES AROUND THE STATE

Little boy feeding two white ducks by hand

ECOLINGUISTICS AND HOW LANGUAGE CAN SAVE THE WORLD

04/30/24

By Monika Dziamka "It’s hard to talk about gender, equality, and equity without also...

Credit: Billy the Kid, circa 1873 - 1881. Ben Wittick. Wikimedia Commons

SO MANY BILLY THE KID STORIES — ANY LESSONS IN THEM?

04/01/24

By Richard Etulain "What has happened in interpretations of Billy the Kid should...

MUNDANE MAJESTY: THE FOOD ODES OF PABLO NERUDA

04/01/24

By Vanessa Baca "Seeing the tomato as an item of beauty and rarity allows us to appreciate...

THE BANDANA BRIGADE: WITH HEARTS AND HANDS, WOMEN DO IT TOGETHER

03/01/24

By Kim Suina Melwani "Like a 'bandana brigade' these women seemed ready to face whatever...

BELOVED WORD WARRIOR: THE POWER OF TONI MORRISON'S PEN

03/01/24

By Cathryn McGill "In celebrating Women's History Month, we acknowledge Toni Morrison's...

THE BENEFITS OF LIVING IN A SMALL TOWN

03/01/24

By Olivia Thomas "While some enjoy living in a big city that is a fast-paced and...

REFLECTIONS ON THE BLACK FOOTPRINT IN NEW MEXICO

01/31/24

By Darryl Wellington "Let’s begin with a story that reflects my concerns that the...

Vintage Valentine's Day card, illustration of two angels standing on a cloud painting a red heart. Text reads "To my Valentine"

HATE VALENTINE'S DAY? TRY CELEBRATING IT ANYWAY

01/31/24

By Monika Dziamka "It's a missed opportunity to let Valentine's Day be reduced to...

WHERE ARE THE HUMANITIES IN THE CLIMATE CRISIS?

01/02/24

By Thomas Cole "Ethics are a core Humanities discipline and Aldo Leopold’s 'The Land...

A MUSLIM FITTING INTO NEW MEXICO

01/02/24

By Ryqir Haden "I am a Muslim, and I belong in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Surprised?...

Illustration of the busts of St. Nick and Krampus facing each other. Both are smirking.

KRAMPUS IS COMING: WHY HALLOWEEN IS ACTUALLY JUST THE START OF SPOOKY SEASON

11/30/23

By Monika Dziamka "Krampus is the spice to Santa’s sugar. Neither one is as good...

Pan de Muerto, skull shaped bread with orange marigold flowers on a white flowered plate on an altar table

BREAD OF DEATH AND LIFE: A SHORT HISTORY OF PAN DE MUERTOS

11/01/23

By Vanessa Baca "'Bread is life.' This platitude is among the most well-known in...

Spooky clown wearing red and black holding a red balloon in the woods

SEND IN THE CLOWNS: FUNERAL HUMOR

10/31/23

By Liz Hamilton "I opened the lid to her cardboard coffin to find an adorable little...

A woman in a green shirt and red bandana sits next to a folding table in front of a faded wood and brick wall

PRE-PANDEMIC GRIEF, ANCESTRAL MEMORY, MOURNING THE WORLD IN 2020 AND HEALING IN THE PRESENT

10/02/23

By Venaya Yazzie "I now find myself dwelling upon ancestral homelands of my Diné...

A photo of a white stone building with a hand-painted sign above the door that reads "El Chicano Youth Center." Two people are standing in the doorway.

NUESTRA VOZ: THE CHIHUAHUA HILL STORY

10/02/23

By Javier Marrufo "Now that warm atmosphere of Spanglish that surrounded my youth...

SOUTHWEST WORD FIESTA 2023

10/02/23

By Catalina Claussen "The Southwest Word Fiesta offers a crossroads where writers,...

A collage image of the book cover of "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros, and two photos of Dillon Pacheco, one in his football uniform at a game, and one at graduation, wearing a lei

CENSORED VOICES: BANNED BOOK PROJECT

10/02/23

Co-written by Dillon Pacheco & Andrea Galindo "In the realm of intellectual freedom,...

Woman presenting with a book in hand in a library

AN EDUCATIONAL MOMENT AND MOVEMENT: BANNED BOOK WEEK

09/01/23

By Heather Frankland Many of the books challenged are those written by and about...

Zozobra, a 50 foot effigy of "old man gloom," with a person dressed in red as the fire spirit in front of it. Waterfalls of fire on either side.

IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR: THE BURNING OF ZOZOBRA AND HERALDING THE NEW SEASON

09/01/23

By Nicolasa Chávez "Now celebrating his 99th year, Zozobra is older than the Macy’s...

Black and white photo of a woman in a black shawl/tápalo in front of a mound of rocks and crucifixes

ANCIENT DEATH RITUALS RUN DEEP IN NEW MEXICO

08/01/23

By Ana Pacheco "Through the mid-20th century some women wore the tápalo in the villages...

Photo of a sign that read's "Chef Bernie's Cafeteria Restaurant" with a cartoon chef

MY HALF-CENTURY-PLUS ASSOCIATION WITH THE NEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL

08/01/23

By Jimmy H. Miller "my association with the NMHC began before the Council was actually...

THE FREEDOM TO THINK OR WHY BOOK BANNING IS BORING

08/01/23

By Emily Romero "if I truly like to think of myself as having a growth mindset then...

CIVIL RIGHTS AND JUSTICE — THE FORCE OF REIES LOPEZ TIJERINA

07/05/23

By Ray John de Aragon "What was the immortal legacy of the extreme activism of Reies...

Hand holding a copy of the album "Best of Dolly Parton"

COMO QUE DOLLY PARTON ?!

07/05/23

By Leeanna Teresa Martinez y Torres "As a young girl growing up in rural New Mexico,...

Newspaper clipping with the headline, "Mora Telephone Company Has Boom Day After Crash"

THE B-52 BOMBER THAT FELL FROM THE SKY

07/05/23

By Mario X. Martinez "In the early morning hours of Wednesday, January 30, 1963,...

Hakim Bellamy. Photo courtesy of Mavel Photography

PARABLE OF THE PAPA

06/09/23

By Hakim Bellamy "In short, fathers are the product of love(or lab)making…while daddies...

Martinez family members of Los Reyes de Albuquerque L-R: Rob Martinez, founder Roberto Martinez, Larry Martinez and Lorenzo Martinez in Old Town Albuquerque in 1994.

FROM MORA TO MARIACHI: MY DAD AND HIS MAGICAL JOURNEY OF MUSIC

05/15/23

By Rob Martinez "Dad loved and respected the Penitentes. But he wanted to be a mariachi!...

Paul Ingles with his father John, in 2014.

A SOLDIER'S PASSAGE: A NEW MEXICO-MADE FILM EXPLORES THE ART OF SAYING "GOODBYE" TO DAD

05/15/23

By Paul Ingles "I told my therapist, 'Seeing my father take his last breath was probably...

Esther Martinez, Native American storyteller, from Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico. Photo Courtesy of Center for Southwest Research, University Libraries, University of New Mexico.

ESTHER MARTINEZ (P'OE TSÁWÄ/BLUE WATER): A MATRIARCH OF PUEBLO LANGUAGE PRESERVATION

04/18/23

By Kim Suina Melwani “By age seven, Martinez no longer had her elders, their stories,...

Author and blog contributor, Elaine Montague with her husband Gary Montague.

MUSINGS OF A LOCKED OUT WIFE

04/18/23

By Elaine Montague “You cannot come back. We are on lockdown. No visitors are allowed.”

Dr. Joe S. Sando. Photo Courtesy of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

TELLING OUR STORIES: PUEBLO AUTHOR AND TEACHER, DR. JOE S. SANDO

04/01/23

By Jonna C. Paden “Despite the Pueblo’s long history in the area, little has been...

Lauren Camp, New Mexico Poet Laureate 2022 to 2025.

METICULOUS ANSWER — INSPIRED BY ARTIST AGNES MARTIN

04/01/23

By Lauren Camp “My mind keeps moving. The country is nearly at war with satisfaction or...

Credit: Huerta at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2019. Jay Godwin (public domain).

DOLORES HUERTA: A LEGACY

03/01/23

By Maria Vielma "The leadership, advocacy, and action displayed by none other than...

Credit: The Magic Circle” by John William Waterhouse, 1886. Retrieved from: File:The magic circle, by John William Waterhouse.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

WITCH: FROM VILLAIN TO VICTORIOUS

03/01/23

By Keelyn Byram “So how did the archetype of the Witch transform from being pure...

Dr. Meta L. Christy Credit: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

HEALER OF THE UNSEEN: DR. META L. CHRISTY

01/30/23

By Ina Jane "As the first Black female doctor of osteopathy, she set the standard...

young African American teenage cowboy on his horse

"OUTRIDERS: LEGACY OF THE BLACK COWBOY" NARRATING THE RICH HISTORY OF THE BLACK COWBOY IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST

01/30/23

By Ariana Kramer "Outriders: Legacy of the Black Cowboy depicts information that...

Colonial period chocolate making implements and ingredients. Photo by Nicolasa Chávez.

CHOCOLATE: FROM FOOD OF THE GODS TO THE FOOD OF LOVE

01/29/23

By Nicolasa Chávez "The artfully packaged chocolate boxes cherished today were not...

WHAT'S IN THE WORD, SAVAGE?

12/30/22

By Felicia Bartley "I have been hearing the word savage more than I would like to...

NOW WHAT? CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE POST-PANDEMIC ICONOGRAPHY OF KING'S DREAM

12/15/22

By Cathryn McGill "Every year since 1983 people turn their attention to the commemoration...

GRULLAS

12/13/22

By Leanna Teresa Martinez y Torres "Each year grullas arrive by the hundreds, settling...

SLOW BURN: A FAMILY HISTORY OF GREEN CHILE STEW

12/01/22

By Vanessa Baca “Ubiquitous in our state, chile is a staple in our recipes year-round,...

Luminarias light up adobe wall in New Mexico. Credit: Photo Courtesy Leeanna Torres.

LITTLE BROWN BAGS: A BRIEF MEDITATION ON A NUEVO MEXICO TRADITION

12/01/22

By Leeanna Teresa Martinez y Torres “Throughout much of New Mexico, luminarias are...

CULTURAL IDENTITY THEFT: IMMEASURABLE SUFFERING

11/14/22

By Joshua K. Concha “unauthorized access to your personal information has occurred,...

Martin and Refugio Amador surrounded by their seven children in a family portrait taken in Las Cruces around 1900 Credit: Photo Courtesy of Amador Family Papers. Ms 0004. New Mexico State University Library, Archives and Special Collections Department.

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH — AMADOR FAMILY

09/28/22

By Jennifer Olguin “September 15 to October 15 marks Hispanic Heritage Month. This...

Rosalia de Aragon as La Llorona Credit: by Rosa Maria Calles.

COSAS EXTRAÑAS Y DUENDES — STRANGE THINGS AND GOBLINS

09/28/22

Ray John de Aragón “New Mexico is a land of mystery, suspense, and intrigue. One...

Prompt for image generation: 4-year-old, vaguely punk freestyling Credit: DALL-E generation by Philip Allfrey, @dr_pda

EVERYTHING IS COM-PLI-CA-TED!!

08/14/22

By Ellen Dornan “The humanities are so complicated! History, literature, philosophy…...

Hampton Sides Credit: Photo by Kurt Markus

THE CLICK OF THE SHUTTER MEANS "YES" KURT MARKUS, 1947-2022

07/28/22

By Hampton Sides “Wherever his Linhof field camera took him, Kurt regarded himself...

Michael Running Wolf Credit: Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

INDIGENOUS IN AI — LAKOTA LANGUAGE CAMP

07/28/22

By Ellen Dornan “Natives in Tech and Indigenous in AI have made it their respective...

American flag in a grassy field at sunset

AIMING FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD

07/02/22

By Richard W. Etulain "A key to middle-of-the-road opinions is moving away from 'either-or'...

“Lumbre salvaje.” Fire cresting in trees, Monte Aplanado.

LAS LUMBRES DEL 2022 EN EL NORTE DE NUEVO MÉXICO

06/30/22

By Gabriel Meléndez “My spirit shrank when I drove up to see a friend in El Monte...

A DIFFERENT KIND OF BILLY THE KID

06/30/22

By Richard Etulain “Is there a more human young man — one beyond the drama and even...

JUNETEENTH AND VIOLENCE, REVISITED

06/01/22

By Sean Cardinalli “It’s terrifying being Black in America. It’s strange being Black...

Credit: Vicente Fernandez in 1965 Wikimedia Commons

EL GRITO ETERNO: IMAGINING VICENTE FERNANDEZ AND REMEMBERING MY FATHER

05/31/22

By Matt Villegas “The mariachi legend, Vicente Fernandez, passed away late last year...

Black and white photo of La Fonda hotel in Santa Fe from the 1930s, a row of cars parked in front

MAPPING QUEER HISTORY IN NEW MEXICO

05/31/22

By Ellen Dornan "Did New Mexico – or at least Albuquerque and Santa Fe– support a...

Painting of Última and owl on wood panel

BURNING ÚLTIMA: RUDOLFO ANAYA AND THE IMPACT OF BOOK BANS ON DEMOCRACY

05/31/22

By Vanessa Baca "June 28 marks two years since Anaya, widely regarded as the Godfather...

Denise Chávez in front of "Lalo" Chávez's mural in the lobby of La Posta in Las Cruces, NM. Photo by Daniel Zolinsky.

MOTHER'S DAY 2019

05/01/22

By Denise Chávez “I imagine my mother Delfina listening intently to her transistor...

Chábáh Davis Watson of the Tl'aashchi'i Clan, Red Bottom People, from Wheatfields, AZ. Photo Courtesy of Ninabah Davis.

TEACHER WARRIOR

05/01/22

By Ninabah Davis “In the month of May we celebrate Mother's Day to honor our mothers,...

My friend La Llorona, 2018 Credit: Photo by Rica Maestas

LOVING LA LLORONA

05/01/22

By Rica Maestas “A nostalgic tie to childhood, La Llorona was one of the first stories...

Shozo, Goro, Mamoru and Keigo Takeuchi taken in Alvarado, CA in 1939. Credit: Photo courtesy of Shelley Takeuchi.

SHIKATAGANAI — IT CAN'T BE HELPED

05/01/22

By Shelley Takeuchi “May is now designated as Asian American and Pacific Islander...

FISH NOT FLESH: SYMBOLISM OF THE NEW MEXICO LENTEN FEAST

03/31/22

By Vanessa Baca “Ultimately, it is the return to life after the darkness of death...

New Mexico State Poet Laureate, Levi Romero

CARLOS, PRIETO, AND RAMIRO COME TO HOE THE MILPA

03/31/22

By Levi Romero “Hay más tiempo que vida, my cousin would often say. And maybe he...

SOY MAGDELENA… Y HE PECADO

03/31/22

By Diana Velazco “Represento a toda mujer Que en el mundo se le ha juzgado; Por prejuicios...

Gottlieb, W. P. (1947) Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Milt Milton Jackson, and Timmie Rosenkrantz, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. United States, 1947. , Monographic. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY: JAZZ AND DEMOCRACY

03/31/22

By Andy Kingston “The irony was not lost on many artists that a nation struggling...

Credit: Image Courtesy Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Accessed through the New Mexico Digital Repository

SUFRAGISTA Y MÁS: ADELINA "NINA" OTERO-WARREN

02/28/22

By Dr. Anna M. Nogar "Nuevomexicana Adelina 'Nina' Otero-Warren (1881-1965) is one...

A black and white photo portrait of Ida B. Wells

IDA B. WELLS: THE POWER OF THE PEN

02/28/22

By Ina Jane "Today, the legacy of her work continues as countries all over the world...

Credit: graphic courtesy of Ariel Dougherty

COMMUNITY VISIONS — CINEMATIC NARRATIVES BY WOMEN

02/28/22

By Ariel Dougherty “In intervening decades too few opportunities in the U.S. have...

ENCOUNTERING NEW MEXICO

01/31/22

By Darryl Wellington "I was aware that New Mexico was heavily Indigenous and Hispanic....

THE LAST MLK DAY

01/01/22

By Hakim Bellamy "Dr. King gets significant and deserved credit for being one of...

The Blue Marble by the crew of Apollo 17 (1972)

INSTRUMENT OF CHANGE: A BRIEF LOOK AT PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE UNITED STATES

12/01/21

By Matthew Contos "From the daguerreotype to satellite imaging, photography has stood...

Plate of Biscochitos cookies in the shape of hearts.

A SWEET AND SPICY MEMORY: BISCOCHITOS IN NEW MEXICO CULTURE

12/01/21

By Vanessa Baca "Biscochitos have a far deeper significance than being just sweet...

Credit: Private Augustus Walley Credit: National Museum of African American History and Culture, Ellen Dornan photographer

1867: A SNAPSHOT OF MILITARY OCCUPATION IN NEW MEXICO

11/01/21

By Ellen Dornan "The 1867 U.S. Topo Bureau map showing the Old Territory and Military...

redit: Unknown author; Public Domain; "Annie" daguerreotype of Poe circa 1849 jpg; originally from http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=39406

BEYOND THE MACABRE: EDGAR ALLAN POE AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HORROR

09/28/21

By Chrysta Wilson "Edgar Allan Poe’s status as the father of contemporary horror...

hoto courtesy of Nicolasa Chávez. Image of the author’s personal altar. In the center is a drawing of the author’s sister Christel Angélica Chávez, Captain US Air Force. Drawing by Anthony Thielen (cousin).

CELEBRATING THE DEAD: DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS AND ALL HALLOWE'EN

09/28/21

By Nicolasa Chávez "Many people do not know the origins of this fun - and fright-filled...

MIGUEL TRUJILLO

09/01/21

By Gordon Bronitsky "What was it about the postwar situation in New Mexico that encouraged...

Scene at Signing of the Constitution of the United States." Credit: Howard Chandler Christy, 1940

AMERICA'S CONSTITUTION: A MACHINE THAT DOES NOT RUN BY ITSELF

09/01/21

By Christian Fritz "The protection of democracy is not simply the obligation of elected...

Jack Loeffler on the San Juan River in 1971 Credit: Photo Courtesy by Terrence Moore

INVIGORATING METAMORPHOSIS

08/31/21

By Jack Loeffler "The flow of Nature has carried me through many rapids as I row...

Mural near International Border Crossing as seen with AR viewer

WHY IS EL PASO IN TEXAS?

08/27/21

By Ellen Dornan "Today, Southern New Mexicans frequently cross the border to El Paso,...

HISPASIAN

07/30/21

By Melissa Auh Krukar "The questions are always the same: 'Where are you from?' or...

GROWING UP "COYOTA" IN NEW MEXICO

07/29/21

By Nicolasa Chávez "Did being a coyote make me any less New Mexican? What exactly...

Historical drawing of wagon train on the Santa Fe Trail

MAP OF THE INDIAN TERRITORY, NORTHERN TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO, SHOWING THE GREAT WESTERN PRAIRIES

07/25/21

By Ellen Dornan "Josiah Gregg's 1844 map is ostensibly included in Commerce of the...

ENMU's curation facility, shelves lined with boxes and a ladder.

HOW HAS THE PANDEMIC AFFECTED MUSEUMS? EXAMPLES FROM THE BLACKWATER DRAW MUSEUM AT EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY

06/28/21

By Samantha Bokamp "The Blackwater Draw Museum (BWDM) was among the many museums...

Drawing by an unnamed youth in an immigration detention center. Depicts a man with a headdress, shield, and club. A blue bird flies above him.

ART CANNOT BE CAGED: DETAINED MIGRANT YOUTH CREATE AN EXHIBIT

06/28/21

By Kayla Myers “'Uncaged Art Tornillo Children’s Detention Center' is fundamentally...

Tarot de Marseilles Justice card next to a mural of Dolores Huerta

THE FOOL'S JOURNEY

06/01/21

By Bethany Tabor "It’s impossible to travel through Albuquerque without encountering...

Black and white photo portrait of Leonard Martinez, age 27

MANITO

05/30/21

By Leeanna Teresa Martinez y Torres "Manito: Examining and Deconstructing New Mexico’s...

Sculpture of a man on a horse leading other horses pulling a covered wagon

THE SANTA FE TRAIL

05/28/21

By Thomas Chávez "For much of its history New Mexico was an island in the wilderness,...

Nasario García, age 6 on a horse, along side an image of the Lágrimas book cover

LÁGRIMAS: POEMS OF JOY AND SADNESS

05/28/21

By Nasario García "I was fascinated by rural life in the desert where the landscape,...

INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH

04/30/21

By Ann Bentley "What do you think of when you hear 'book club'? Middle aged women...

HEMINGWAY

04/07/21

By Michael Privett "For me, the Hemingway work that stuck was The Old Man and The...

WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS: TIMELESS WISDOM

02/24/21

By Brandon Johnson "Washington understood the dangers of locating too much political...

NATIONAL HISTORY DAY

Helping student historians and their teachers study the past to inform the present and shape the future.

HELPING KEEP DEMOCRACY ALIVE BY SUPPORTING INCLUSIVE CONVERSATIONS

THE FREEDOM TO THINK OR WHY BOOK BANNING IS BORING

UNITED WE STAND

MIGUEL TRUJILLO

New Mexico State Capital building in Santa Fe.

NM LISTENS

CIVIL RIGHTS AND JUSTICE — THE FORCE OF REIES LOPEZ TIJERINA

The New Mexico Humanities Council provides support to help libraries and other educational spaces remain inclusive for all people and perspectives.

PREVIOUSLY FUNDED LIBRARIES

Capitan Public Library, $5,000.00
City of Carlsbad Library, $1,500.00
El Rito Library, $7,500.00
El Valle de Anton Chico Library, $6,000.00
Embudo Valley Library and Community Center, $5,000.00
Farmington Public Library Foundation, $7,500.00
Glenwood Community Library, $3,200.00
Roswell Public Library, $3,800.00
Taos Public Library, $5,000.00
Shuter Library of Angel Fire, $7,500.00

PREVIOUSLY FUNDED CHANGE MAKERS AND STORYTELLING GROUPS

Museum of Heritage and Arts, $3,820.00
Zuni Youth Enrichment Project, $15,000.00
AfroMundo, $16,639.56
Children’s Reading Alliance, $14,515.00
Japanese American Citizens League NM Chapter, $8,779.00
Gathering of Nations, $15,592.50
New Mexico Black Leadership Council, $20,000.00
The Children’s Hour Inc, $20,000.00
Keshet Dance Company, $12,685.00