Category: Community Event
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CANCELLED Hair It Is Fish Fry
This event is cancelled due to conflict with the Civic Plaza Juneteenth.
Come on in for a fish (and chicken and shrimp) fry sponsored by Hair It Is beauty salon! Feast on catfish, tilapia, chicken, shrimp, hush puppies, dessert, and more!
Pre-orders and walk-ins both welcome. Pre-orders must be prepaid. Call 505-489-1048 to pre-order.
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Route 66 Summerfest
Have some fun this summer with Summerfest! In 2023. this free event will take over a mile-long stretch on Central from Girard to Washington. Multiple stages of local bands! Food trucks! Artisan shopping booths! Kids’ activities! and more!
Don’t miss it! Bring the family, enjoy the fun and celebrate Route 66.
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World Refugee Day 2023
Honor and celebrate refugees around the globe at this free event for all ages! Featuring vendors, performances, music, art, activities, resources, and more! This year’s event will be held on Civic Plaza on Saturday, June 24th at 4pm.
World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations. It celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home countries to escape conflict or persecution. On this day we hope to build empathy and understanding for their hardship, and to recognize their resilience in rebuilding their lives and the many gifts they bring to their new homes.
Register to attend World Refugee Day 2023!
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Denim & Diamonds Day Party
Please join the Sorors of the Albuquerque Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. to kick off the summer season with a Day Party themed “Denim & Diamonds”!
Tickets are $25, and all proceeds go toward our community service work and scholarship programs. Please share the flyer and link for ticket purchase. Thank you for your support, and see you at the event!
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True NM Art Exhibition: Self-Portraits
Celebrate the work of NM’s Asian and Black/African youth artists! This exhibit showcases self-portraits of these artists as they work to explore identity, strengthen community, and address racism through their art.
True New Mexico is an annual anti-racism, youth-centered, arts-based project developed as a collaboration between the New Mexico Asian Family Center (NMAFC) and the New Mexico Black Leadership Council (NMBLC). Each spring, a cohort of Black/African American and/or AAPINH young artists create original self-portraits guided by the prompt “What’s your True New Mexican story?”
FREE family fun, art activities and food! RSVP HERE!
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Melanated Mentors: A Real Talk from Women of Color
Explore the stories of Albuquerque’s most influential professional Melanated Women with the Devasting Ladies of the Albuquerque Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Learn how to successfully navigate workplace microaggressions, genderism, micro-affirmations, and sexism in a brown skin girl kind of way. Join us in a healthy and safe environment to ask questions and laugh in an environment dedicated to us. Light refreshments will be served. Register HERE.
Be the vision of change you envision!
with:
Dr. Tryphenia Peele-Eady Ph.D., Associate Dean for Equity, Inclusion, and Faculty; Entrepreneur; Business Coach
Dr. Stephanie McIver, Ph.D., Interim Executive Director of Student Health & Counseling
Marsha Hardmen, ESQ, Lawyer, Professor, Entrepreneur
Dr. Anita Fernander, Ph.D., Executive Diversity Officer and Sr. Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
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Project Feed the Hood Garden Opening Day
Come check out the community garden! Free food (pre-register HERE) and family activities!
Sign up to get updates and info on how you can be part of the community.
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Statewide Legal Teleclinic
Need legal help with guardianship, debt, contracts, name changes, probate, jobs, etc? If you meet the financial guidelines, you could get free legal help over the phone.
Please apply in advance at legalclinics@legalaid.org or 1-877-266-9861.
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Kitchen Creations Diabetes Education series
Join us at Kitchen Creations for a four-part series, Wednesdays May 24 to June 14! Spouses, family members involved in their care – all are welcome! FREE once every 3 years to anyone with diabetes, pre-diabetes, or who is caring for a loved one with diabetes.
Discuss the ins and outs of Diabetes and how it affects you, including how to use the diabetes plate, and other nutritional and dietary tools. Together we will cook and eat tasty dishes from the Soul Food Cookbook and the New Mexico cookbook!
Please sign up at kitchencreations.nmsu.edu or call 575-202-5065 to sign up.
