Screening of short (15-min) film “Crooked Trees Gon Give Me Wings” followed by panel discussion.
Panelists include Film Writer & Director Cara Lawson; Ashoka Fellow & Founder of Birthing Project—Underground Railroad for New Life, Kathryn Hall Trujillo; Doulah & Healer Tauz TamuPovi; Ausettua AmorAmenkum who since the 1980s has engaged incarcerated women with performance & spiritual arts.
“Garifuna in Peril” delves into the Indigenous and Afro roots of the Garinagu, also known as the Garifuna.
Panelists include: Garifuna Scholar Pablo Jose Lopez Oro; San Ilefonso Tradition Bearer and Healer Tauz Tamu Povi; Afro-Latinidad and Afro-Indigeneity Scholar Dr. Sheryl Felecia Means; and Big Queen of the New Orleans Washitau Nation, Ausettua AmorAmenkum.
Explores the poetic tradition of decimas in the context of poetry as a means of resistance for Afro peoples. With poet Eleuterio Santiago-Díaz and special guest artists Pauila Melissa Alves, aka Mel Adún, Marcus Gonçalves da Silva, aka Guellwaar Adún, Monice Aguilar, J. Gourdin, and Leandro Pita.
APS Medicaid Enrollment & Hayes MS present a health fair for the whole community which features on-site Medicaid/SNAP enrollment, Covid & 7th grader required vaccines, free tablets for those already on Medicaid, snacks/drinks & door prizes! This event is free and open to the public. No registration required.
Resources also for Be Well NM (federal insurance marketplace) as well as other support, so stop on by and check it out!
Come to the San Pedro Library hear the true story of Esteban (or Estevanico), an enslaved African man, who may have been the first non-native person to visit the southern reaches of the Colorado Plateau in what we now call New Mexico. 5600 Trumbull SE, Albuquerque.
Join the Albuquerque Isotopes baseball team on Tuesday, April 18 at 6:35 pm for a game in celebration of baseball great Jackie Robinson!
Art attribution: Osbrun, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Celebrating the freedom of plant medicine & Mother Earth for the 4/20 holiday and Earth Day! Support community, plant medicine, nature and safe spaces for BIPOC at the beautiful Mujeres Valley Campground.
Dia de los Niños is a celebration of children, families, and reading that emphasizes the importance of literacy for children from all backgrounds. Celebrate with bilingual storytime at the International District Library!
Participating children will receive a free book, courtesy of the Friends for the Public Library.
Learn about NM and national immunization trends, as well as the latest strategies to enhance vaccine confidence and uptake.