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Black Family Community Listening Session

Black Family Community Listening Session

Students, families, and community members are invited to provide input at our listening session with New Mexico State Office of African American Affairs and the Public Education Department’s Black Education Act Bureau. Share your needs and insights! You can help guide the support and services that are needed in your schools and communities. This action-oriented […]

NMPED Backpack Giveaway

NMPED Backpack Giveaway

Quick, grab a FREE backpack, plus get a FREE haircut and FREE health screening! (Backpacks while supplies last. NM student must be present.) Sponsored by NM Black Education Act Bureau, UNM Hospital, and community partners

NMBLC After-School Reading Program

NMBLC After-School Reading Program

Students ages 5 to 18! Join us at NMBLC’s beautiful offices for an after-school reading program, every Monday from April 6 to May 4. Build your reading confidence and skills. Offered by the ID HOST Collaborative, a community-centered initiative bringing together leaders from the Highland Cluster’s community schools in Albuquerque’s International District. Register HERE! What […]

Teen Study Space at International District Library

Teen Study Space at International District Library

Are you age 13 to 17 and need a quiet space to study and do homework? Every Wednesday the library hosts a study space from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. in the Young Adult (YA) room, featuring quiet lofi/ study music playing for a relaxing vibe. A staff member will be present for computer help, and […]

Free Backpacks & School Supplies

Free Backpacks & School Supplies

Join the city of Albuquerque to help prepare your kids for the school year at Cruzin’! FREE backpacks, school supplies, resources—even bikes! Click here for REQUIRED pre-registration!

Wilson MS Homework Diner

Wilson MS Homework Diner

Free chile relleno dinner, plus a chance to learn together and meet Wilson staff! What a great night!

Whittier Community Diner: New Year, New Whittier

Whittier Community Diner: New Year, New Whittier

Join the Whittier community as families meet, eat, and share activities and homework! Start in the library for a presentation on Whittier’s Positive Behavior Support plan, then move to the cafeteria to enjoy a pasta-and-cheesecake dinner (prepared by Highland high school students) and make 2024 a vision board.

Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day 2024

Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day 2024

Walk to school to commemorate school integration, and the courage of then-six-year-old Ruby Bridges, the first to integrate her school in 1960 and become the face of a movement. Brought to us by a group of elementary schoolers in South San Francisco who took their idea to the state legislature, this day is meant as […]

Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day

Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day

Walk to school to commemorate school integration, and the courage of then-six-year-old Ruby Bridges, the first to integrate her school in 1960 and become the face of a movement. Brought to us by a group of elementary schoolers in South San Francisco who took their idea to the state legislature, this day is meant as […]