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THE NEW MEXICO ​​AFRICAN AMERICAN RESILIENCE COMMITTEE
​JOINED THE WORLD IN ​COMMEMORATING 400 YEARS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN RESILIENCE, POWER, AND CREATIVITY BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST DOCUMENTED AFRICANS CAPTURED AND ENSLAVED UPON ARRIVAL IN THE UNITED STATES.
  
WE CELEBRATE AND ORCHESTRATE OUR LIVES BEYOND 2020 BEGINNING WITH 

QUIET FORCES
 
HONORING OUR 80+ SEASONED CITIZENS WHO HAVE BEEN GLOBAL AND LOCAL QUIET FORCES OF CHANGE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES 

​                                                            COMING SOON!  

                                       IN THE MEANTIME ENJOY OUR PREVIOUS EVENTS IN PICTURES
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 ​WATCHING OUR ANCESTORS' SOULS SYMBOLICALLY RETURN HOME

AUGUST 24th, 2019 CEREMONY AT THE RIO GRANDE RIVER
 
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We had clay people making parties to create images of our ancestors
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Placing the Ancestral images and artifacts
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Placing the raft into the water
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We gathered at Tingly Beach and carried handmade bio degradable raft to a clearing
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Lifting the raft
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New Ancestor Toni Morrison placed at the helm
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Ceremony with libation, Gullah-Geechee language poem, Mayoral Proclamation
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Carrying the raft
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The raft journeying HOME with our Ancestors Souls
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​FEATURE ART EXHIBIT
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“400 YEARS (1619-2019): KNOWING OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN PAST AND CREATING OUR FUTURE" 

October 7 - December 27

Presented by
The NM Humanities Council & NM African American Resilience Committee
Our opening was fantastic with Curator Maurice Burns (pictured) and exhibiting artists sharing 90 seconds each about their work followed by plenty of one-on-one conversations. Featured artists included Matthew Barkley, Mark Beck, Bouchra Belghali, Savannah Boone, Michael Carson, Ike Davis, Paige Diem, Georgette Endicott, Doris Fields,PhD, Cherrymae Goldston, Karen Jones Meadows, Michael LaFrance Lynch, Issa Nyaphaga, Gwen Samuels, and Ricardo Sarto.
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​Watch this video with panelists: Issa Nyaphaga (Cameroon), Raul Davis (African American and Apache--grew up on the Mescalero Apache Reservation), Savannah Boone (Antigua), Michael Carson (2nd Generation New Mexican), Cherrymae Golston (Belize), Bouchra Belghali (Morocco), Dr. Doris Fields (From Southern USA), Karen Jones Meadows (From Northern USA)
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UNVEILING OF 400 YEARS AND BEYOND TOURING EXHIBIT OF
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY


A timeline exhibit touring New Mexico, designed by Dr. Daniel Taradash & Mario Griego 

Courtesy of the Holocaust & Intolerance Museum of New Mexico
&
The African American Museum and Cultural Center of New Mexico


With African Cuisine Feast & Featured Entertainment 
Storyteller-Ramona King, Singer-Isaiah Barkley, 
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Percussionists-Mensah Sakpor and Brenda Hollingsworth-Marley 
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This standing room only event included NMAARC gifts to guests of scrolls highlighting Upstanders in the African American Community 
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PAGE IN PROGRESS MORE TO COME!
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