Released: November 1, 2019
Indigenous Peoples Club is organizing events
Santa Fe Community College will celebrate Native American Heritage Month through a series of special programs. The Indigenous Peoples Club is organizing a series of special events to celebrate the national Native American Heritage Month.
Currently scheduled Native American Heritage Month activities:
- Nov. 4 11 a.m. Opening Ceremony, Campus Center: President Becky Rowley, Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Student Success Thomasinia Ortiz-Gallegos, SFCC Data Technician Marvin Gabaldon and SFCC student Jeslyn Rosetta will speak. Dineh’Tah Navajo Dancers led by Shawn Price will present a cultural program.
- Nov. 5
- 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Second Annual Northern New Mexico KIDS COUNT Conference
(registration link) - 1 p.m. Tour of campus with Keynote speaker Marilyn Bruguier Zimmerman, MSW, Ph.D., Campus Center
- 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Second Annual Northern New Mexico KIDS COUNT Conference
- Nov. 7 and Nov. 8, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Art show, main hallway. (Vendors can reserve a space by sending an email to marvin.gabaldon@sfcc.edu or call 505-428-1835.)
- Nov. 11 to 15 Rock your Mocs Week
- Nov. 19
- 10 a.m. A.J. Goldman Presentation, Campus Center
- 11:30 a.m. Short Films Screening, Room 216 Lecture Hall. Screening by IAIA – James Lujan, Department Chair of Cinematic Arts & Technology at the Institute of American Indian Arts.
- 1:30 p.m. Red Dress/Red Sand Project – Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women , Courtyard
Red dresses on display beginning Nov. 4. Each represents a missing or murdered Indigenous woman.
For more information contact Marvin Gabaldon at marvin.gabaldon@sfcc.edu or call 505-428-1835.
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