Professional Documents
Culture Documents
April 2009
The Santa Fe Branch of the NAACP is planning Jamilla Abdullah was granted a GATES
the trip of a lifetime for September next year. MILLENIUM SCHOLARSHIP. All college expenses
Plan now to join. Here are a few of the will be paid through a Ph.D at any college of her
highlights: choosing! Jamilla plans to attend Eckerd College
in St. Petersburg, Florida next fall.
Experience the culture of traditional South Africa
at the National Craft and Cultural Fair in Regina Whitehead was also granted a GATES
Mpumalanga. Enjoy the natural beauty and MILLENIUM SCHOLARSHIP. She is going to
wildlife of Kruger Park. Learn about South Africa's Nevada Las Vegas University.
troubled history and great leaders first hand –
visit the house where Mohandas (Mahatma) Lilli Raphael loves New Orleans, Louisiana and
Gandhi lived during his years in Johannesburg being a student at the University of New
when he was developing the theory and practice Orleans. She spent the Spring break in New York
of nonviolent resistence (satyagraha). See Robbin City and will be home looking for a summer job
Island within sight of beautiful Cape Town where when school ends May 9th. When she returns to
Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years. UNO, she will be a Resident Assistant in the
Learn about the role of the Truth and dorms helping and overseeing other students.
Reconciliation Commissions in helping the Nation
to heal from the trauma of the apartheid regime. Joseph Bieg has completed two trimesters at
the University of Oregon in Eugene with good
grades. He has taken classes in Art and Ethnic
Studies. He is now in his 3rd trimester. He plans
to come to Santa Fe for the last 2-3 weeks in
June. Then he will return to a new apartment in
Eugene where he has a summer job canvassing
for an environmental agency.
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1. 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm, Santa Fe Branch NAACP General
Membership Meeting, at St. Bede's Episcopal Church, 1601 S. St. Francis Drive at
San Mateo – new meeting location.
2. Nigerian artist and author, Moyo Okediji, will be speaking on Contemporary
African Art at UNM on Thursday, May 7, 2009
3. Free Grant Writing Training; June 9, 10, & 11th. HUD sponsored; Embassy
Suites 1000 Woodward Pl. ABQ. Details: 505-245-7100
4. Maternal Dreamer #2; written & performed by storyteller Ramona King
May 8th-10th; Wise Fool Studio, 2778 Agua Fria St. Santa Fe; 505-242-0834
Special thanks to the following members who assisted in getting out this newsletter: Carol Johnson,
Julie Roberts, Victoria Scott, and Nichoe Lichen.