Check out the mobile library, join a workshop on climate resilience and mass incarceration or the Migrant Literacy Project. Storytelling, making seed bombs and more. Call Rudolfo Anaya North Valley Library at (505) 897-8823 to register, or just drop by! 

The Migrant Literacy Project

From 2:00-3:00pm. The Migrant Literacy Project (MLP) teaches multi-generational literacy through border, migration, and movement narratives in English and Spanish, while documenting written and oral migrant border stories for each local community library archive. The MLP is participatory and multigenerational focusing on oral community storytelling, collaborative discussions, letter writing, and crafting of participant narratives through multi-modal media forms. The outcome of planned face-to-face workshops is increased community literacy. collaborates with community libraries throughout New Mexico and hopes to expand throughout the US.  

Growing Justice: Climate Resilience and Mass Incarceration Program

From 3:00-4:00pm. A workshop by the Southwest Seed Partnership/Institute for Applied Ecology- in partnership with RAVEL Lab and the Mobile Abolition Library. Led by sheri crider and an arts and Ecology practitioner, will introduce connections between climate change and mass incarceration. Identify seeds and methods to contribute to climate resilience. Learn the preservation practice of making seed balls and best practices for selection of planting for climate resilience. Learn about the dehumanizing effects of incarceration, including lack of outdoor access, healthy food and paths to Re-entry.