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2013 Luminaria Awards Celebrating the Best of New Mexico Intercultural Collaborative Leadership Strengthening Communities Youth Building the Future NEWS & VIEWS FROM THE SUSTAINABLE SOUTHWEST 2013 Luminaria Awards Celebrating the Best of New Mexico Intercultural Collaborative Leadership Strengthening Communities Youth Building the Future December 2013 NEW MEXICO’S THIRD LARGEST CIRCULATION NEWSPAPER Vol. 5 No. 12 2 Green Fire Times • December 2013 www.GreenFireTimes.com www.GreenFireTimes.com Green Fire Times • December 2013 3 4 Green Fire Times • December 2013 www.GreenFireTimes.com Vol. 5, No. 12 • December 2013 Issue No. 56 PUBLISHER Green Fire Publishing, LLC NEWS & VIEWS FROM THE SUSTAINABLE SOUTHWEST Skip Whitson Winner of the Sustainable Santa Fe Award for Outstanding Educational Project ASSoCIAte Publisher barbara e. brown CONTENTS MANAGING eDItor New Mexico commuNity FouNdatioN • 30 years 7 Seth roffman PhilaNthroPic First resPoNder . .9 Art DIreCtor Anna C. hansen, Dakini Design 2013 luMiNaria awards: CELEBRATING THE BEST OF NEW MEXICO . 10 CoPy eDItor luMiNarias: Fire aNd the Fire withiN 11 Stephen Klinger collaborative leadershiP PrograM iNitiative . 13 WebMASter: Karen Shepherd NMcF’s iNtercultural collaborative leadershiP PrograM CoNtrIbutING WrIterS Juan estévan Arellano, Joan brooks baker, Laura UNDERSTANDING NM’S COMPLEX CULTURAL HISTORY . 16 bonar, Jane Clarke, Shebana Coelho, Sarah Ghiorse, Denise Gonzales, Deborah harris, youth buildiNg the Future (with a Push FroM artist-social orgaNizer lily yeh) 18 Cheryl James, Lisa Jennings, Sandy Kiser, Juliana Ko, Alejandro López, Priscilla Manuelito, tom challeNges FaciNg rural villages iN New Mexico . 20 McDonald, Valerie Martínez, terry Mulert, treNgtheNiNg ommuNities through uMaNe pproaches betul ozmat, Jenny Parks, Seth roffman, renee s c h a . 22 Villarreal, tamara Watkins the commuNity iNvolveMeNt FuNd 23 CoNtrIbutING FOLLOW ME . 23 PhotoGrAPherS Anna C. hansen, Alejandro López, Native aMericaN PrograMs aNd FuNds at NMcF 26 Seth roffman, Don usner the sPARK PrograM: JOINING HANDS AT THE PUEBLO OF JÉMEZ 26 PubLISher’S ASSIStANtS a teacher’s PersPective oN a sMall Navajo towN . 28 Lisa Allocco, Cisco Whitson-brown, Susan Claire the thoreau commuNity ceNter . 29 oFFICe ASSIStANtS New Mexico commuNity FouNdatioN doNor ProFiles . 31 Camille Franchette, Claire Ayraud CHISPa awards . 32 ADVertISING SALeS Skip Whitson 505.471.5177 NewMexicowoMeN.org . 36 Anna C. hansen 505.982.0155 earl James 505.603.1668 saFety For girls aNd woMeN . 37 Cynthia Canyon 505.470.6442 tim Vaughn (Albq.) 505.750.7234 breast wishes FuNd . 37 Monica Maes (española) 505.603.6899 the New Mexico infaNt teaM PrograM 39 Joe Fatton (taos) 575.758.3202 MaN ouN eads heater oF the ppressed orKshoP DIStrIbutIoN i a l t o w 40 Lisa Allocco, barbara brown, Susan Clair, Co-op Public allies New Mexico . 40 Dist. Services, Joe Fatton, Nick García, Andy otterstrom (Creative Couriers), tony rapatz, the New Mexico commuNity News exchaNge . 41 Wuilmer rivera, Skip Whitson, John Woodie Newsbites . 43, 45 CIrCuLAtIoN 25,000 copies what’s goiNg oN . 46 Printed locally with 100% soy ink on 100% recycled, chlorine-free paper GreeN FIre tIMeS c/o the Sun Companies Po box 5588 Santa Fe, NM 87502-5588 505.471.5177 • [email protected] © 2013 Green Fire Publishing, LLC Green Fire Times provides useful information for anyone—community members, business people, students, visitors—interested in discovering the wealth of opportunities and resources available in our region. Knowledgeable writers provide articles on subjects ranging from green businesses, products, services, entrepreneurship, jobs, design, building, energy and investing—to sustainable agriculture, arts & culture, ecotourism, education, regional food, water, the healing arts, local heroes, native perspectives, natural resources, recycling and more. sner Sun Companies publications seek to provide our u readers with informative articles that support a more sustainable planet. To our publisher this means © Don maximizing personal as well as environmental health by minimizing consumption of meat and alcohol. Petroglyph at La bajada, Santa Fe County, New Mexico GFT is widely distributed throughout north- COVER: delfin quintana with granddaughter jasmine and dog • photo by don usner central NM. Feedback, announcements, event listings, advertising and article submissions to be Green Fire Times is not to be confused with the Green Fire Report, an in-house quarterly publication of the New considered for publication are welcome. Mexico Environmental Law Center. The NMELC can be accessed online at: www.nmelc.org www.GreenFireTimes.com Green Fire Times • December 2013 5 6 Green Fire Times • December 2013 www.GreenFireTimes.com New Mexico coMMuNity FouNdatioN • 30 years jenny parks and sandy kiser ansen h © Anna C. Los brazos embrace the pastoral village of Los ojos in the Chama river Valley t is a special opportunity to be with New Mexico Community Foundation in • Give Grande New Mexico, a statewide giving day scheduled for May 6, 2014 our 30th year. Reflecting on our rich history, we are especially proud that we and sponsored by The Community Foundation Coalition of New Mexico haveI remained steadfast and true to our mission serving the most rural and the • Philanthropic First Responder: our commitment to granting approximately $250K per year in emergency funds most forgotten in our state. We are proud to serve Chaparral, Thoreau, Silver City, Jémez Pueblo, Magdalena and many more places and individuals. We are here to Through the support of our donors and partners, New Mexico Community give hope and to fill gaps, and we plan to be here for many years to come. Foundation serves all 33 counties in our state, and this issue of Green Fire Times tells some of the story of our leadership in equity, community development and This month in Santa Fe, we celebrate 30 years of statewide philanthropy at our philanthropy. We hope you enjoy this issue! 30th Anniversary and 2013 Luminaria Gala. NMCF’s Luminaria tradition dates back to the mid-1990s and includes many leaders, visionaries and organizations, including Denise Chávez (1995), Tewa Women United (1997), Owen López (1999), Las Cumbres Learning Center (2000), María Benítez (2001), Jerry Ortiz y Pino (2002) and Ali McGraw (2007). We are happy to Sandy Kiser Jenny Parks be partnering with Green Fire Times for this month’s focus issue that highlights Board Chair President and CEO these extraordinary individuals and brings attention to the impact NMCF has had throughout the state for three decades. WHAT DOES NM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DO? In 1983, we started with boots on the ground and zero dollars for endowment, New Mexico Community Foundation (NMCF), established in 1983, supports and we now manage nearly $30 million in various funds and assets, but we are community projects and underserved communities by pooling resources to support most gratified by the impact we have making grants of a much larger foundation: New Mexico’s people, strengthen the state’s nonprofits, and grow philanthropy and endowments, especially in rural parts of the state. The foundation serves $7.5 million in the last two years alone and $60 million overall. We do this with both donors and beneficiaries—connecting philanthropists (large and small) immeasurable support from donors, staff, board members and the many new and to the needs and aspirations of cities, towns, pueblos and villages across all of old friends of NMCF. We foster relationships with local, statewide and national New Mexico. NMCF pulls together people, ideas and resources, and serves as a partners in philanthropy, and together we make New Mexico a better place to champion of rural communities. live. We help New Mexico thrive. NMCF has served all 33 counties in the state by identifying community needs, Entering our next 30 years, we are particularly excited about designing and leading broad-based initiatives to meet those needs, and supporting • The return of our Luminaria awards local and regional nonprofits whose missions complement the Community • Our new women and girls’ fund and initiative, NewMexicoWomen.Org Foundation’s mission. • Our 2nd Annual Chispa awards • Nearly 50 active fiscal sponsorships By partnering with donors, NMCF helps them achieve their charitable goals— • The newly signed Chimpanzee Sanctuary Fund with the Humane Society whether that means starting a fund, creating an endowment, leaving a legacy, or of the United States and Animal Protection New Mexico just making a gift. By partnering with charitable entities and tribes, the foundation • The Community News Exchange funded by NMCF with a Knight builds and distributes resources for the underserved, vulnerable and unlucky. Foundation matching grant NMCF also supports nonprofits doing excellent work by investing in their NMCF PROGRAMS, PROJECTS & PEOPLE CONTACTS leadership. Through a vibrant Fiscal Sponsorship Program that provides programmatic support and financial oversight, NMCF allows charitable projects For more information or to contact any of the programs, projects or organizations to receive tax-deductible donations and foundation grants. The foundation also featured in this edition of Green Fire Times, call or email New Mexico Community holds nonprofit endowments that build nonprofit resources for an organization’s Foundation: 505.820.6860, [email protected], www.nmcf.org. future so its directors can focus fully on their mission. www.GreenFireTimes.com Green Fire Times • December 2013 7 NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TIMELINE 1983 NMCF Founded 1987 40K NEA grant for “Churches, Symbols of Community: Cornerstones” 1996 First Luminarias event, attended by
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