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New Mexico Office of African American Affairs Staff Directory Yvette Kaufman-Bell Executive Director Office: (505) 383-6221 Cell: (505) 690-4990 [email protected] Nicole Byrd Office staff members from (l-r), Tanya Montoya-Ramirez, Deputy Director Mbaember Joyce David-Wuam, Yvette Kaufman-Bell, Office: (505) 383-6219 Nicole Byrd, Beverly Jordan and Caleb Crump Cell: (505) 221-9171 [email protected] Beverly Jordan Executive Assistant Contact us: Office: (505) 383-6220 Cell: (505) 221-2863 New Mexico Office of [email protected] African American Affairs Tanya Montoya-Ramirez Budget Analyst Office: (505) 383-6218 310 San Pedro Dr. NE Suite 230 [email protected] Albuquerque, NM 87108 Mbaember Joyce David-Wuam Health Outreach Coordinator 1-866-747-6935 Toll-Free Office: (505) 383-6217 (505) 383-6222 (OAAA) Cell: (505) 379-6071 [email protected] (505) 383-6214 Fax Caleb Crump website: www.oaaa.state.nm.us Economics Outreach Coordinator Office: (505) 383-6216 Cell: (505) 205-0797 [email protected] www.oaaa.state.nm.us 2 Table of Contents Publication Staff Director’s Message•••4 Tavis Smiley in New Mexico•••5 Publish Layout & Design A Full House For Business Leadership Course•••6 Ron Wallace MLK Youth Commission: Foundation Building•••7 2015 New Mexico Black Expo•••8 - 13 Editor World Boxing Champion Bob Foster•••14 Delphine Dallas Basketball Hall of Famer Mel Daniels•••15 World Record Holder Adolph Plummer•••16 Contributors of Articles and NAACP State Conference•••17 Photos for this issue Sickle Cell Disease Education is Key•••18 Shammara H. Henderson •••19 Carolyn Peeler, Alamogordo, NM Prison Ministries Changing Lives through Dedicated Service•••20 Elizabeth Sanchez, Albuquerque, NM Devont’e Kurt Watson, A Young Leader Eugene Byerly, Albuquerque, NM For Today And Tomorrow•••21 Shalane Malveaux, Albuquerque, NM Holloman Youth Center Explores Aviation•••22 Joe Cotton, Hobbs, NM Annual Diversity Fair•••22 Helen Houston, Hobbs, NM Scholarships That Honor Our Past and Wanda Ross Padilla, Santa Fe, NM Promote Our Future•••23 George Geder, Santa Fe, NM A VERY Special Woman in Clovis, NM Known as “Mama Betty”•••24 Photo by: Senior Airman Leah Ferrante, African American Chamber of Commerce, Hobbs•••25 U.S. Air Force Pat Taylor Becomes New Hobbs Commissioner•••26 Photo by: Airman First Class Randahl Jenson, Friends of Many Cultures Annual Scholarship Awards•••27 U. S. Air Force Fiesta Fela Shines Once More•••28 WE HAVE MOVED! The NM Office of African American Affairs has moved to the African American Performing Arts Center located at 310 San Pedro Dr. NE, Come by to see us! Albuquerque, NM 87108. We are located upstairs in Suite 230. Our new phone number is (505) 383-6222. Open Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm We look forward in seeing you! 3 Statewide Focus Magazine After visiting several villages, an orphanage, the King’s palace in Livingston, a Safari in Botswana, Director’s Message standing in the mist of the Victoria Falls, known to the native people as “The Smoke that Thunders”, one can only conclude that the richness of the people and the land have yet to be fully discovered. The hospitality and deep sense of respect for history, heritage, and all humanity that was exemplified has impacted the way I view the world around me. As we look forward to continued relationship building with our new friends and colleagues, I am honored to have been afforded this unique opportunity and will cherish the experience gained for a life time. Members of the delegation were Yvette Kaufman- Bell – Executive Director NM Office of African American Affairs, Gary Oppedahl -Director of Economic Development (Mayor Richard Berry’s official representative), City of ABQ, Beverly Oppedahl, Randy Trask, Manager - ABQ- Bernco Trade Alliance, Richard Buckler -President, ABQ Yvette Kaufman-Bell, Executive Director Sister Cities Foundation, Patrick Mapalo - ABQ-Lusaka Committee Chair, ABQ Sister Cities Foundation, Dave New Mexico Delegation Bagley - ABQ Sister City Foundation Member , Chuck Travels to Zambia Larrabee - ABQ Sister City Foundation Member, LaShaba Bowens - ABQ Sister City Foundation Member, Gretchen The New Mexico Office of African American Affairs Werne - ABQ Sister City Foundation Member, Devont’e joined an Albuquerque Sister Cities delegation on their Kurt Watson - ABQ-Bernco Trade Alliance. Other cities in first mission trip to an African country for meetings with New Mexico who currently have Sister City agreements Zambian government officials in Lusaka and Livingston are Clovis and Santa Fe. June 19 - 30, 2015. After multiple visits from Zambia’s officials to New Mexico and four years of strong grassroots efforts, forming official trade relationships with the City of Clovis (Sister City to Kasama) and Santa Fe (Sister City to Livingston) the delegation traveled with the expressed interest of participating in an official ceremony, connecting Albuquerque and Lusaka, Zambia’s capital city. All agreements formed will explore ways New Mexico and Zambia can work together in partnerships to enhance cultural, educational and economic development. During the mission trip the delegation learned how the U.S. Embassy is working to assist in the decentralization of government, relinquishing power to its cities to better fund and provide services to improve the quality of life. Industry sectors were identified as possible Members of the New Mexico opportunities for New Mexico companies interested in delegation to Zambia doing business in Zambia were renewable energy, water and mining technologies, and tourism/hospitality industry development. The City of Albuquerque also announced the donation of up to 4 fire trucks to Zambia and was more than willing to host first responders in New Mexico for advanced training and capacity building. www.oaaa.state.nm.us 4 Tavis Smiley in New Mexico with its impact on education, health, homelessness, foreclosure, national security, the prison industrial complex and other issues that are deteriorating our nation. The panel also examined how to empower those living in poverty. The panel experts included: Dr. Jozi De Leon, VP for Equity & Inclusion / Chief Diversity Officer for UNM; Gabriel R. Sanchez, Ph.D., Executive Director of the RWJF and Associate Professor of Political Science at UNM; Dr. Veronica Garcia, Executive Director of NM Voices for Children; Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, Executive Director Enlace Comuntario and Yvette Kaufman-Bell, Executive Director of the NM Office of African American By: Wanda Ross Padilla, M.Ed., DPA Affairs. Author, Speaker & Holistic Life Coach: In discussing this event with Yvette Kaufman-Bell, www.santafesoulsister.com her observation was “Although the discussion was rich and well needed, my hope is that we can follow-up to ENDING POVERTY: partner or collaborate, even among the panelists, to address the problem of poverty in New Mexico.” America’s Silent Spaces My take-away was “the issue of poverty in NM is a A panel was moderated by PBS Host Tavis dire one. Demographically, we have the political muscle Smiley, October 29, 2015, at the University of New to deal with it, but we do not really use that muscle. Mexico’s Continuing Education Auditorium. Tavis We must become politically active.” Another way is Smiley continues to be an outstanding voice for change. to become “digitally” trained…even the lowest level of Currently, Smiley hosts the late night television talk show, jobs today requires some comfort and knowledge of how The Tavis Smiley Show on PBS. His show is distributed to work with computers. Re-training for this new era is by Public Radio International (PRI) and is the co-host critical says major economists on poverty in America. of Smiley and West (PRI). In addition to his radio and television work, Smiley has authored 14 books, including the book he edited, Covenant with Black America, which became the first nonfiction book by a Black-owned Continued on page 30 publisher to reach #1 on the New York Times best seller list. In 2009, TIME magazine named him to their list of “The World’s Most Influential People.” Tavis has been in broadcasting for almost 25 years. The attendance at this event included a large number of African Americans, which Tavis remarked “Wow, this audience must be composed of all the Blacks in New Mexico” as a joke and observation. Tavis led the panel discussion which included a multidisciplinary panel of local experts who examined poverty in America and its connection to the labor market and immigration. It was noted that New Mexico did not have a significant number of immigrants because of the OAAA Executive Director, Yvette Kaufman-Bell, one of the panelists for the evening lack of jobs here. The panel explored the notion of poverty 5 Statewide Focus Magazine A Full House For Business Leadership Course A very diverse crowd of business owners and community leaders, took part in the business leadership course Dr. Springer did an awesome job of conveying both his business and academic experience to attendees. Examples of concepts shared were teaching about the different leadership styles, motivations, business branding, marketing, and so much more. Attendees received a course manual, and were rewarded with a framed course completion certificate. Special thanks to all of the partners who assisted in making sure that the Business Leadership Class was successful. Lunch was provided and catered by Joe Powdrell of Mr. Powdrell’s Bar-B-Que and sponsored by Sandra Taylor-Sawyer of Dream Givers, LLC – Dr. Stevie DeJuan Springer addressing a very eager crowd Independent Associate for Legal Shield. The Business Leadership Course which took place Saturday, July 25th, with Dr. Stevie DeJuan Springer, was a huge success! The goal of the Business Leadership Course was to introduce strategies and concepts to help sustain inner relationships among leaders, managers, and employees.