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SUMMARY:AfroMundo Festival: “Re-imaginings: Power & Transformation”
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, April 14\, 2026\n7:00 pm \nNHCC | Bank of America Theatre \n2026 AfroMundo Festival: “Futurism: Manifesting the Envisioned”\nFeatured Regions: U.S. & U.S. Territories: Puerto Rico\, Virgin Islands\, Guam\, American Samoa\, Mariana Islands \nScreening of Puerto Rican documentary “The Bee—A Reflection on Women\, Land\, and Occupation.” Directed by Nelson Varas-Diaz. 2024. 30m. Followed by a panel discussion and Q&A. Panelists include award-winning afro-diasporic siblings\, mulowayi and mapenzi who together comprise Las Nietas de Nonó; Afro-Puerto Rican attorney and former member of the Puerto Rican Senate\, Ana Irma Rivera Lassén; Robert Washington-Vaughns\, founder of Black Men Flower Project; and Tyeshia ‘Ty’ Wilson\, Certified Impact Philanthropy Advisor and award-winning Giving Circle expert. Moderated by Latinx\, transfeminist sociologist\, Amaury J. Rijo Sanchez. \nThe 2026 AfroMundo Festival is free to the general public with limited seating and includes films\, concerts\, literature\, oral traditions\, panel discussions\, culinary and other arts to foster a greater understanding of our shared humanity. Learn more at afromundo.org. \nPLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATION HERE! \nLas Nietas de Nonó are the afro-diasporic siblings\, mulowayi and mapenzi. In their creative process\, they evoke ancestral memory through personal archives. Their practice incorporates performance\, found objects\, organic materials\, ecology\, fiction\, video and installation. In 2022\, their solo show\, Posibles Escenarios\, Vol. 1 LNN was presented at Artists Space\, New York a grouping of newly commissioned multimedia works that extend Las Nietas’s explorations of themes such as processes of expropriation and colonial violence against Black communities and the development of microhistories in relation to geopolitics. They created Ilustraciones de la Mecánica in 2016 – a multimedia installation that was later commissioned by the 10th Berlin Biennale (2018) and the 79th Whitney Biennial (2019). They have received the Latinx Artist Fellowship from the US Latinx Art Forum (2022)\, the Rome Prize in Visual Art from the American Academy in Rome (2022)\, the United States Artist Award (2018)\, The Art of Change from the Ford Foundation (2017)\, and the Global Arts Fund from the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice (2017 & 2020). Their art has been shown in Haiti\, Cuba\, the Dominican Republic\, Puerto Rico\, Ecuador\, England\, Germany\, Italy\, Norway\, Scotland\, and the United States. In 2019\, they co-founded Parceleras Afrocaribeñas\, an organization run by Black womxn\, where spaces for environmental and racial justice are created in the face of industrial developments that threaten their barrio of San Antón\, in Carolina\, Puerto Rico. https://www.lasnietasdenono.com \nAnna Irma Rivera Lassén\, an Afro-Puerto Rican attorney and former member of the Puerto Rican Senate\, was born on March 13\, 1955\, in Santurce\, San Juan. Throughout her career\, Lassén has been a steadfast champion for human rights\, particularly focusing on issues of discrimination\, gender violence\, and socio-economic rights. Her commitment to justice was exemplified in her successful challenge against discriminatory courtroom attire rules in the 1980s\, setting a precedent for gender equality. Her expertise and advocacy have garnered recognition from prestigious organizations\, including the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Lassén’s leadership extends beyond legal circles. From 2012 to 2014\, she was the head of the Bar Association of Puerto Rico\, making history as the first Afro-Puerto Rican and openly lesbian individual to hold the position. Her tenure was marked by significant advancements in promoting gender equality and access to justice. Additionally\, she has contributed to the legislative process\, actively participating in assessments of bills aimed at advancing human rights protections in Puerto Rico. Her impact and dedication have been acknowledged through numerous awards and honors\, including the “Medalla Senatorial Capetillo-Roqué” from the Puerto Rican Senate and the “Martin Luther King/Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Prize.” Notably\, Anna was recognized as one of USA Today’s Women of the Year in 2023\, further underscoring her influential contributions to society. \nRobert Washington-Vaughns: Founder of Black Men Fower Project \nTyeshia ‘Ty’ Wilson is a Certified Impact Philanthropy Advisor\, an award-winning giving circle expert\, and a catalyst for collective action\, driven by the belief that everyone is a philanthropist capable of creating positive social change. As Senior Director of Community at Philanthropy Together\, Ty leverages her lived experiences and expertise in community organizing and coalition building to architect the organization’s global partnership and engagement strategy\, connecting diverse stakeholders to expand the collective giving movement. An energizing public speaker and bold advocate for collaborative\, community-led philanthropy\, Ty has spoken to thousands of people and trained hundreds through Philanthropy Together’s flagship Launchpad programs. She serves as immediate past Chair of HERitage Giving Fund\, the first Black giving circle in Texas\, and sits on multiple national boards including RegisterHER\, Philanos and the Women of Color in Fundraising and Philanthropy. Ty’s strategic\, community leadership experience spans hospitality\, fundraising\, and government sectors. Notably\, she previously served as Assistant to the City Manager and Chief of Staff at the City of Dallas. A proud Dallas native with deep Texas roots\, Ty holds degrees from UT Arlington and UNT Dallas\, and an Executive Certificate in Philanthropic Leadership from Georgetown University \nMODERATOR—Amaury J. Rijo Sanchez: As a Latinx\, transfeminist sociologist\, Sanchez’ work explores the intersections of decoloniality\, activist coalitions\, and cultural and creative expressions\, with focus on Latinx populations. Guided by a decolonial feminist lens\, he investigates how feminist organizing and queer artivism resist colonial infrastructures and generate alternative modes of community-building and survival. Sanchez’ research draws from ethnographic methods and critical theory to highlight the significance of mobilization from the margins in shaping more just futures. \nAfroMundo Festival: Documentary Screening & Panel Discussion—“Re-imaginings: Power & Transformation” | New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs \n 
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/afromundo-festival-documentary-screening-panel-discussion-re-imaginings-power-transformation/
LOCATION:Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Film,Speakers,Workshops
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SUMMARY:AfroMundo Festival: “Food is Power: Cultivating Community”
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 15\, 2026\n7:00 pm \nNHCC | Salón Ortega \n2026 AfroMundo Festival: “Futurism: Manifesting the Envisioned”\nFeatured Regions: U.S. & U.S. Territories: Puerto Rico\, Virgin Islands\, Guam\, American Samoa\, Mariana Islands \nPanel discussion followed by a Q&A. Panelists include Samoan Chef Devynne Fuga Ah-Mai\, and Puerto Rican Chef Pau Rocío. Moderated by Dr. Belinda Deneen Wallace\, Director of UNM’s Liberal Arts and Integrative Studies Program. \nThe 2026 AfroMundo Festival is free to the general public with limited seating and includes films\, concerts\, literature\, oral traditions\, panel discussions\, culinary and other arts to foster a greater understanding of our shared humanity. Learn more at afromundo.org. \nPLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATION HERE! \nPanel discussion with:\nChef Devynne Fuga Ah-Mai is a community-rooted chef\, entrepreneur\, and founder of Samoa Food Security\, an initiative dedicated to preserving Samoan food traditions while addressing the urgent need for accessible\, healthy\, and locally grown food. Through her work\, she bridges culinary arts with community well-being\, hosting food demonstrations\, cultural events\, and educational programs that uplift local farmers and promote sustainable food systems in American Samoa. Her culinary storytelling highlights the connection between heritage\, health\, and the environment\, making food not just nourishment but also a vehicle for cultural preservation and resilience. As a recipient of Creative West’s Pacific Jurisdiction Artist Fund award\, Chef Fuga continues to champion the intersection of art\, food\, and culture to strengthen her community’s future. \nPuerto Rican Chef Pau Rocío is a culinary artist known for conscious\, sustainable\, and Afro-Antillean cuisine\, offering personalized dining experiences\, often through her private chef services\, focusing on flavorful\, creative\, and story-driven dishes\, as seen on her Instagram @chefpaurocio and website chefpaurocio.com. She started her professional journey around 2019\, working in various hotel roles\, and now emphasizes food that tells a story. \nMODERATOR: Belinda Wallace \nAfroMundo Festival: Panel Discussion: “Food is Power”—Cultivating Resilience | New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/afromundo-festival-panel-discussion-food-is-power/
LOCATION:Salón Ortega\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Education,Food,Performing Arts,Speakers,Workshops
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SUMMARY:AfroMundo Festival: “Manifesting the Envisioned”
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 16\, 2026\n7:00 pm \nNHCC | Salón Ortega \n2026 AfroMundo Festival: “Futurism: Manifesting the Envisioned”\nFeatured Regions: U.S. & U.S. Territories: Puerto Rico\, Virgin Islands\, Guam\, American Samoa\, Mariana Islands \nArtistic presentation by Puerto Rico’s award-winning Las Nietas de Nonó. Followed by a panel discussion and Q&A. Panelists include Las Nietas de Nonó; liberation strategist and fabulist c.j Davison; multidisciplinary CHamoru artist Dakota Camacho; and Alabama playwright\, performer and cultural worker David H. Parker. Moderated by artist AfroMundo Youth Council member\, Lauryn Mills-Bohannon. \nThe 2026 AfroMundo Festival is free to the general public with limited seating and includes films\, concerts\, literature\, oral traditions\, panel discussions\, culinary and other arts to foster a greater understanding of our shared humanity. Learn more at afromundo.org. \nPLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATION HERE! \nc.j Davison: c.j Davison (they/them) is a Black\, Southern\, and queer cultural organizer from Birmingham\, Alabama. At the root of their work; cj practices art as liberation strategy to fabulate\, investigate\, and document the world around us through a Black-queer paradigm. As a cultural organizer and artistic facilitator\, cj has raised over $2.5 million for artists and organizations led by and serving people living within the margins of the margins. Their work spans the stage and screen from producing and directing plays and musical across the country to creating short-form documentary and episodic projects that reimagine community\, care\, and liberation. \nDakota Camacho: Dakota Camacho comes from the Matao/CHamoru peoples of Låguas and comes from the villages of Tomhom\, Mongmong\, and Hagåtña\, and descends from the Che’ and Eging clans\, and they also have Ilokano lineage. Camacho was born in the lands of the Snohomish and raised in Snohomish\, Swinomish\, Duwamish\, Muckleshoot\, and Suquamish territories. They grew up in the Soufend of Seatle where they found their calling for poetry\, dancing\, and chanting. Amongst the Native peoples of that land\, Black\, Filipinx\, and other Peoples working towards justice on earth\, they learned of the transformative potential of culture. Camacho arrived in Guåhan\, Låguas (the Mariånas) in the year 2011\, to find Matao/CHamoru language and culture teachers. Camacho became friends with Jeremy Cepeda\, a fino’ håya language teacher\, and Jeremy guided Camacho on yo’ña (their) language learning journey. For many years\, Camacho traveled around the world sharing their dance and musical creations\, and cultivating relationships with Indigenous peoples in Aoteara\, Turtle Island (so-called “North/South America”)\, Hawai’i\, and momentarily so-called Australia and Africa. In 2019\, Camacho and Cepeda started the Gi Matan Guma’ collective to give life to their ancestral language and traditions in an attempt to walk the path of ináfa’maolek (peace and equity for all living beings). Camacho started the MALI’E’ project to try and find ways to activate Theory/Memory/Imagining of (Making) Matao [Creativity] through multi-disciplinary art.  Today\, Dakota is very happy to be working with Gi Matan Guma’ in Låguas and throughout the diaspora. \nLas Nietas de Nonó are the afro-diasporic siblings\, mulowayi and mapenzi. In their creative process\, they evoke ancestral memory through personal archives. Their practice incorporates performance\, found objects\, organic materials\, ecology\, fiction\, video and installation. In 2022\, their solo show\, Posibles Escenarios\, Vol. 1 LNN was presented at Artists Space\, New York a grouping of newly commissioned multimedia works that extend Las Nietas’s explorations of themes such as processes of expropriation and colonial violence against Black communities and the development of microhistories in relation to geopolitics. They created Ilustraciones de la Mecánica in 2016 – a multimedia installation that was later commissioned by the 10th Berlin Biennale (2018) and the 79th Whitney Biennial (2019). They have received the Latinx Artist Fellowship from the US Latinx Art Forum (2022)\, the Rome Prize in Visual Art from the American Academy in Rome (2022)\, the United States Artist Award (2018)\, The Art of Change from the Ford Foundation (2017)\, and the Global Arts Fund from the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice (2017 & 2020). Their art has been shown in Haiti\, Cuba\, the Dominican Republic\, Puerto Rico\, Ecuador\, England\, Germany\, Italy\, Norway\, Scotland\, and the United States. In 2019\, they co-founded Parceleras Afrocaribeñas\, an organization run by Black womxn\, where spaces for environmental and racial justice are created in the face of industrial developments that threaten their barrio of San Antón\, in Carolina\, Puerto Rico. \nDavid H. Parker (they/them) is a director\, producer\, screenwriter\, playwright\, performer\, and cultural worker from Birmingham\, AL. Intersectionality is at the core of their work\, with directing practices rooted in consent and wellness. They have been with the Birmingham Black Repertory Theatre Collective for almost 7 years and now serve as one of its Co-Artistic Directors. They earned their Master of Fine Arts from UCLA and their BA from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. David is grateful to claim multilocality\, with roots and community in Texas\, South Florida\, Los Angeles\, Baltimore\, the Ozarks\, and New York. David has directed or collaborated with Emmy\, Grammy\, and Tony Award-winning artists. David has also worked on and Off-Broadway; had their work reviewed in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times; trained at the Highlander Center in the footsteps of cultural organizers like Rosa Parks and Angela Davis; and recently published an interview with André De Shields in Southern Theatre magazine. \nMODERATOR: Lauryn Mills Bohannon \nAfroMundo Festival: Visual Artist Presentation & Conversation “Manifesting the Envisioned” | New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/afromundo-festival-visual-artist-presentation-conversation-manifesting-the-envisioned/
LOCATION:Salón Ortega\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts,Speakers,Workshops
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SUMMARY:AfroMundo Festival: “Spirits Rising: Ceremonies & Offerings”
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, April 17\, 2026\n7:00 pm \nNHCC | Salón Ortega \n2026 AfroMundo Festival: “Futurism: Manifesting the Envisioned”\nFeatured Regions: U.S. & U.S. Territories: Puerto Rico\, Virgin Islands\, Guam\, American Samoa\, Mariana Islands \nMulti-generational\, cross-cultural offerings from throughout the United States\, Puerto Rico\, American Samoa\, Guam and Virgin Islands. Followed by a Q&A and communal sharing of narratives. \nThe 2026 AfroMundo Festival is free to the general public with limited seating and includes films\, concerts\, literature\, oral traditions\, panel discussions\, culinary and other arts to foster a greater understanding of our shared humanity. Learn more at afromundo.org. \nPLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATION HERE! \nFeaturing:\nSherry Aragon\nTeresa Karolina\nDakota Camacho\nc.j Davison and David H. Parker\nDevine Fuga\nMoko Jumbie Yisrael Allan Peterson & Troupe \nAfroMundo Festival: Spirit Rising: Ceremonies & Offerings | New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/afromundo-festival-spirit-rising-ceremonies-offerings/
LOCATION:Salón Ortega\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts,Speakers,Workshops
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SUMMARY:AfroMundo Festival: “Together We Heal”
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 18\, 2026\n1:00 – 3:00 pm \nNHCC | Salón Ortega \n2026 AfroMundo Festival: “Futurism: Manifesting the Envisioned”\nFeatured Regions: U.S. & U.S. Territories: Puerto Rico\, Virgin Islands\, Guam\, American Samoa\, Mariana Islands \nCommunal Healing and Talk Circle. Reiki Healers and Curanderas will be on hand to offer free\, healing services. \nThe 2026 AfroMundo Festival is free to the general public with limited seating and includes films\, concerts\, literature\, oral traditions\, panel discussions\, culinary and other arts to foster a greater understanding of our shared humanity. Learn more at afromundo.org. \nPLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATION HERE! \nSacred Spring Reiki Collective\nFreedom to Heal Program \nAfroMundo Festival: Spirit Rising: Healing & Talk Circle | New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/afromundo-festival-spirit-rising-healing-talk-circle/
LOCATION:Salón Ortega\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Education,Performing Arts,Speakers,Workshops
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