Bernalillo Community Museum
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The program recruits 5-10 Bernalillo High School juniors and seniors as sustainable tourism interns, equipping them with essential skills and cultural insights through hands-on experiences in local outdoor spaces. Participants will design itineraries for eight tours involving elementary students and community volunteers, fostering engagement and healing in the community while facilitating meaningful connections between local youth and tourism opportunities. Ultimately, the interns will gain valuable employable skills, and the program will enhance local tourism offerings by incorporating the interests of young people.
With partners, we paired posters from a Smithsonian traveling exhibit with county clerk-ratified posters on voting safely during the pandemic for our 2020 outdoor exhibit “Votes for Women: A Portrait of the Persistence”; Our “Community Voices Project”, on Facebook and YouTube, involved making 3 animated videos on local nuevomexicano traditions and a family activity booklet; We hosted community leaders for three virtual conversations about the 327 year old Bernalillo Matachines dance tradition.