Interested in exploring the Gila Wilderness? Gila Back Country Horsemen are looking for volunteers for their Gila National Forest and Gila Wilderness trail projects. Some of the projects include: Mckenna Park and Rawmeat Canyon, Little Whitewater Trail #214, West Fork Mogollon and Sawmill Wagon Road Trail #243, which will range from front-country to remote back-country trails. These trail projects will give volunteers an opportunity to explore different trails while giving back to the community. For more information on how to get involved, visit website.
Western New Mexico University and Community Partnership for Children have come together to provide the “Free Little Library” to help encourage reading by making books more accessible to everyone in the community. The “Little Library” is a “take a book, share a book” free book exchange where anyone can take a book and bring a book to share. It also helps provide an opportunity for people of all ages to discover new stories, learn and expand their horizons. The Little Library is located at Watts Hall in Silver City and is open to all community members.
Grant County native and feminist scholar and activist, Cindy Renee Provencio will be giving a presentation “Racial Segregation and Discrimination in Grant County: A Comprehensive Examination Through the Lens Intersectional Assemblage Theory” on Wednesday, August 21st. This will be a presentation of Ms. Provencio’s thesis, which will feature the narratives of four participants across different generations who have experienced some form of racism in New Mexico. The presentation will take place at 12:00 p.m. at the Western New Mexico University Besse-Forward Global Resource Center’s ABC Room.
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Animas High School students were recently involved in a three-day leadership outdoor adventure at Manzano Mountain Retreat. Participation in the retreat was part of Outdoor Equity Grant Animas High School received to help incorporate activities outside of the classroom. The entire student body had the opportunity to participate in the “Team Panther Olympics”, which included a tug-o-war, 2 by 6 team ski race, horseshoes, basketball, baseball, water polo and a talent show. Students were also able to show off their rope skills and walked across tightrope-cables at extreme heights. The goal of the retreat was to provide students the opportunity to experience nontraditional settings and to help challenge them mentally and physically to become stronger individuals and students.
