We had to include this video, well, just because...
because Tim McGraw says it so well...
(Thank you for this!)
,Wishing you and your loved ones
a nourishing holiday season
and sending special thanks to all who have helped
make this an amazing year.
Join us in celebrating our birthday each year
on December 22!
2021
In response to COVID-19, CommUNITY Learning Network (CLN) continued Relief and Resiliency Efforts
and supported distribution of emergency funding, supplies, food, water, wood,
and an additional 24,000 donated PPE face-shields and face-masks
to families and communities in need and support of community relief efforts
through the Navajo Right Relations initiative, La Liga, Indigenous Mutual Aid, and Ke' Infoshop.
As part of the "1000 Websites in 1000 Days" campaign, CLN offered free hands-on workshops
for community members of all ages to learn to make, launch and manage their own websites
and continued Teaching and Learning with GIS.
CLN teamed with Dona Ana Broadband to build and deploy a Community Broadband Survey,
gather, analyze, and report on the data by building a dashboard,
and develop www.donaanabroadband.com.
CLN also supported and documented the Public Education Department Summer Enrichment Internship program,
that provided paid summer internships for more than 1600 high school students in more than 26 counties and tribes statewide, and built www.nminterns.com,.
CLN continued Youth Ambassador training and facilitated paid summer interns
from Santa Fe Indian School and Navajo Prep.
CLN supported the State Personnel Office Lunch and Learn program.
CLN supported Santa Fe and Opportunity Santa Fe in hosting more than 60 paid summer interns.
CLN teamed with SF Community College to host a virtual version of PROTEC Tech training and paid internship program.
CLN co-facilitated the Northern New Mexico STEAM Coalition,
www.nmsteamhub.com website and social media pages, and facilitate monthly meetings.
Collaborated with four research colleges to facilitate the 3-year NSF Pueblo Connect project.
Coordinated with the City of Santa Fe Office of Economic Development
to support Global Entrepreneurship Week in Santa Fe and statewide,
and posted local and statewide events on the global activities calendar, & website,
CLN coordinated virtual service learning with students from Stonehill College
and Worcester Polytechnic Institute Fall Student Community Program.
CLN also served on the NM Homework Gap Team
and supported development of the Broadband Collective.
With much thanks to our board members and collaborating organizations, volunteers, donors, sponsors, and supporters including Verizon, Intuitive Foundation, LANL Foundation, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Hestia Foundation, Opportunity Santa Fe, Internet Foundation, the National Science Foundation, University of California Santa Barbara, Georgia Tech, University of AZ, University of Northern Arizona. Santa Fe Community College, Stonehill College, Fairfield University. Rio Arriba County Office of Economic Development, Santa Fe Office of Economic Development,
and more.
and supported distribution of emergency funding, supplies, food, water, wood,
and an additional 24,000 donated PPE face-shields and face-masks
to families and communities in need and support of community relief efforts
through the Navajo Right Relations initiative, La Liga, Indigenous Mutual Aid, and Ke' Infoshop.
As part of the "1000 Websites in 1000 Days" campaign, CLN offered free hands-on workshops
for community members of all ages to learn to make, launch and manage their own websites
and continued Teaching and Learning with GIS.
CLN teamed with Dona Ana Broadband to build and deploy a Community Broadband Survey,
gather, analyze, and report on the data by building a dashboard,
and develop www.donaanabroadband.com.
CLN also supported and documented the Public Education Department Summer Enrichment Internship program,
that provided paid summer internships for more than 1600 high school students in more than 26 counties and tribes statewide, and built www.nminterns.com,.
CLN continued Youth Ambassador training and facilitated paid summer interns
from Santa Fe Indian School and Navajo Prep.
CLN supported the State Personnel Office Lunch and Learn program.
CLN supported Santa Fe and Opportunity Santa Fe in hosting more than 60 paid summer interns.
CLN teamed with SF Community College to host a virtual version of PROTEC Tech training and paid internship program.
CLN co-facilitated the Northern New Mexico STEAM Coalition,
www.nmsteamhub.com website and social media pages, and facilitate monthly meetings.
Collaborated with four research colleges to facilitate the 3-year NSF Pueblo Connect project.
Coordinated with the City of Santa Fe Office of Economic Development
to support Global Entrepreneurship Week in Santa Fe and statewide,
and posted local and statewide events on the global activities calendar, & website,
CLN coordinated virtual service learning with students from Stonehill College
and Worcester Polytechnic Institute Fall Student Community Program.
CLN also served on the NM Homework Gap Team
and supported development of the Broadband Collective.
With much thanks to our board members and collaborating organizations, volunteers, donors, sponsors, and supporters including Verizon, Intuitive Foundation, LANL Foundation, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Hestia Foundation, Opportunity Santa Fe, Internet Foundation, the National Science Foundation, University of California Santa Barbara, Georgia Tech, University of AZ, University of Northern Arizona. Santa Fe Community College, Stonehill College, Fairfield University. Rio Arriba County Office of Economic Development, Santa Fe Office of Economic Development,
and more.
2020
Relief and Resiliency Efforts
In response to COVID-19, CommUNITY Learning Network (CLN) launched Relief and Resiliency Efforts
and supported distribution of emergency funding, supplies, food, water, wood,
and more than 259,000 donated PPE face-shields and face-masks
to families and communities in need, including more than 49 tribes nationwide,
supported Spread Some Sunshine Fund to provide support to workers in need,
and Navajo Right Relation Fund to provide support to Navajo families in need,
worked with the Information Technology Disaster Resource Center
to coordinate installation of more than 144 ITDRC hotspots to provide free Internet access to communities in need,
and when the annual Santa Fe Indian Market shut down for the pandemic.
coordinated more than 40 interns to work one-to-one with more than 250 Native American artists
to build, launch, and manage their own website.
As part of the "1000 Websites in 1000 Days" campaign, offered free hands-on workshops
for community members of all ages to learn to make, launch and manage their own websites
and launched Teaching and Learning with GIS initiative.
Teamed with SF Community College to host a virtual version of PROTEC Tech training and paid internship program.
Collaborated to launch the Northern New Mexico STEAM Coalition
www.nmsteamhub.com website and social media pages and facilitate monthly meetings.
Collaborated with four research colleges to facilitate the 3-year NSF Pueblo Connect project.
Coordinated with the City of Santa Fe Office of Economic Development to support Global Entrepreneurship Week, posted local and statewide events on the global activities calendar, & website
Supported Facebook Career Connections launch and online social media training and paid internship program.
Over 50students & community members participated in Southwest Experiential Education.
High school students from 3 cities participated in a virtual Teen Interfaith Dialogue
Participated in community events and efforts including:
STEM Ecosystems Conference in San Antonio, Texas March 2020
SEDTA Conference Fall 2020
Northern New Mexico Work-based Learning Research Report
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Fall Student Community Program
NM Homework Gap Team
With much thanks to our board members and collaborating organizations, volunteers, donors, sponsors, and supporters including Intuitive Foundation, LANL Foundation, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Opportunity Santa Fe, Verizon Foundation, Internet Foundation, Facebook, the National Science Foundation, University of California Santa Barbara, Georgia Tech, University of AZ, University of Northern Arizona. Santa Fe Community College, Stonehill College, Fairfield University. Rio Arriba County Office of Economic Development, Santa Fe Office of Economic Development,
and more.
In response to COVID-19, CommUNITY Learning Network (CLN) launched Relief and Resiliency Efforts
and supported distribution of emergency funding, supplies, food, water, wood,
and more than 259,000 donated PPE face-shields and face-masks
to families and communities in need, including more than 49 tribes nationwide,
supported Spread Some Sunshine Fund to provide support to workers in need,
and Navajo Right Relation Fund to provide support to Navajo families in need,
worked with the Information Technology Disaster Resource Center
to coordinate installation of more than 144 ITDRC hotspots to provide free Internet access to communities in need,
and when the annual Santa Fe Indian Market shut down for the pandemic.
coordinated more than 40 interns to work one-to-one with more than 250 Native American artists
to build, launch, and manage their own website.
As part of the "1000 Websites in 1000 Days" campaign, offered free hands-on workshops
for community members of all ages to learn to make, launch and manage their own websites
and launched Teaching and Learning with GIS initiative.
Teamed with SF Community College to host a virtual version of PROTEC Tech training and paid internship program.
Collaborated to launch the Northern New Mexico STEAM Coalition
www.nmsteamhub.com website and social media pages and facilitate monthly meetings.
Collaborated with four research colleges to facilitate the 3-year NSF Pueblo Connect project.
Coordinated with the City of Santa Fe Office of Economic Development to support Global Entrepreneurship Week, posted local and statewide events on the global activities calendar, & website
Supported Facebook Career Connections launch and online social media training and paid internship program.
Over 50students & community members participated in Southwest Experiential Education.
High school students from 3 cities participated in a virtual Teen Interfaith Dialogue
Participated in community events and efforts including:
STEM Ecosystems Conference in San Antonio, Texas March 2020
SEDTA Conference Fall 2020
Northern New Mexico Work-based Learning Research Report
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Fall Student Community Program
NM Homework Gap Team
With much thanks to our board members and collaborating organizations, volunteers, donors, sponsors, and supporters including Intuitive Foundation, LANL Foundation, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Opportunity Santa Fe, Verizon Foundation, Internet Foundation, Facebook, the National Science Foundation, University of California Santa Barbara, Georgia Tech, University of AZ, University of Northern Arizona. Santa Fe Community College, Stonehill College, Fairfield University. Rio Arriba County Office of Economic Development, Santa Fe Office of Economic Development,
and more.
2019
Over 150 students & community members participated in Southwest Experiential Education.
High school students from 5 states participated in the annual summer Teen Interfaith Dialogue.
As part of the "Love Where We Live" initiative,
local community members and students supported local park improvements, mural restoration,
media documentation, social media outreach, and website development of
www.guadalupestreet.com
www.guadalupestreetassociation.com
More than 24 students trained as NM Youth Ambassadors & Next Generation Media Teams
& participated in community events including:
State of New Mexico Digital Technology Conference
Close-It Summit at Santa Fe Convention Center
We supported and promoted CS Education Week in December 2019
and Hour of Code events in more than 250 locations,
as well as the National kick-off which was hosted at Santa Fe Indian School and aired globally.
Facilitated meetings and activities of the Tech Task Force and Working Group
thanks to support of "Opportunity Santa Fe" and the SF Community Foundation.
Piloted coding clubs and electives in 5 schools and communities and supported tech activities, workshops, field trips, and meet ups for students and adults to connect with local Tech professionals from
Descartes Labs, MeowWolf, Creative Studios, and Santa Fe Film Studios.
Supported a four-day Media Camp with Jicarilla Apache students in Dulce, NM.
Hosted a five-day training with Start-Up Generation in Santa Fe, NM.
Participated in the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce Business Expo and Job Fair, the Close-It Summit, and the statewide digital and Technology conference in Albuquerque.
As part of the "1000 Websites in 1000 Days" campaign , offered free hands-on workshops
for community members of all ages to learn to make, launch and manage their own websites.
Helped create the lowrider website and online museum, Chama and Abiquiu community websites,
and the New Mexico BioTechnology Conference website.
Teamed with SF Community College to promote a "Summer of Tech" camps, workshops, and classes
and facilitated the ProTec accelerator training program at SFCC,
including curriculum design, internships, and development of the Protec website
www.protecsantafe.com
Coordinated with the City of Santa Fe Office of Economic Development to support Global Entrepreneurship Week,
posted local events on the global activities calendar, & created the website
Also supported and co-hosted the Santa Tech Industry fall barbecue.
Supported and co-hosted the first Santa Fe Winter Internship Mixer at The Lanes
with over 65 student interns and development of the new website
www.santafeinterns.com
Collaborated with four research colleges to facilitate the 3-year NSF Pueblo Connect grant
to pilot rural internet technology and IT education.
Jennifer Nevarez, the Director of Community Learning Network,
was awarded and recognized as an outstanding Woman in Technology
by the New Mexico Technology Council during the Women in Tech luncheon.
With much thanks to our board members and collaborating organizations, volunteers, donors, sponsors, and supporters including LANL Foundation, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Opportunity Santa Fe, Verizon Foundation, Internet Foundation, Facebook, the National Science Foundation, University of California Santa Barbara, Georgia Tech, University of AZ, University of Northern Arizona. Santa Fe Community College, Stonehill College, Rio Arriba County Office of Economic Development, Santa Fe Office of Economic Development, Stagecoach Foundation, Nusenda, CNM Ingenuity, and more.
High school students from 5 states participated in the annual summer Teen Interfaith Dialogue.
As part of the "Love Where We Live" initiative,
local community members and students supported local park improvements, mural restoration,
media documentation, social media outreach, and website development of
www.guadalupestreet.com
www.guadalupestreetassociation.com
More than 24 students trained as NM Youth Ambassadors & Next Generation Media Teams
& participated in community events including:
State of New Mexico Digital Technology Conference
Close-It Summit at Santa Fe Convention Center
We supported and promoted CS Education Week in December 2019
and Hour of Code events in more than 250 locations,
as well as the National kick-off which was hosted at Santa Fe Indian School and aired globally.
Facilitated meetings and activities of the Tech Task Force and Working Group
thanks to support of "Opportunity Santa Fe" and the SF Community Foundation.
Piloted coding clubs and electives in 5 schools and communities and supported tech activities, workshops, field trips, and meet ups for students and adults to connect with local Tech professionals from
Descartes Labs, MeowWolf, Creative Studios, and Santa Fe Film Studios.
Supported a four-day Media Camp with Jicarilla Apache students in Dulce, NM.
Hosted a five-day training with Start-Up Generation in Santa Fe, NM.
Participated in the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce Business Expo and Job Fair, the Close-It Summit, and the statewide digital and Technology conference in Albuquerque.
As part of the "1000 Websites in 1000 Days" campaign , offered free hands-on workshops
for community members of all ages to learn to make, launch and manage their own websites.
Helped create the lowrider website and online museum, Chama and Abiquiu community websites,
and the New Mexico BioTechnology Conference website.
Teamed with SF Community College to promote a "Summer of Tech" camps, workshops, and classes
and facilitated the ProTec accelerator training program at SFCC,
including curriculum design, internships, and development of the Protec website
www.protecsantafe.com
Coordinated with the City of Santa Fe Office of Economic Development to support Global Entrepreneurship Week,
posted local events on the global activities calendar, & created the website
Also supported and co-hosted the Santa Tech Industry fall barbecue.
Supported and co-hosted the first Santa Fe Winter Internship Mixer at The Lanes
with over 65 student interns and development of the new website
www.santafeinterns.com
Collaborated with four research colleges to facilitate the 3-year NSF Pueblo Connect grant
to pilot rural internet technology and IT education.
Jennifer Nevarez, the Director of Community Learning Network,
was awarded and recognized as an outstanding Woman in Technology
by the New Mexico Technology Council during the Women in Tech luncheon.
With much thanks to our board members and collaborating organizations, volunteers, donors, sponsors, and supporters including LANL Foundation, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Opportunity Santa Fe, Verizon Foundation, Internet Foundation, Facebook, the National Science Foundation, University of California Santa Barbara, Georgia Tech, University of AZ, University of Northern Arizona. Santa Fe Community College, Stonehill College, Rio Arriba County Office of Economic Development, Santa Fe Office of Economic Development, Stagecoach Foundation, Nusenda, CNM Ingenuity, and more.
2018
Over 100 students & community members participated in Southwest Experiential Education.
High school students from 5 states participated in the annual summer Teen Interfaith Dialogue.
As part of the "Love Where We Live" initiative, numerous neighborhood activities and events in the Historic Guadalupe District were supported including park improvements, painting days, a free neighborhood concert, & community mobilization. More than 32 CLN students and volunteers participated with local artist Carlos Cervantes in Mural Restoration in Montanyo Park.
The Guadalupe Street Reconstruction Project was documented through student video and community interviews, social media, and website development of www.guadalupestreet.com.
The www.guadalupestreetassociation.com website was developed and launched and development of the Guadalupe Street Business Association and banner project were supported.
3 VISTA Summer Associates, 1 part-time VISTA, & 1 full-time VISTA worked with CLN through the AmeriCorps Vista Volunteer program thanks to support from
Opportunity Santa Fe & the North Central Economic Development District.
4 college students served as Interns including one 3-month international marketing intern from Ireland.
in order to "expand Tech education and outreach and increase Tech enterprise and employment."
More than 24 students trained as NM Youth Ambassadors & Next Generation Media Teams
& collaborated with: Creative Santa Fe to film key speakers from the Disruptive Dialogues,
with SF Community College to film the Guadalupe Street reconstruction project,
and with Turquoise Trail Middle School, the City of Santa Fe, two City Councilors, and the Mayor,
the Governor-elect, and numerous schools and community organizations
plus Ditch the Box Studio to produce a community-driven video promoting Technology in support of CS Education Week
and to promote Hour of Code in December 2018 and more than 250 schools and community sites hosted Hour of Code learning events.
CLN coordinated a video message from Michelle Lujan Grisham to kick-off CS Ed Week and
a video from Ben Ray Lujan announcing the Congressional APP Challenge winners to end the week.
We coordinated student and intern film crews to video Boomerangers, Interns,
and Career Profile interviews to be added to the online Tech Career Video Bank.
Facilitated meetings and activities of the Tech Task Force and Working Group
thanks to support of "Opportunity Santa Fe" and the SF Community Foundation.
Piloted coding clubs and electives in 5 schools and communities and coordinated field trips for students and adults to visit local Tech companies including Descartes Labs, MeowWolf,
Creative Studios, and Santa Fe Film Studios.
Supported a four-day Media Camp with Jicarilla Apache students in Dulce, NM.
Hosted the first Tech Corridor at the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce Business Expo and Job Fair including hosting a Tech panel presentation, a Film panel presentation, and student attendees.
Co-hosted a meet-up with Howie Morales on broadband connectivity and
an Internet Society panel discussion at SF Indian School on Indigenous connectivity.
Supported the first CSPD Week which provided CS professional development for more than 180 teachers
plus provided volunteers, assisted with admin support, promotion, and registration, plus served as the fiscal sponsor and built the website www.nmcspdweek.com.
Launched the "1000 Websites in 1000 Days" campaign offering free hands-on workshops for community members of all ages to learn to make, launch and manage their own websites.
Helped create the lowrider website and online museum, Chama and Abiquiu community websites, and the New Mexico BioTechnology Conference website.
Supported more than 17 community members in attending Facebook's Community Boost train-the trainer workshop and provided free Digital Marketing Basics workshops and micro credential training programs.
Teamed with SF Community College to promote a "Summer of Tech" camps, workshops, and classes and supported the ProTec accelerator training program at SFCC, including curriculum design, internships, and development of the Protec website www.protecsantafe.com
Coordinated with the City of Santa Fe Office of Economic Development to support Global Entrepreneurship Week, posted local events on the global activities calendar, & created the website
Supported passage of the CSCI Resolution by the Board of Santa Fe Public Schools.
Collaborated with four research colleges to write and win the 3-year NSF Pueblo Connect grant
to pilot rural internet technology and IT education.
Jennifer Nevarez, the Director of Community Learning Network,
presented at the Navajo Nation Chapter IT Technology Conference in Farmington in March, moderated two professional panels at the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce Business Expo, participated on a panel at the Facebook Conference in Albuquerque in May with the Governor of New Mexico and representative from Facebook, Instagram, and CNM Ingenuity,
served as moderator of the Tech Roundtable in Santa Fe in June with Mayor Alan Webber, presented at the NM Technology Council's Tech Update in Albuquerque in August, presented at the Chamber of Commerce Leadership Forum in Santa Fe in November, served as a moderator of a panel on Emergent Technology at the NM Film Office's conference in Albuquerque in November,
hosted a booth at the first Digital Learning Expo in Santa Fe in December,
was included in a video interview on CS education in New Mexico aired by Las Cruces television, and was included in a technology video produced and aired at SFPS's State of the Schools address.
Programs and projects were also included in articles in
the New Mexican, the Albuquerque Business Journal,
and The Santa Fe Reporter.
With much thanks to our board members and collaborating organizations, volunteers, donors, sponsors, and supporters including LANL Foundation, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Opportunity Santa Fe, Verizon Foundation, Internet Foundation, Facebook, the National Science Foundation, University of California Santa Barbara, Georgia Tech, University of AZ, University of Northern Arizona. Santa Fe Community College, Stonehill College, Rio Arriba County Office of Economic Development, Santa Fe Office of Economic Development, Stagecoach Foundation, Nusenda, CNM Ingenuity, and more.
High school students from 5 states participated in the annual summer Teen Interfaith Dialogue.
As part of the "Love Where We Live" initiative, numerous neighborhood activities and events in the Historic Guadalupe District were supported including park improvements, painting days, a free neighborhood concert, & community mobilization. More than 32 CLN students and volunteers participated with local artist Carlos Cervantes in Mural Restoration in Montanyo Park.
The Guadalupe Street Reconstruction Project was documented through student video and community interviews, social media, and website development of www.guadalupestreet.com.
The www.guadalupestreetassociation.com website was developed and launched and development of the Guadalupe Street Business Association and banner project were supported.
3 VISTA Summer Associates, 1 part-time VISTA, & 1 full-time VISTA worked with CLN through the AmeriCorps Vista Volunteer program thanks to support from
Opportunity Santa Fe & the North Central Economic Development District.
4 college students served as Interns including one 3-month international marketing intern from Ireland.
in order to "expand Tech education and outreach and increase Tech enterprise and employment."
More than 24 students trained as NM Youth Ambassadors & Next Generation Media Teams
& collaborated with: Creative Santa Fe to film key speakers from the Disruptive Dialogues,
with SF Community College to film the Guadalupe Street reconstruction project,
and with Turquoise Trail Middle School, the City of Santa Fe, two City Councilors, and the Mayor,
the Governor-elect, and numerous schools and community organizations
plus Ditch the Box Studio to produce a community-driven video promoting Technology in support of CS Education Week
and to promote Hour of Code in December 2018 and more than 250 schools and community sites hosted Hour of Code learning events.
CLN coordinated a video message from Michelle Lujan Grisham to kick-off CS Ed Week and
a video from Ben Ray Lujan announcing the Congressional APP Challenge winners to end the week.
We coordinated student and intern film crews to video Boomerangers, Interns,
and Career Profile interviews to be added to the online Tech Career Video Bank.
Facilitated meetings and activities of the Tech Task Force and Working Group
thanks to support of "Opportunity Santa Fe" and the SF Community Foundation.
Piloted coding clubs and electives in 5 schools and communities and coordinated field trips for students and adults to visit local Tech companies including Descartes Labs, MeowWolf,
Creative Studios, and Santa Fe Film Studios.
Supported a four-day Media Camp with Jicarilla Apache students in Dulce, NM.
Hosted the first Tech Corridor at the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce Business Expo and Job Fair including hosting a Tech panel presentation, a Film panel presentation, and student attendees.
Co-hosted a meet-up with Howie Morales on broadband connectivity and
an Internet Society panel discussion at SF Indian School on Indigenous connectivity.
Supported the first CSPD Week which provided CS professional development for more than 180 teachers
plus provided volunteers, assisted with admin support, promotion, and registration, plus served as the fiscal sponsor and built the website www.nmcspdweek.com.
Launched the "1000 Websites in 1000 Days" campaign offering free hands-on workshops for community members of all ages to learn to make, launch and manage their own websites.
Helped create the lowrider website and online museum, Chama and Abiquiu community websites, and the New Mexico BioTechnology Conference website.
Supported more than 17 community members in attending Facebook's Community Boost train-the trainer workshop and provided free Digital Marketing Basics workshops and micro credential training programs.
Teamed with SF Community College to promote a "Summer of Tech" camps, workshops, and classes and supported the ProTec accelerator training program at SFCC, including curriculum design, internships, and development of the Protec website www.protecsantafe.com
Coordinated with the City of Santa Fe Office of Economic Development to support Global Entrepreneurship Week, posted local events on the global activities calendar, & created the website
Supported passage of the CSCI Resolution by the Board of Santa Fe Public Schools.
Collaborated with four research colleges to write and win the 3-year NSF Pueblo Connect grant
to pilot rural internet technology and IT education.
Jennifer Nevarez, the Director of Community Learning Network,
presented at the Navajo Nation Chapter IT Technology Conference in Farmington in March, moderated two professional panels at the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce Business Expo, participated on a panel at the Facebook Conference in Albuquerque in May with the Governor of New Mexico and representative from Facebook, Instagram, and CNM Ingenuity,
served as moderator of the Tech Roundtable in Santa Fe in June with Mayor Alan Webber, presented at the NM Technology Council's Tech Update in Albuquerque in August, presented at the Chamber of Commerce Leadership Forum in Santa Fe in November, served as a moderator of a panel on Emergent Technology at the NM Film Office's conference in Albuquerque in November,
hosted a booth at the first Digital Learning Expo in Santa Fe in December,
was included in a video interview on CS education in New Mexico aired by Las Cruces television, and was included in a technology video produced and aired at SFPS's State of the Schools address.
Programs and projects were also included in articles in
the New Mexican, the Albuquerque Business Journal,
and The Santa Fe Reporter.
With much thanks to our board members and collaborating organizations, volunteers, donors, sponsors, and supporters including LANL Foundation, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Opportunity Santa Fe, Verizon Foundation, Internet Foundation, Facebook, the National Science Foundation, University of California Santa Barbara, Georgia Tech, University of AZ, University of Northern Arizona. Santa Fe Community College, Stonehill College, Rio Arriba County Office of Economic Development, Santa Fe Office of Economic Development, Stagecoach Foundation, Nusenda, CNM Ingenuity, and more.
2017
Sadly, we are mourning the loss of Dr. Larry Emerson, an outstanding educator, indigenous researcher, community activist, and traditional wisdom keeper who was a treasured friend and inspiring co-facilitator.
Together, we built the TDK Learning Community and worked together over the years
to inspire hundreds of visiting students and local youth and families.
You are deeply, deeply missed. To view the memorial website we created, visit www.larryemerson.org ...
and feel free to submit reflections to be shared).
In 2017,
Over 150 students and visitors participated in Southwest Experiential Education.
We hosted our first learning and service immersion in Jicarilla Apache nation.
High school students from 5 states participated in the annual
Teen Interfaith Dialogue in Santa Fe this summer.
14 educators participated in the LISTO educational immersion and TESOL-certification program in Oaxaca, Mexico, in collaboration with Santa Fe Community College Teacher Education program.
As part of the "Love Where We Live" initiative, 24 local students completed Next Generation Media Team training and published their own school newspaper, e-mag, and website.
31 visiting students and staff volunteers from Archbishop Mitty High School
helped restore murals in Montanyo Park with local artist Carlos Cervantes.
Community Learning Network supported numerous neighborhood activities and events in the Historic Guadalupe District including park improvements, community picnics and painting days, and additional updates to www.myguadalupe.com.
4 college students returned to serve as visiting fly-in interns, and we began working with our first Vista Volunteer and a fantastic visiting Marketing intern.
We continue to support statewide coalition in New Mexico to
"expand Tech education and outreach and increase Tech enterprise and employment."
TechHire Santa Fe became an official working group of the Santa Fe Community Foundation "Opportunity Santa Fe" Birth to Career initiative,
and we also began collaborating with other working groups including Santa Fe Advance.
12 students from Espanola participated int he first Cultivating Coders bootcamp
in Northern New Mexico thanks to the support of LANL Foundation and Northern New Mexico College and joined the growing number of more than 50 regional graduates to complete the 8-week coding bootcamp training program for high school students.
5 schools in Northern NM are piloting the Dev Catalyst coding training program.
With support from Los Alamos National Laboratory and their summer intern,
plus Project Y Co-work Los Alamos, more Tech Career interviews
were added to the online Tech Career Video Bank.
We co-hosted 6 local, Friday-morning BizBrew gatherings in 2017, helped launch the local TechBivvy initiative,
built the initial website www.techbivvy.com.
More than 200 local schools and community sites hosted Hour of Code
learning event and celebrated National Computer Science Education Week
with enthusiastic support and participation from Los Alamos National Lab, the Air Force Research Lab, CSTA-NM, Santa Fe City Schools, LANL Foundation, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Make Santa Fe, New Mexico Technology Council, PNM, and Nusenda, plus Senator Heinrich created an inspiring video message.
The Director of Community Learning Network, Jennifer Nevarez,
presented at 2 national events, the National TechHire Roundtable in Chicago and the
Google Goodwill Digital Careers Accelerator Launch in Washington, DC,
was featured in 2 media interviews including the PBS TV series New Mexico in Focus
and a KSFR radio interview with Superintendent Veronica Garcia.
She was also a presenter for a nationwide online workshop
on Tech training for rural communities,
Programs and projects were also included in articles in
the New Mexican, the Albuquerque Business Journal, and The Santa Fe Reporter.
Community Learning Network won the first Internet Society grant ever awarded in New Mexico, which was one of only 12 ISOC grants awarded globally last spring. Community Learning Network helped launch a local New Mexico Chapter of the Internet Society, built the initial chapter website www.internetsocietynm.org, and co-hosted through NM techWorks the Indigenous Connectivity Summit with the Internet Society, the 1st-Mile Institute, and the First Mile Consortium, which was sponsored by Google, ARIN, ICANN, and REDINet. The event featured two days of community networking training plus two days of Summit sessions and dialogue on IT access, infrastructure, and education issues for rural and indigenous communities with more than 150 attendees including representatives from indigenous communities in the Western Hemisphere plus a video endorsement and opening message from Senator Udall.
More than 9 grants were received and heaps of community volunteers and donors
supported our programs this past year.
Special thanks to financial support provided by
LANL Foundation, PNM, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Verizon Foundation,
Internet Foundation, Monte del Sol Foundation, Partners in Education,
Brindle Foundation, Oracle, LANL, and Sandia,
plus ARIN, ICANN, Google, and REDINet,
and we appreciated sponsorship from the City of Santa Fe and Nusenda.
Together, we built the TDK Learning Community and worked together over the years
to inspire hundreds of visiting students and local youth and families.
You are deeply, deeply missed. To view the memorial website we created, visit www.larryemerson.org ...
and feel free to submit reflections to be shared).
In 2017,
Over 150 students and visitors participated in Southwest Experiential Education.
We hosted our first learning and service immersion in Jicarilla Apache nation.
High school students from 5 states participated in the annual
Teen Interfaith Dialogue in Santa Fe this summer.
14 educators participated in the LISTO educational immersion and TESOL-certification program in Oaxaca, Mexico, in collaboration with Santa Fe Community College Teacher Education program.
As part of the "Love Where We Live" initiative, 24 local students completed Next Generation Media Team training and published their own school newspaper, e-mag, and website.
31 visiting students and staff volunteers from Archbishop Mitty High School
helped restore murals in Montanyo Park with local artist Carlos Cervantes.
Community Learning Network supported numerous neighborhood activities and events in the Historic Guadalupe District including park improvements, community picnics and painting days, and additional updates to www.myguadalupe.com.
4 college students returned to serve as visiting fly-in interns, and we began working with our first Vista Volunteer and a fantastic visiting Marketing intern.
We continue to support statewide coalition in New Mexico to
"expand Tech education and outreach and increase Tech enterprise and employment."
TechHire Santa Fe became an official working group of the Santa Fe Community Foundation "Opportunity Santa Fe" Birth to Career initiative,
and we also began collaborating with other working groups including Santa Fe Advance.
12 students from Espanola participated int he first Cultivating Coders bootcamp
in Northern New Mexico thanks to the support of LANL Foundation and Northern New Mexico College and joined the growing number of more than 50 regional graduates to complete the 8-week coding bootcamp training program for high school students.
5 schools in Northern NM are piloting the Dev Catalyst coding training program.
With support from Los Alamos National Laboratory and their summer intern,
plus Project Y Co-work Los Alamos, more Tech Career interviews
were added to the online Tech Career Video Bank.
We co-hosted 6 local, Friday-morning BizBrew gatherings in 2017, helped launch the local TechBivvy initiative,
built the initial website www.techbivvy.com.
More than 200 local schools and community sites hosted Hour of Code
learning event and celebrated National Computer Science Education Week
with enthusiastic support and participation from Los Alamos National Lab, the Air Force Research Lab, CSTA-NM, Santa Fe City Schools, LANL Foundation, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Make Santa Fe, New Mexico Technology Council, PNM, and Nusenda, plus Senator Heinrich created an inspiring video message.
The Director of Community Learning Network, Jennifer Nevarez,
presented at 2 national events, the National TechHire Roundtable in Chicago and the
Google Goodwill Digital Careers Accelerator Launch in Washington, DC,
was featured in 2 media interviews including the PBS TV series New Mexico in Focus
and a KSFR radio interview with Superintendent Veronica Garcia.
She was also a presenter for a nationwide online workshop
on Tech training for rural communities,
Programs and projects were also included in articles in
the New Mexican, the Albuquerque Business Journal, and The Santa Fe Reporter.
Community Learning Network won the first Internet Society grant ever awarded in New Mexico, which was one of only 12 ISOC grants awarded globally last spring. Community Learning Network helped launch a local New Mexico Chapter of the Internet Society, built the initial chapter website www.internetsocietynm.org, and co-hosted through NM techWorks the Indigenous Connectivity Summit with the Internet Society, the 1st-Mile Institute, and the First Mile Consortium, which was sponsored by Google, ARIN, ICANN, and REDINet. The event featured two days of community networking training plus two days of Summit sessions and dialogue on IT access, infrastructure, and education issues for rural and indigenous communities with more than 150 attendees including representatives from indigenous communities in the Western Hemisphere plus a video endorsement and opening message from Senator Udall.
More than 9 grants were received and heaps of community volunteers and donors
supported our programs this past year.
Special thanks to financial support provided by
LANL Foundation, PNM, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Verizon Foundation,
Internet Foundation, Monte del Sol Foundation, Partners in Education,
Brindle Foundation, Oracle, LANL, and Sandia,
plus ARIN, ICANN, Google, and REDINet,
and we appreciated sponsorship from the City of Santa Fe and Nusenda.
2016
Over 150 students and visitors participated in Southwest Experiential Education.
24 local students completed "Love Where We Live" Youth Ambassadors training.
High school students from 5 states participated in the annual Interfaith Dialogue.
In honor and loving memory of Cara Esquibel, we continued LISTO for Teachers and 12 educators participated in the 4-week LISTO TESOL-certification program in Oaxaca in collaboration with Santa Fe Community College Teacher Education program.
Through the Human Reunion project, indigenous women and storytellers from 7 nations facilitated events in 6 European nations with more than 1,250 community members.
Community Learning Network supported numerous neighborhood activites and events in the Historic Guadalupe District including a Good Neighbor Day walk and coffee meet-up, Montanyo park improvements, and additional updates to www.myguadalupe.com.
Visitors from one of our groups were so moved, they returned home and raised over $2,000
to help purchase a heater for the adobe art center in Taos Pueblo.
Through our Water Matters project, dozens of plastic barrels and totes from industry were recycled for water collection
and distributed to farmers along the San Juan and Rio Grande river basins.
New Mexico Career Profiles project was launched and students from 5 regional high schools participated in the first summer Career Academy.
Community Learning Network launched www.nmtechworks.com to support Emerging Media and Tech education and outreach in New Mexico.
More than 35 community leaders and dozens of organizations and businesses joined Community Learning Network's Tech Task Force to support regional Emerging Media and Tech education and outreach efforts.
Community Learning Network collaborated with numerous educational partners to promote the national "Hour of Code" campaign in New Mexico and more than 230 schools statewide hosted local “Hour of Code” TM learning events and more than 75 residents of all ages participated in the free public "Hour of Code" event in Santa Fe.
Community Learning Network won national recognition from the White House by initiating, winning, and leading TechHire Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico with the goal of supporting Tech training for more than 500 community members by 2020 in 13 counties in Northern New Mexico.
Community Learning Network was recognized in the national Computer Science for All initaitive and two White House Fact Sheets.
Local filming began for an NEA-funded DVD project “History and Culture of the Southwest through Music and Story."
Community Learning Network appeared in the media and numerous publications this past year, was featured on the weekly radio Show FilmWorks hosted by the New Mexico Film Office, and curated the June issue of Greenfire Times with articles by and for our collaborating organizations and local students, including our Youth Ambassadors.
The first digital “Meals for Groups” recipe book was published this summer.
5 college students returned to serve as visiting summer interns.
Grant support was received from 8 foundations this year, and heaps of community volunteers and donors supported our programs this past year.
Gratefully, we are also celebrating Larry Emerson's well-being and the continuation of our collective efforts through TDK Learning Community, which was profiled in the August issue of the quarterly publication Seed Broadcast.
24 local students completed "Love Where We Live" Youth Ambassadors training.
High school students from 5 states participated in the annual Interfaith Dialogue.
In honor and loving memory of Cara Esquibel, we continued LISTO for Teachers and 12 educators participated in the 4-week LISTO TESOL-certification program in Oaxaca in collaboration with Santa Fe Community College Teacher Education program.
Through the Human Reunion project, indigenous women and storytellers from 7 nations facilitated events in 6 European nations with more than 1,250 community members.
Community Learning Network supported numerous neighborhood activites and events in the Historic Guadalupe District including a Good Neighbor Day walk and coffee meet-up, Montanyo park improvements, and additional updates to www.myguadalupe.com.
Visitors from one of our groups were so moved, they returned home and raised over $2,000
to help purchase a heater for the adobe art center in Taos Pueblo.
Through our Water Matters project, dozens of plastic barrels and totes from industry were recycled for water collection
and distributed to farmers along the San Juan and Rio Grande river basins.
New Mexico Career Profiles project was launched and students from 5 regional high schools participated in the first summer Career Academy.
Community Learning Network launched www.nmtechworks.com to support Emerging Media and Tech education and outreach in New Mexico.
More than 35 community leaders and dozens of organizations and businesses joined Community Learning Network's Tech Task Force to support regional Emerging Media and Tech education and outreach efforts.
Community Learning Network collaborated with numerous educational partners to promote the national "Hour of Code" campaign in New Mexico and more than 230 schools statewide hosted local “Hour of Code” TM learning events and more than 75 residents of all ages participated in the free public "Hour of Code" event in Santa Fe.
Community Learning Network won national recognition from the White House by initiating, winning, and leading TechHire Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico with the goal of supporting Tech training for more than 500 community members by 2020 in 13 counties in Northern New Mexico.
Community Learning Network was recognized in the national Computer Science for All initaitive and two White House Fact Sheets.
Local filming began for an NEA-funded DVD project “History and Culture of the Southwest through Music and Story."
Community Learning Network appeared in the media and numerous publications this past year, was featured on the weekly radio Show FilmWorks hosted by the New Mexico Film Office, and curated the June issue of Greenfire Times with articles by and for our collaborating organizations and local students, including our Youth Ambassadors.
The first digital “Meals for Groups” recipe book was published this summer.
5 college students returned to serve as visiting summer interns.
Grant support was received from 8 foundations this year, and heaps of community volunteers and donors supported our programs this past year.
Gratefully, we are also celebrating Larry Emerson's well-being and the continuation of our collective efforts through TDK Learning Community, which was profiled in the August issue of the quarterly publication Seed Broadcast.
