Programs reflect mission by Lewis Twite, Education/Programs/Volunteers
It has been another busy year at NMHIM as we con- tinue to strengthen our community ties and work toward developing new ones. In July, we partnered with the Southwest Broadway Library to display our traveling exhibit 400 Years of African American Upstanders along with a case display
with a traveling exhibit centered around one of the museum’s most cherished collections, Hidden Treasures . Our speaker series featured two events at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque (JCC) in the following months. In October, journalist, critic, and pundit Bob Garfield presented Ruggedly Jewish: The
of stories and photos from our collec- tions. In the same month, the museum welcomed members of the National Assn. of Black & White Men Together (NABWMT) during their annual confer- ence. Collections manager Camelia Caton -Garcia presented Voices from the Archives: Using NMHIM’s Collections to Understand History and the Building of Last Community to dozens of conference goers from around the country. At the eighth annual fundraiser in September, Nikki Nojima Louis was in
Conundrum of Jewish Identity. The interna- tionally known author hosts the Bully Pulpit podcast from Booksmart Studios. In November, Aimee Ginsburg Bikel, an award-winning journalist, author, poet, and public speaker, presented the program The Magic of Theodore: A Centennial Program featuring her late husband Theodore Bikel’s work as a musician, actor and folk artist. In December, the museum offered a unique event at the Catopia Cat Café.
Nikki Nojima Louis
the spotlight as our Upstander of the Year. A New Mexico resident since 2008, she is well known for her readers’ theatre group of the Japanese American Citizens League. The troupe brings to life and light little-known stories of “enemy alien” camps in New Mexico. Nikki’s oral history plays include Confinement in the Land of Enchantment , Barbed Wire and Cactus , and Courage and Compassion: Stories from Inside and Outside the Barbed Wire Camps of New Mexico . In October, museum staff made various presenta- tions around the state. At the annual conference of the New Mexico Assn. of Museums, we presented Handled with Care: Using Interactive Touch Tables to Con- nect Visitors to History about our new interactive exhibits, Travel with Dot and Seeds: The Human Cost . Staff also presented at the UNM Historical Law Society with Connecting to Nuremberg: Nazi War Crimes, New Mexicans, and Interpreting History Through Collections . Finally, we attended the New Mexico Jew- ish Historical Society’s conference in Las Vegas, NM
Andy Holten, one of our museum docents who was a hidden child during the Holocaust, read the story The Cat Who Lived with Anne Frank at the café. On December 8, museum staff participated in a “Family Reunion” of three scrolls from the Memorial Scrolls Trust (MST) which is based in London. The scrolls that the event brought together are cared for by Congregation Albert, our museum, and Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe: This is the first time these scrolls have been together in New Mexico: Memorial Scrolls Trust #1337, from Svihov, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic, c.1850 Memorial Scrolls Trust #666, community once known, 19 th century Memorial Scrolls Trust #426, from Mlada Boleslav, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic, 18 th century.
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