American Friends Service Committee AFSC New Mexico

09/17/2026

Kids win when farmers and schools work together! AFSC is excited to bring local organic cherry tomatoes and cucumbers to 24 preschools across Albuquerque serving low income children. We provide teachers with fun activities to encourage students to eat their vegetables!

09/15/2026

We’re excited to start off the week with monsoon rains at local sustainable farms in our network who grew cherry tomatoes and cucumbers for our Farm to Preschool program!

08/31/2026

The New Mexico Program co-director, Sayrah Namaste, talks about concerns over a large data center being built in New Mexico.

CORRECTION: An earlier version of the story incorrectly stated that several environmental groups, including the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter, brought the legal challenges against Project Jupiter. (10:35 AM MDT,

08/13/2026

Thank you to our friends Breathofmy Heart Birthplace for this helpful information

Dear Breath of My Heart Clients and Community, We are saddened by the ongoing impacts of wildfires on our health and communities. Smoke from these wildfires impact air quality and the health of all…

06/25/2026

We are so grateful that our prayers are answered( Albuquerque received some rain today

Día de San Juan is a date that New Mexican families for generations have celebrated by splashing in rivers and acequias, and by praying for rain. This year of record heat and drought, we ask you to take a moment on Wednesday, June 24th, to bring an offering to the river: a prayer, a song, flowers, an intention, maybe even water in the places where the river is dry. Share your reflection, your prayer, your photo, or video with these hashtags so we can see each other up and down our rivers and acequias:


El Día de San Juan es una fecha que las familias de Nuevo México han celebrado por generaciones chapoteando en ríos y acequias y rezando para que llueva. En este año de calor y sequía sin precedentes, te pedimos que tomes un momento para llevar una ofrenda al río: una oración, una canción, flores, una intención, tal vez incluso agua en los lugares donde el río está seco. Comparte tu reflexión, oración, foto o video con estos hashtags para que podamos vernos unos a otros a lo largo de nuestros ríos y acequias.
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06/18/2026

Día de San Juan is a date that New Mexican families for generations have celebrated by splashing in rivers and acequias, and by praying for rain. This year of record heat and drought, we ask you to take a moment on Wednesday, June 24th, to bring an offering to the river: a prayer, a song, flowers, an intention, maybe even water in the places where the river is dry. Share your reflection, your prayer, your photo, or video with these hashtags so we can see each other up and down our rivers and acequias:


El Día de San Juan es una fecha que las familias de Nuevo México han celebrado por generaciones chapoteando en ríos y acequias y rezando para que llueva. En este año de calor y sequía sin precedentes, te pedimos que tomes un momento para llevar una ofrenda al río: una oración, una canción, flores, una intención, tal vez incluso agua en los lugares donde el río está seco. Comparte tu reflexión, oración, foto o video con estos hashtags para que podamos vernos unos a otros a lo largo de nuestros ríos y acequias.
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05/18/2026

For the first time, there was NO water in the acequia during our annual San Ysidro celebration. It was so sad and heavy. But we decided to have the children toss flower petals into the empty ditch anyway. This is the stark reality of our drought.
We had the procession along the dry Acequia and then we gathered for interfaith prayers: Catholic, Dine’, Muslim, Lakota, Quaker. And then something incredible happened!
An eagle began to circle us as we prayed! None of us have seen an eagle at Sanchez farm. It was stunning - we were gasping and staring up at it! The Dine’ elder spoke up and said this was a very important sign and he needed to sing a song to the eagle with his drum. He told us the eagle was assuring us that things were going to be okay.

05/17/2026

We appreciate the volunteers who cleaned trash out of the Armijo Acequia yesterday, in advance of San Ysidro ceremony!

05/17/2026

Getting ready for our annual San Ysidro
ceremony this morning! Bring flower petals if you come

05/12/2026

This Sunday is our annual San Isidro interfaith ceremony