- Aimee Giese Jaurequi speaks about Bridge Village- Senior Community Support Group, calls for Volunteers
11/11/25
WHAT IS BRIDGE VILLAGE ?
We are forming a new Senior Village in Grant County to help Older Adults in our community Age-in-Place with a little help from their neighbors.
The Power of Community!!
Bridge Community is a member-driven nonprofit organization addressing the current challenges of aging. Our village is enriching lives by providing the connections, education and support seniors in our community as they age in place in their own homes confidently on their own.
WHAT IS THE VILLAGE MOVEMENT ?
The village movement is an innovative organization that has emerged in the last decade in the organizational field of support services for community-dwelling older adults (Prof. A. Scharlach, UC Berkeley). The village movement is one of the most viable options to let our society cope with the upcoming “Revolution Aging”
We look beyond conventional solutions. We wanted more freedom and control than we found in models that focus on single issues, such as housing, medical care, or social activities. We wanted to be active, taking care of ourselves and each other rather than being “taken care of.”
A PROVEN MODEL
Beacon Hill, proved that seniors wanted to get together around local villages, help each other and be part of an active community of seniors. A model so promising, that after a few years 200 villages have sprung all across the nation and many others are in the works.
A modern and efficient village
Today, various villages across the nation, including your Village, are using technology to make villages super efficient and even more valuable to seniors in our local communities.
Contact Amy Giese Jaurequi or visit the website and send in a contact me form:https://www.villageamigosgrantcountynm.org/contac
- WNMU Hispanic Heritage Month Fiesta + LULAC Council 8003 Scholarship Awards
September 19th, 2025
The Con Ganas Project, part of the Title V Developing Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) Grant at WNMU, focuses on implementing systemic, institutional changes that increase the capacity of WNMU to better support Hispanic/Latinx and low income students. The project hosted a Hispanic Heritage Fiesta September 19th in the Intramural Gym on WNMU’s campus that will included participation from our Dual Enrollment students from Deming, WNMU’s HSI Student Ambassadors, local Chicano Historian Javier Marrufo, multimedia reporter Mónica Ortiz Uribe, Grant County League of United Latin Citizens (LULAC) Council 8003, and Los Angeles Based art collective Kalli Arte.
The event featured performances from Deming High Baile Folklórico, Mariachi Plata and an artist platica hosted by Mónica Ortiz Uribe, and art display from Kalli Arte.Two scholarships were awarded to promising young students at WNMU:
Makiah Granadino- WNMU Student
Makiah Granadino is a first-year Zoology student, fueled by a lifelong passion for animals and a dream of becoming a veterinarian. After taking a gap year to support herself and contribute to her community through the Silver City Youth Mural Program, where she helped beautify our surroundings with mural projects, she has returned to WNMU to pursue her undergraduate degree. It is with great joy that we announce our decision to award a scholarship to Makiah, recognizing her exceptional qualities and academic achievements. We believe in her potential and are excited to support her journey toward a bright future.
Lenea Amaya – Dual Enrollment Student Deming High
We are truly honored to award a scholarship to an exceptionally dedicated student who exemplifies hard work and commitment. Linnea Amaya, a dual enrollment student taking classes at both Western New Mexico University and Deming High School, has impressively completed 33 credit hours as a high school senior. She is an active member of the National Honor Society and hails from Columbus, New Mexico, all while maintaining an outstanding 3.8 GPA.
- El SON DE LA GILA MARIACHI DINNER
June 4th, 2025
Wednesday evening, June 4, 2025, LULAC Council 8003 provided dinner for nearly 120 Mariachi students from across the state and Texas as part of WNMU’s El Son de la Gila Mariachi Conference.
Following dinner members enjoyed a jam session outdoors! It was a great success! Check out the photo album here.
Thank you to Bea McKinney for the photos!
- 4 Chicano males ages 30-50 sought to audition for “The Last Angry Brown Hat” by Alfredo Ramos
March 18, 2025
Alfredo Ramos’ The Last Angry Brown Hat is a poignant one-act drama that transcends a mere nostalgic reminiscence, instead serving as a microcosm for the complex legacy of the Chicano Movement. The narrative, set within the familiar confines of a dilapidated garage—a symbolic locus of their youthful camaraderie—explores the fraught negotiation between past idealism and present-day realities for four Chicano men. This setting, adorned with the faded iconography of the movement, underscores the play’s central thematic tension: the dissonance between the revolutionary fervor of their youth and the compromises inherent in aging.
Please contact jim@silvercitycommunitytheater.com in your are interested.
- LULAC, WNMU M.E.Ch.A March in Protest
February 21, 2025
Students in Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) at WNMU organized a march on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, in response to recent national tensions surrounding immigration. Marchers held signs expressing concern about current policies and supporting immigrants’ rights.
Members of the student body, faculty, staff, and broader community took part in the march, making their way down College Avenue, along Bullard Street and concluding at Gough Park.
MEChA President Carlos Carranza said that the group organized the march to express solidarity with immigrants and their families. “We are the voices of those that do not have them,” he said. “It is important for MEChA to be the voice at WNMU for our people.”
Our President Fred Baca, Javier Marrufo, and Marivel Medel marched as well in solidarity.
Tamal Fiesta 2024
Saturday, November 16th
A big “Thanks” to the LULAC Council 8003 members that were able to come out and help at the Tamal Fiesta booth that the Council set up. Special thanks to Fermin Lopez Sr., Fred Marquez, Renee Provencio, Fred Baca, Jessica Salaiz, Mikki Jemin and Javi Marrufo and of course the ever present Bea McKinney working the circuit.
Our booth make $197 from the sales of 50/50 raffle tickets, LULAC t-shirts and another donation of Sethycreation T-shirts donated by Francis, Brianna, Seth and Ben Fishcher. We received $21 from dues and another $21 from a new member. There were several inquiries as to what LULAC was about and what it stood for. We also sold a few of the donated tumblers and old convention tumbers. I felt we got super support from those attending, especially the many friends of our Council! We even go monetary donations from some of the people coming to our booth.
Our own Fermin Lopez St. won the 50/50 raffle and took home $142! Although it was rather cool with cool breezes staring up in the afternoon and after a few minor glitches with our tent. Everything considered, it went well.
The Fiesta brought in quite a few people ready to eat great food, great entertainment and enjoy the company of friends and acquaintances. The Fiesta seems to be getting larger each year. Special thanks to Raul Turrieta wfho commandeered the event and along with a great committee made the Fiesta a super success.
If you didn’t get a chance to go, you missed a great time! It was great seeing our friends and supporters. It had a fun atmosphere with plenty of things to do and get involved in.
It was very well planned!. My thanks to the Santa Clara committee that worked on this for a few months and got it done
LULAC Council 8003 awards scholarship to Council Member Javier Marrufo
“Scholarship Received”, Silver City Daily Press, November 5, 2024.
(Courtesy Photo)
League of United Latin American Citizens Council 8003 of Silver City presented the M.H. McKinney Family/Dr. Ken Ladner Scholarship to Javi Marrufo, LULAC Council member and Silver City Museum curator. The scholarship funds came about from council fundraisers and generous private contributions from The M.H. McKinney Family Trust and from Ken Ladner. The $1,000 award will assist Marrufo to pursue a doctoral degree in Chicano studies from the University of New Mexico, according to a news release. He currently holds a Bachelor of Arts and master’s in history from Western New Mexico University. Marrufo has conducted research in a variety of areas for the museum, including the groundbreaking “The Chihuahua Hill Story,” which he has presented in various venues in Silver City and in other cities in New Mexico. Above, from left, are Bart Roselli, Silver City Museum director; Bea McKinney, museum goodwill ambassador; Marrufo, museum curator and scholarship recipient; Fred Baca, president of LULAC Council 8003; and Ken Ladner, mayor of Silver City.
Javier would like to express his gratitute to all Coincil 8003 members and leaerdership “Thank you to everyone who contributed, I’m grateful, It’s a great feeling to have help from your community. I hope to repay it!