From Nation to State: New Mexico's Centennial of Statehood Initiative

FAIN: BC-50275-05

New Mexico Humanities Council (Albuquerque, NM 87108-2645)
Craig L. Newbill (Project Director: May 2005 to December 2008)

A series of activities that will commemorate New Mexico's centennial of statehood in 2012 including a website, statewide public meetings and the development of a Centennial Speakers bureau and a Chautauqua program.

New Mexico will celebrate its Centennial of Statehood in 2012. During the next twelve to eighteen months the New Mexico Humanities Council will 1) upgrade and reconfigure the existing NMHC web site to include a new web site subsection dedicated to Centennial planning and events; 2) convene stakeholders statewide to develop a plan for public activities; 3) hold public meetings in 4-6 New Mexico communities; 4) create a Centennial Speakers and Chautauqua Program; 5) record Centennial presentations for a variety of dissemination methods.