Excitement is in the air! Get ready to be part of something extraordinary at Literacy Volunteers Of Santa Fe‘s 40th Anniversary Kickoff event in partnership with the Santa Fe International Literary Festival! Celebrate 40 years of changing lives – we want you to be there! 🎉

All LVSF Tutors are being offered two FREE tickets to each of two special events at the Santa Fe International Literary Festival on Saturday, May 17, 2025, and an invitation to a special reception with Diné author and filmmaker Ramona Emerson, author of Shuttered and Exposure. Ramona is originally from Tohatchi, New Mexico and is a graduate of the University of New Mexico and the Institute of American Indian Arts. She spent 16 years as a police department photographer in Albuquerque, documenting crime scenes before becoming a novelist. Her work as a police photographer is featured in her 2022 debut novel Shuttered. She will be a featured presenter with author Jaime Figueroa at this year’s Festival.

We appreciate you and the dedication you have shown in supporting our mission and our students. You have made a positive difference in the lives of our students and in our Santa Fe community!

Tickets first come and first served and can be obtained by sending an RSVP to [email protected].

Who:               All LVSF Tutors, friends and supporters

What:              Celebrating 40 years of Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe

Where:            Santa Fe International Literary Festival at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St. Santa Fe, NM

When:             Saturday, May 17, 2025

Time:               11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Our tickets were generously donated by the Santa Fe International Literary Festival. You may select more than one event to attend. Tickets will be distributed in early May.

 When you RSVP, please specify which event below you would like tickets for:

EVENT 1:        11 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The Man Made of Words:  Celebrating the Life and Legacy of N. Scott Momaday

Terry Tempest Williams, Colum McCann, Jill Momaday, Natachee Momaday Gray, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Jennifer Forester, and others pay tribute to the legendary Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, author, artist, and scholar who called Santa Fe home.  Venue: Sweeney Ballroom

EVENT 2:        12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe 40th Anniversary Kickoff. Reception with Ramona Emerson, Nambé Room at the Santa Fe Convention Center. A light lunch will be provided.

EVENT 3:        2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Ramona Emerson in conversation with Jaime Figueroa. Venue: Concurrent Stage followed by book signing.

For more information or to RSVP, please email Sandra Duran at [email protected].