Join Mayor Keller & APD for a Spanish-language panel on public safety, crime reporting & trust-building. 📅 Tues. June 17 | ⏰ 6PM.📍 Westgate Community Center.💻 Watch live on Facebook or YouTube.🌐 Entirely in Spanish. All are welcome.

With profound sadness, we honor Dr. Harold Bailey, a tireless advocate for justice and former Albuquerque NAACP President. His life’s work advanced equity and civil rights, leaving a lasting impact. May his legacy inspire us to strive for justice. #OneAlbuquerque

Over the weekend, OEI tabled at the State of the City to share all the resources we have available. Thanks to all who came out, it was so much fun getting to talk to everyone about all the work we've been doing to fight for a more equitable future! #OneAlbuquerque #SOTCABQ2024

Join us 8/17, @ the ABQ BioPark Zoo for State of the City to learn more about what we've been up to & how our office, along with the rest of the City, is fighting for a more equitable future. There'll be ASL & Spanish interpretation. RSVP @ #OneAlbuquerque

Join us tomorrow, 8/17, at the ABQ BioPark Zoo for State of the City! Together, we can continue to build a better, more equitable future for all Burqueños, no matter where they're from or how they identify. Make sure to RSVP at #OneAlbuquerque #SOTCABQ2024

Mark your calendars for August 30 for Food Truck Friday at Civic Plaza in honor of Black Business Month! From 11 AM - 4 PM there will be food trucks, local Black-owned businesses, movement classes, a DJ, and community organizations and resources. #OneAlbuquerque

Last weekend OEI joined the Native Leadership Collective of ABQ and the Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO) at their feedback event. During the event the community was asked to give their feedback about the development of ABQ Urban Indigenous Resource Center. #OneAlbuquerque

Together, we can continue to build a better, more equitable future for all Burqueños, no matter where they're from or how they identify. Join us for the State of the City Address on August 17 & learn about how we're fighting for our future. RSVP at

Last week OEI's Director, Sonya Lara, and the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs Liasian, Beatriz Valencia, attended an event hosted by the Mexican Consulate to address public safety in the immigrant community and to encourage immigrants to feel safe about reporting crime.

This weekend Summer Jobs Connect, through Bank on Burque, donated 2,000 backpacks to Cruzin' into the School Year. Our team was also there passing out financial empowerment info. Thank you to Youth & Family Services for putting on such a great event! #OneAlbuquerque

Our Office of Black Community Engagement is partnering with the Black Education Act Bureau to host their Back to School Kickoff to provide backpacks, school supplies, and community resource information to students. Stop by Taylor Park on Sunday, Aug. 4th from 1-3pm!

Happy National Black Business Month! If you would like to celebrate by supporting black-owned businesses, you can check out this directory from the New Mexico Black Leadership Council to shop at local black-owned business:

Thanks KRQE for having us & Youth & Family Services to talk about Cruzin' into the School Year, a FREE event to help prepare ABQ kids for school. Please make sure to register before the event (happening on 9/3 from 10AM - 1PM) by going to: .#OneAlbuquerque

Thank you to the NM Economic Development Department for capturing the 2024 Black Business Summit! Our very own African American Community Liaison for the Office of Black Community Engagement, Neema Pickett, was invited to speak at the summit.

ABQ is helping kids prepare for the school year with school supplies, backpacks, & more! Join us at Cruzin' into the School Year on August 3 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mesa Verde or West Mesa Community Center. To attend please make sure to register at:

Allow us to introduce ourselves! The Office Equity & Inclusion (OEI) is a department within the City of ABQ. Our mission is to equip city government to make ABQ a national role model of racial equity & social justice. To learn more about OEI's work visit

July is Disability Pride Month! It's a time to celebrate disabled persons embracing their disabilities as integral parts of who they are, reclaiming visibility in public and interacting fully with their disabilities out in the open, and rejecting shame and internalized ableism.

We are partnering with the Imperial Sovereign Court of New Mexico (Reign XXX) to collect school supplies during the entire month of July. If you would like to donate, you can drop off school supplies between 8 AM - 5 PM at our office on the 4th floor of City Hall (Suite 4072).

This week we signed the Tribal Notification & Engagement Consultation amendment, requiring feedback from tribal representatives when planning new developments near historic & culturally significant tribal land. We're proud to see this first-of-its-kind initiative be established!