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ABQ celebrates World Refugee Day By Gabriella Rivera @gabbychlamps In celebration of World Refugee Day, an international event voicing support for displaced persons in every community globally, one Albuquerque group hosted a crafts fair where refugee women sold handmade goods. Women’s Global Pathways is a branch of the Immigrant Refugee Resource Village of Albuquerque, whose mission is “empowering the most marginalized populations of New Mexico including refugee, other immigrant local low income women, girls and their families.” Their work aims to help this population with some of the common issues they face, including acquiring transportation, breaking language barriers and securing jobs. WGP, currently based in PB&J Family Services, teaches the refugees English, transports them to and from the center and teaches new marketable skills, honing the ones they already have to create a microenterprise that directly benefits the families. On World Refugee Day, WGP hosted a craft fair featuring jewelry, clothing, accessories and other items handcrafted by the women. One hundred percent of the proceeds went directly to the artisans.

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Anita Shukurani sells handmade clothing and accessories on Tuesday June 20, 2017 at PB&J Family Services. In recognition of World Refugee Day, PB&J Family Services and Women’s Global Pathways hosted a crafts fair for refugees currently in Albuquerque.

UNM cuts minority org’s budget

BASEBALL

Four Lobos drafted for MLB By Robert Maler @robert_maler

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Mark Narvaez (left) and Theresah Napetey (right) discuss the many positive experiences they have had with “Project for New Mexico Graduates of Color,” also known as PNMGC, which aims to build a community with underrepresented student groups at UNM.

By Brendon Gray @notgraybrendon Many UNM grad students have come to rely on the Project for New Mexico Graduates of Color.

Now, after a significant budget cut, the student-led group supporting graduate students of color is fighting to keep its influence. After a recommendation from the Student Fee and Review Board last semester, PNMGC funding

was cut from $50,160 to $9,907 — a nearly 80 percent decrease. From event programming to assistant salaries, funding pays for everything the group does.

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The New Mexico baseball team did not earn a trip to the College World Series this season, but four Lobo players fulfilled what was surely a lifelong dream after being selected in the Major League Baseball draft last week. Head coach Ray Birmingham said he has had approximately 150 players become professionals throughout his coaching career, and he is extremely happy for each of them. Birmingham said he considers himself to be an old-school coach and wants to make sure his players are good students and good people, listing those qualities first before discussing the importance of what is done on the baseball field. “We want them to get what they want (and need) to make a better life — a degree — and hopefully get a shot at their dream job of being a professional baseball player,” Birmingham said. “That has happened for a lot of Lobos over

the last 10 years.” The most recent Lobos to join that group are pitcher/outfielder Luis Gonzalez, first baseman Jack Zoellner, pitcher Tyler Stevens and third baseman Carl Stajduhar. Gonzalez was drafted 87th overall in the third round of the draft by the Chicago White Sox. The Philadelphia Phillies selected Zoellner in the 9th round with the 263rd pick. Birmingham said the first baseman being selected so early, despite suffering a broken hand toward the end of the season, says a lot. Stevens and Stajduhar both went in the 18th round, going to the Los Angeles Angels and New York Mets, respectively. There have been 88 Lobos selected in the MLB draft, and 34 of those players have come under Birmingham’s 10-year tenure at the helm, a release said. Birmingham said baseball differs from other college-level sports, because a school could feasibly miss out on a recruit due to the draft. The head coach said UNM recently lost someone who

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