Tepeyac sponsored 'Piñon & Sage Community Learning Center' – transforming a bar to a school, public nuisance to community asset.
Beginning of Piņon & Sage billboard.
nick took this bar to court in 1976 charging it a public nuisance for it's role in the destruction of individuals and families. Justice comes 20 years later as it serves to improve the community.
Piñon & Sage billboard sign goes up. Assisting are P&S students
nick behind bars
(at the former Round-up Saloon)
Probably thinking
'do I really want to take on this task?'
nick evangelista, building a learning center from scratch.
Donovan Shushlachee
buffing the dirty floor.
Pollo Resendiz and Bertin Rivera pulling staples from Round Up Saloon walls.
Pulling thousands of staples off the old  bar room walls!
More and more Staples
Scrubbing off years of grime
Restrooms closed for repair
MAJOR repair!
Will Grant, sanding years of paint from a wood post.
After the renovation, Piñon & Sage student registration.
The Tepeyac Consortium, Inc.
NMAEA Volunteer of the Year 1997
Presented by NMAEA President Pam Etre-Perez
Award accepted on behalf of Tepeyac by Davin and Diana Joe at the NMAEA Annual Conference in Silver City, NM
 
Tepeyac Members collectively volunteered for 18 months to provide adult education services at the the Piñon & Sage Learning Center, Gallup's north side.
Tepeyac Consortium, Sharing the Vision.
Painting by award winning Navajo artist Irving Bahe.
Recognition Day: Piñon & Sage Community Learning Center.
Talking Circle, time for reflection.
Mobile student, program graduate.
Piñon & Sage staff and students.
K-Mart general manager handing Dion Eriacho $500 donation check to assist Tepeyac learning centers.
Child care problem? Not with Tepeyac.
Kim Dolan Personal Enhancement Facilitator, daughter Olivia, Job Search Session
SHARE Lesson – Bread, Stew, & Clay
Kim Dolan, Personal Enhancement Facilitator, husband Pat, daughter Olivia, Dakota & Dawah Shushlachee.
'Para los Niños' Dawah and Dakota Shushlachee,  Angel Maldonado, Freddy Dominguez, et al.
Instructor Max Perez with Pine Hill students, 60 miles south of Gallup, NM.
Student Leadership Training at Pine Hill.
Debbie Collier with Pinehill students,
student leadership training.
Debbie with student Linus Gray at Dine College Leadership Training.
Tepeyac and Dine College Student & Staff training:
Dine College Adult Learning Center, Shiprock, NM.
Student and soon to be graduate Ella Begay making Navajo fry bread,
Piñon & Sage fund raiser event
Children of ABE students,
Piñon & Sage community event.
Fund raiser event, Piñon & Sage CLC.
Due to flooded parking lot,
outdoor registration at Rock Springs Chapter House, Navajo Nation.
Bandera Crater Volcano
near El Malpais National Park and the city of Grants, NM
Piñon & Sage Recognition Day,
Dion Eriacho handing out student certificates.
Talking Circle, Piñon & Sage reflecting on accomplishments.
Traditional 'Charro' dancing at student fiesta
Jalapeno Eating Contest: Sergio Chavira and Manuel Morales 'feeling the heat'.
Adult Education students: socialization an important part of the learning process
Diez y Seiz Student Celebration
Making enchiladas, Tepeyac fund raiser event at Twin Lakes Chapter House.
Left to right: Shannon Wilson, Alfredo Dominguez and Donovan Shushlachee.
Tepeyac offers Professional Development training at Santa Ana Pueblo learning center
One of the Rio Grande pueblos between Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
Field trip,
chartered Navajo Nation transit bus.
El Morro National Monument
near the city of Grants, NM