Joby Wallace said she was shocked to learn Gov. Susana Martinez axed funding for the African American Performing Arts Center and Exhibit Hall. Wallace, president of the center’s board of directors, said she had to read about it in the paper like everyone else. Last weekend, demonstrators gathered to speak out against the cut. Alibi photographer William Rodwell was on hand to take photos. After more than a decade of work, the center was launched mid-2007. After a series of smaller cuts, it was expecting about $379,000 in 2011 from the state to operate. The center hadn’t yet acquired much additional funding yet, so it may be out of luck in June when the money dries up.The move is a slap in the face to African Americans, Wallace told the Alibi in an interview last week. “We can no longer sit around and accept it.”
Slideshow: March For The African American Center
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