APPLICATIONS FOR 2010 ACEQUIA FELLOWSHIPS TO BE POSTED NEXT WEEK ON DECEMBER 28. THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS WILL BE MOVED TO JANUARY 30, 2010. Students from Colorado College were among the visitors helping with our annual chicos del horno roast. The 2008 and 2009 Annual Reports of the Institute will be posted by the end of the year. Please look in the reports page for updates. ANNOUNCING THE RECIPIENTS OF 2009 ACEQUIA FELLOWSHIPS The Acequia Institute announces the selection of three graduate students as recipients of the 2009 Edwin Sanchez Memorial Graduate Fellowship. Each fellow is receiving the $2000 award. The 2009 Acequia Fellows include Miriam Aldasoro Maya (University of Washington), Shannon Rupert (University of New Mexico), and Miguel Santistevan (University of New Mexico). For more information on the recipients and their research projects, visit the CURRENT PROGRAMS page. Acequia del Cerro, San Luis, Colorado Mission Statement The Acequia Institute, Instituto de la Acequia, is a private non-profit organization dedicated to collaborative research and education for resilience and social justice in acequia farming communities of the Upper Rio Grande bioregion. The Institute exists to protect and promote the acequia institution as one of the oldest forms of local democratic self-government and to nurture traditional forms of regenerative agriculture. The Institute promotes collaborative community-based research through the Acequia Fellows program and makes small grants to community-based organizations working in areas related to environmental and food justice. The Acequia Institute is a federally- registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization and all donations are tax-deductable. Board of Directors Devon G. Peņa, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, WA  Founder and President Joseph C. Gallegos, San Luis Peoples Ditch, San Luis, CO Vice-President Rosalinda Guillen, Community 2 Community, Bellingham, WA Tania P. Hernandez, Peņa Land Conservation and Restoration, LLC Treasurer Rufina Juarez, South Central Farmers Feeding Families, Los Angeles, CA Mario Montaņo, Ph.D., The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO Gregory Rockwell, Esq., Private Practice Lawyer and Arbitrator, Seattle, WA Secretary Elisa Sabatini, Ph.D., Los Niņos, San Diego, CA-Tijuana, Mexico Tezozomoc, South Central Farmers Feeding Families, Los Angeles, CA