The ABQ Young Adult Volunteer program gives young adults the opportunity to experience New Mexico’s historic convergence of Native American, Hispanic and Anglo communities. Living in Albuquerque, YAVs encounter the beauty of the high desert and Sandia Mountains juxtaposed with the high levels of poverty and daily challenges faced by many New Mexicans. Volunteers work with a variety of local nonprofit organizations engaged in education, outreach and social justice, while also learning about and building relationships with diverse communities across New Mexico. 
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​ABQYAV is a site of the Young Adult Volunteer Program of the PC (USA) and a partner program of Southwest Emergent Response Volunteers (SWERV). 

“If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. 
​If you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.”
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​Words used by Lilla Watson, Aboriginal elder, activist and educator from Queensland, Australia.