The following speakers and performers have visited Albuquerque Academy in recent years:
- La Donna Harris, Comanche activist
- Eric Zohn, discussion about fighting AIDS in Africa and his experience of being Jewish on the show, Survivor
- Dr. Karen Martin, race, incarceration, and the industrial complex
- Eric Bibb, African American folk musician
- Jagwa, a musical group from Tanzania
- Arthur Sze, poet
- Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee, diversity trainer speaking on identity and micro-agressions
- Miracle Luster, a student leader at the University of New Mexico, who spoke about the importance of learning about Black history in America