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Carolyn Elerding

Carolyn Elerding (she/they), PhD, is a writer, editor, activist, and former professor based in Boulder. Elerding’s writing on cultural and social issues like diversity, equality, and the climate can also be found in such venues as Ms. magazine and The Real News network. Find them online at @celerding @[email protected] https://carolynelerding.com/

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A Wildfire Sheds Light: Advice from Marshall Fire Survivors

November 29, 2023 Like 0 Carolyn Elerding

This is the final installment of a multi-part series that explores the ongoing impacts of the Marshall Fire through interviews with survivors and analysis of the role of climate change and alternatives to recovery such as mutual aid. Photo by…

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A Wildfire Sheds Light: Social Media, Infrastructure for Mutual Aid

November 14, 2023 Like 0 Carolyn Elerding

This is Part 5 of a multi-part series that explores the ongoing impacts of the Marshall Fire through interviews with survivors and analysis of the role of climate change and alternatives to recovery such as mutual aid. Photo by Skinner Myers…

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Ballot Initiative 302: A Tale of Two Boulders

November 1, 2023 1 0 Carolyn Elerding

In an unprecedented election season, the spotlight has been seized by proposed legislation on safety risks related to homelessness, the polarizing Safe Zones 4 Kids ballot initiative that both the Daily Camera and the Boulder Weekly have come out against. …

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A Wildfire Sheds Light: Mutual Aid, the Real Insurance

October 21, 2023 Like 0 Carolyn Elerding

This is Part 4 of a multi-part series that explores the ongoing impacts of the Marshall Fire through interviews with survivors and analysis of the role of climate change and alternatives to recovery such as mutual aid. Photo by Skinner Myers…

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A Wildfire Sheds Light: It Didn’t Have To Be This Way

September 28, 2023 Like 0 Carolyn Elerding

This is Part 3 of a multi-part series that explores the ongoing impacts of the Marshall Fire through interviews with survivors and analysis of the role of climate change and alternatives to recovery such as mutual aid. Photo by Skinner Myers…

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A Wildfire Sheds Light: Mutual Aid Is Everyone’s Future

September 5, 2023 Like 0 Carolyn Elerding

This is Part 2 of a multi-part series that explores the ongoing impacts of the Marshall Fire through interviews with survivors and analysis of the role of climate change and alternatives to recovery such as mutual aid. Photo by Skinner Myers…

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A Wildfire Sheds Light: Interviews with Marshall Fire Survivors

August 17, 2023 1 0 Carolyn Elerding

Rebuilding from natural disaster within a capitalist system YS explores the ongoing impacts of the Marshall Fire through a multi-part series including interviews with survivors and analysis of the role of climate change and alternatives to recovery such as mutual…

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A Wildfire Sheds Light: Mutual Aid in Suburbia?

August 17, 2023 Like 0 Carolyn Elerding

This is Part 1 of a multi-part series that explores the ongoing impacts of the Marshall Fire through interviews with survivors and analysis of the role of climate change and alternatives to recovery such as mutual aid. Photo by Skinner…

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Colorado-Based Water Protector Faces Trial, Shares Wisdom

July 17, 2023 3 0 Carolyn Elerding

“Mom, I can’t stop thinking about it. I’m going there.” When Mylene Vialard followed her 21-year-old daughter across the US to join the thousands of the resistance by Water Protectors led by Indigenous women at Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline, her…

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Dining while Black: Preventing Tableside Racism in Boulder County

June 26, 2023 Like 0 Carolyn Elerding

With summer just around the corner, management and staff in Boulder County and North Metro service industries have an opportunity to help put an end to tableside racism, a form of racial discrimination that is prevalent nationwide. Imagine arriving with…