Community Corner – Category Archive – North Metro Diversions

School Open Houses – Yellow Scene Magazine

BOULDER Bixby School Private, preschool-grade 5 4760 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder Kindergarten: Oct. 12 at 5-6 p.m., Oct. 26 at 9:30-10:30 a.m. All School (preschool and elementary programs): Nov. 2 at 9-10:30 a.m., Dec. 5 at 9-10:30 a.m. Boulder Country Day School 4820 Nautilus Ct. N. Boulder Open House: Nov. 8 9-11:30 a.m. Tara Performing Arts High School 4180 19th St

Community Corner | Officer Lord V the UnHoused

Ever since Naropa University student Zayd Atkinson was detained without cause for the non-crime of picking up garbage while Black, the City of Boulder’s response provides some hope for the future, but the response of some Boulder police officers should give us all pause. . A particularly illuminating email from Officer Ryan Lord offers insight into the attitude of some of the officers

Op-Ed: “For the Religious Purposes of Indian Tribes” – Petition to U.S. Fish and Wildlife seeks to expand law to allow non-Indians to possess eagle feathers.

On April 30, 2019, the Service published a Request for Public Comments related to a Petition submitted by Pastor Robert Soto and the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. The Becket Fund- a conservative law firm best known for representing the evangelical Christian owners of Hobby

Open Letter to Attorney General Phil Weiser-COGCC Rulemaking

Community Contribution Attorney General Philip Weiser 1300 Broadway Denver, Colorado cc: Governor Jared Polis, Senator Mike Foote, Senator Steve Fenberg, Representative KC Becker, Representative Yadira Caraveo July 14, 2019 Dear Sir: As the people’s lawyer we ask for your immediate intervention in the proposed rulemaking being undertaken by the COGCC to

Sammie’s Humanity: A DiverCity Conversation with Sammie Leon Lawrence IV

A DiverCity conversation with Sammie Leon Lawrence, the Fourth of his Name, Holder of Custom-made Dragon-topped Walking Aids, Gardener of Souls, and Weilder of Badass Afros. Long may his humanity be known.

Community Corner: Inspiring Incarceration Bills Signed in Colorado’s 2019 Legislative Session

This past legislative session saw some truly inspired bills regarding incarceration make it through the process to become law in Colorado, to the betterment of us all.

Unnecessary Heroes, Martyrs to America’s Gun Fetish | #DeLaVacasDesk

These lost lives, Americans of all ages lost just this past few weeks, burnt up and crumpled and offered up like grotesque cannabalistic - emphasis on ballistic - incense to America's gods of domestic warfare: the NRA, Congress, 2Aers, and other gun enthusiasts. For what? To be martyrs to Americas unnatural gun fetish? For the infantile logic of those who claim patriot but scream for a right to fight the same government?

Community Corner: What a difference a month makes

One month after eight officers surrounded a Black Naropa student for the non-crime of cleaning as part of his work study job on his own rental property, Boulder Police Department officers seem to feel the national spotlight had dimmed enough to repeat much of the same behavior.

OPINION: Oil & Gas Reform is on the Horizon

For years, residents impacted by oil and gas development have been actively engaged at both the state and local level seemingly to no avail, but that is about to change… The Colorado Senate and House have both passed the bill known as

Community Corner: Chasing Freedom with Elisabeth Epps

Can you imagine the end of cash bail and pre-trial detention, the abolition of jail and prisons in their entirety. Elisabeth Epps can, and she’s working to make it a reality.

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