#DeLaVacasDesk – Category Archive – North Metro Diversions

Fourth Generation: Catherine Long-Gates

A DiverCity conversation with a tenant farmer, a family farmer, who's been on her family's land essentially since birth. The death of the small farm in BOCO won't happen if she has any say in it. Not today. Not after more than a century of time and investment here. Photos: Paul Wedlake The history is incredible. It’s the kind of history that reminds us of the good and bad in our local

DiverCity Series: Shanna Henkel – It Takes a Village

A DiverCity conversation with the woman who runs the Village, creates community, and counts on the continuation of conversation across generations, all while keeping Boulder fed in the great greasy spoon tradition. You know it: 890 sq. ft. of reality surrounded by Boulder. By: De La Vaca Photos: Paul Wedlake Shanna Henkel is half-Japanese. She grew up in Beaverton, Oregon. Both of her

#GlobalClimateStrike BOCO: Earth v Eradication

Responding to the call of 16 year old Greta Sundberg of Sweden, an entire planet of hopeful, tired, terrified activists and protectors mobilized to call for action to avert climate catastrophe. The world showed up today, to stare down eradication and to stand up for the earth and all its diverse inhabitants.

Bernie Sanders Rallies in Denver 9/9 | Photos

Bernie Sanders came to Denver on September 9th and delivered remarks to a boisterous crowd of 10,252. The count was verified by Josh Reiter, Denver Manager for Code 4 Security Firm. Running through his greatest hits for a crowd of adoring supporers of all ages, the interested and considering, and the former Hillary supporters (we met one from Little Rock who's feeling the Bern this

Off Menu with Chef Jerome Brown | Longmont Public House

Food. And earth. And soul. These are the basic ingredients to life for Executive Chef Jerome of the Longmont Public House (LPH). The ingredients to success are an important thing to consider, especially for a chef. Ingredients are the bread and butter of a restaurateur.

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.

Summer Travel: The Art of Staycation – Yellow Scene Magazine

We would recommend staycations across the state, as there are incredible places to visit from the Four Corners region of Southwest Colorado, through the Front Range and the entire Rocky Mountains, and here across Boulder County. In this humble little travel article we will look at a few of our favorite places to stop in for a couple of days of soft slippers, excellent eats, room service, and local fun. Follow us along as we staycation from Boulder to Denver to Grand Lake and a few places in between. It's summertime, BOCO; time to get out and enjoy your world. Check these places out for a quick break in the middle of your busy life.

Increasing the Racial Achievement Gap in BVSD: District Cancels IB Program at Majority Hispanic Alicia Sanchez International Elementary School

Our focus is the advanced courses bill. At the same time that this law has just been signed at the state level, coupled with additional funding laws to support implementation, Boulder Valley School District has decided to cut the International Baccalaureate, IB, Program at Alicia Sanchez International Elementary School. Their communications and marketing team once described BVSD as a destination district; can we assume from this that this designation depends on which school inside BVSD one gets to attend?

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?

DiverCity Series | Circuses and Clowns: on being a container

Meet Michelle. That’s all she said when I asked her who she was. "Michelle". It seems weird until you realize her life, her work, her efforts...none of them are really about her. They’re about others. Michelle Denae is about others.