The United States Of America – 1776-2024

The United States of America, a country that became world renowned for freedom and justice, died on November 5th at her home in Washington, D.C. The United States was 258 years old.

The office of the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide at the hands of 76 million of her own descendants. The homicide appears to be a collateral effect of an epidemic of raging stupidity.

The United States was born in 1776, the child of immigrant parents who had come to North America seeking freedom from religious oppression. Her grandparents were born and raised in Great Britain and her early years were consumed by a struggle to establish independence on her new continent. She succeeded, despite violent resistance from her forbears. Over the years they reconciled.

Life was challenging for the United States, but the drive for discovery and self-reliance forged a strong and enduring identity. Unfortunately, her drive and ambition came at the expense of the native people who had, for centuries before, occupied and cherished the continent. While sporadic efforts were made to compensate native people, at the time of her death, much work remained.

In the 19th century, a moral crisis interrupted her development, resulting in several years when she suffered from a Dissociative Identity Disorder. The several identities clashed violently from 1861-65. While subsequent therapy partially mitigated the disorder, vestiges of the conflict remained until her death, with a flare-up in the decade before her passing.

Her middle years were a period of astounding growth. She expanded her sense of the possible and became one of the world’s most prolific artists, innovators and entrepreneurs. Many of her inventions dramatically changed the world for the better. 

Perhaps these years were most distinguished by her generosity of spirit. She welcomed beleaguered women, men and children to enter her embrace. She adopted them as her own and watched with great pride as they forged their own lives, adding richness to the mosaic of their new home and adding immeasurably to its vitality and diversity.

In the 20th century, she was faced with her greatest challenges. Twice, the world faced potentially cataclysmic threats. She joined with her grandparents and other allies and justice prevailed. The cost was immense and she, along with the rest of the world, lost many children to the unthinkable ravages of war.

During her later years, she expanded the concept of justice, demanding equity for all her children, regardless of race, gender and sexual identity, religion or origin. In the years before her death, she suffered great pain as these hard-fought gains withered under pernicious political assault. She was particularly shattered by the reversal of rights for women and girls. Tragically, in recent years, her spirit of generosity and compassion was further broken as some of her children built physical and metaphysical barriers to prevent continuing assimilation of immigrants.

While she made mistakes, as we all do, her legacy includes the inspiration she offered to others who sought to offer liberty and justice for their own children. The loss of her example is deeply mourned around the world.

She leaves behind hundreds of millions of children and many generations who benefitted from her grace and wisdom.

Among her most notable survivors are:

Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, Margaret Mead, Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Billy Collins, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Otis Redding, Thurgood Marshall, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Thelonious Monk, Harriet Tubman, Rachel Carson, Barack Obama, George Carlin, Ella Fitzgerald, Albert Einstein, Arthur Miller, Audre Lorde, Mohammad Ali, George Gershwin, James Baldwin, Arthur Ashe, James Earl Carter, Will Rogers, Dorothy Parker, and Tatanka Yotanka.

The family asks that memorial contributions be made to:

Planned Parenthood

American Civil Liberties Union

Southern Poverty Law Center

Lambda Legal

Americans for Immigrant Justice

Or a justice organization of your choice.

Memorial services will be held in communities of conscience every day until Tuesday, November 7th, 2028.

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“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Few readers will be reading this quote for the first time. Those on the anti-racist spectrum read it as aspirational, expressing King’s hope for an end to racism. It was, of course, “a dream,” not an observation. Unfortunately, post-racism racists truncate the message and weaponize the quote against affirmative action, critical race theory and diversity/equity work.

This latter interpretation is among the many reasons I experience MLK Day with great ambivalence. Co-opting “content of character” has become a conservative bludgeon, often accompanied by self-righteous claims of “colorblindness;” which is not a vision anomaly, but an example of moral dishonesty. If one claims to be blind to another’s race, they are willfully dismissing that person’s reality; not only denying their color, but denying their pain, their beauty, their rich history and their powerfully important voices. Colorblindness may be the most virulent iteration of racism.

But my ambivalence runs more deeply than objecting to white folks twisting King’s words to soothe their own consciences or serve their own political ends.

My two concerns both relate to what culturally responsive teaching calls the Heroes and Holidays (H&H) approach to race and racism. I know many readers are familiar with the criticism of this approach, but I’ll summarize briefly for those who are not.

H&H, particularly Black History Month or MLK Day activities, go further toward “otherizing” the non-dominant group. The corollary to Black History Month is 11 White History Months. Black History Month compresses the historical truths of Black women and men into a few school assemblies, almost invariably with a reading of or allusion to the “I Have a Dream”speech.

This compression and “otherIzing” provides tacit permission to neglect a wholesale reassessment of curriculum in schools to more accurately reflect our nation’s history.

It provides some of the fodder for many political figures who rail against Critical Race Theory (CRT) in schools. The too-familiar response to these attacks is to argue, quite accurately, that CRT is not taught in schools.

What too few progressive folks are willing to say is that CRT damn well should be taught in schools! This is not to suggest that every dimension of CRT is unimpeachable. It is Critical Race THEORY, after all. Like the powerful 1619 Project and curriculum, which has been credibly criticized by some historians, CRT (and the 1619 Project) provides compelling alternatives to conventional teaching, offering rich opportunity for debate and discussion. Instead we have MLK Day, Black History Month, a few posters of Rosa Parks and back to white, Euro-centric business as usual. Offering these tokens allows some politicians, educators and anti-racist racists to abdicate their responsibility to the truth.

My other concern is the ironically described “whitewashing” of King’s legacy. There is some general knowledge of King’s so-called “womanizing.” Even King’s most enthusiastic apologists acknowledge this history and then dismiss it as a personal weakness that should be subsumed within the grander story of his courageous life and inestimable role in the incomplete struggle for racial equity.

But, unfortunately, there is evidence that his “weakness” was not a mere ethical lapse or two, but a deeply troubling history of using women parishioners, cheating on his wife and offering advice and and encouragement as a fellow minister raped a woman. These reports are not mere gossip, but results of comprehensive research by one of King’s most respected biographers, David Barrow. These allegations are partially based on review of FBI records and, while primary sources have not yet been released, Barrow’s findings are sadly credible. The British magazine Standpoint published the story in 2019 after it was turned down by several American publications. A few others, including the Wall Street Journal, covered the story briefly, then allowed it to recede into the darker background of King’s full legacy.

I suspect others see this differently and please feel welcome to present a different perspective in the comments. I am not a serial moralizer, but there are acts or patterns of behavior that fall outside other instances of personal and private frailty that do not disqualify one from admiration or position.

I would differentiate, for example, between the apparently consensual sexual dalliances of JFK and the dismal behavior of Bill Clinton with an intern in the White House. JFK’s indiscretions diminish my admiration for him. Clinton’s “indiscretion” would be cause for termination of employment in many organizations.

As I prepare to dismount my high horse . . .

Too often the “indiscretions” of powerful or talented men are excused as though they are the natural companion to genius or achievement. Nonsense. We might well judge all such men on the “content of their characters.”

Now off my horse I’ll end by acknowledging the importance of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the fight for racial and economic justice. He was a great leader, a powerful orator, and deserves his place in history.

But I’d prefer that we skip the “Days,” “Months” and monuments. Coming to a full reckoning of the ugly reality of slavery and racism requires truth, not holidays.

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A listing of Martin Luther King Jr Day events throughout Colorado

photo: Jose Silva, via Facebook

2023 MARADE, Denver CO

Welcome to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Colorado Holiday Commissions “Marade.”

This parade is the Only one of it’s kind in the nation.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Colorado Holiday Commissions “Marade

Photo via: Visit Denver

National Western Stock Show, Denver CO

MLK Jr. African-American Heritage Rodeo, Western Stock Show, Denver Colorado 

MLK Jr Day Community Celebrations, Boulder County CO

2023 MLK Jr Day Community Celebrations, NAACP Boulder County, Colorado

courtesy City of Lafayette website

MLK March, Lafayette, CO

Annual MLK March for Peace Event, Lafayette, Colorado

Martin Luther King Jr Day Events, Fort Collins CO

VOICE (Violence. Oppression. Isolation. Cannot. Endure.), Fort Collins, Colorado

The day’s activities begin with a morning service project at 8 a.m. and the march starts at 11 a.m. at Washington Park, 301 Maple St., in downtown Fort Collins. 

MLK Day Events, Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado College People’s Breakfast/Unity March Pikes Peak Diversity Council, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Multiple MLK Events, Pueblo, CO

Martin Luther King Day Events, Pueblo CO

Martin Luther King Jr Events, Greeley, CO

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, Greeley, Colorado

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We welcome you to attend our 18th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulder County Community Celebrations 2023 themed, “The Dream…Keep Hope at The Center.”

Together, we will celebrate the life, vision, and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in two separate events in Boulder County.

Our first event will take place at the Boulder Jewish Community Center on Sunday, January 15, 2023, at 4 pm at 6007 Oreg Avenue Boulder, CO 80303. Featuring:

• Keynote Speaker-Dr. Reiland Rabaka, Founder & Director of The Center for African & African-American Studies at CU Boulder
• The Spirituals Project of The University of Denver
• A tribute to African and African-American dance facilitated by Nii Armah Sowah, Associate Teaching Professor & Co-Director of Graduate Studies in Dance
• Special presentations, and much more.

Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-mlk-jr-day-community-celebrations-JCC

Our second event will celebrate the life, vision, and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Silver Creek High School on Monday, January 16, 2023 at, 4901 Nelson Road Longmont, CO 80503. Our MLK Jr. Youth Art Workshop, facilitated by the Silver Creek Leadership Academy, begins at 9 am. The general program begins at 10 am. Featuring:

• Keynote address by Dr. Reiland Rabaka, Founder & Director of The Center for African & African-American Studies at CU Boulder
• A tribute to African and African-American dance facilitated by Nii Armah Sowah, Associate Teaching Professor & Co-Director of Graduate Studies in Dance
• The Colorado Heritage Community Choir
• Special presentations, and more!

Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-mlk-day-at-silver-creek-high-school

All events are FREE and OPEN to the public; however, registration is required.

About NAACP Boulder County
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Vision Statement

The Vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination.

Congratulations!

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute Concert and Humanitarian Awards

Humanitarian recipients have come from all walks of life, but each has been driven, as Dr. King was, by the desire to help and make the world a better place.

Our very own Minister Glenda Strong Robinson has been selected by the 2023 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Colorado Holiday Commission to receive The Honorable Menola Upshaw Lifetime Achievement Award for 2023 for living out the purposes of the Commission and dedicating her life’s work to keeping Dr. King’s Dream Alive.  This Award is presented to those who actively desire to help and make the world a better place.  She believes that we do this by “using our differences to make a difference!”

This honor and celebration will take place on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, at Boettcher Concert Hall at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Complex in downtown Denver. There will be a concert by the Denver Symphony and a meal beginning around 5:30 p.m. that is free and open to the public on a first come first served basis.  Check for definite by visiting the website at drmartinlkingjrchc.org.

Since the early 90s, Minister Robinson has been providing Dr. MLK, Jr. programs throughout the Boulder Valley to educate the communities on the price that has been paid for the freedoms we enjoy and what folks can do to become that “beloved community” that Dr. King fervently described. He said, “Our lives begin to end the moment we become silent about things that matter.”

The purpose of the Statewide Dr. MLK, Jr. Colorado Holiday Commission is to unify and educate communities within the State of Colorado and encourage appropriate observations, ceremonies, and activities in commemoration of the federal holiday and state legal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. throughout all the towns, cities, school districts, counties, and local governments within Colorado.  Please tune in to all the Festivities of the Week Sponsored by the 2023 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Colorado Holiday Commission.

Announcements

Towards Health Equity:  Saving Lives of Black Mothers & Infants

Maternal morbidity and mortality rates are rising in the United States (“U.S.”), and the U.S. has one of the largest. Sister-to-Sister:  International Network of Professional African American Women, Inc. (“Sister-to-Sister, Inc.“), a Colorado incorporated, tax-exempt public charity, strives to raise Coloradoans’ consciousness concerning morbidity and mortality among Black women, as they experience the highest disproportionality of deaths, chronic complications post-pregnancy, and early death. Reliable data conclusively evidence that, across all income spectrums, education levels, and employment levels, pregnant Black women are three times more likely than their non-Hispanic white counterparts to die in childbirth. They further reflect that Black newborns are twice as likely as white newborns, to die during their first year.

On January 21, 2023, Sister-to-Sister, Inc. is hosting a private screening of Aftershock, an award-winning documentary that highlights the public health crisis presented by toll on African American women’s lives based on inequitable healthcare. This event is free and open to the public. Register at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aftershock-free-screening-of-the-documentary-tickets-494011009227.

On February 25, 2023, Sister-to-Sister, Inc.“, will host the “Towards Health Equity:  Saving Lives of Black Mothers and Infants” Inaugural Educational Fundraising Gala. Ms. Dayna Bowen Matthew, J.D., Ph.D., the first African American and female dean of The George Washington School of Law, a Senior Fellow at the Brooking Institute, a recognized scholar in the field of racial and ethnic disparities in health and healthcare, and the author of two authoritative treatises, “Just Medicine:  A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care,” “Just Health: Treating Structural Racism to Heal America”, will deliver the keynote address.

Did You Know?

January 2023

Pele, by name of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, born October 23, 1940—died December 29, 2022 in Brazil. The Brazilian-born soccer legend and National Treasure became a worldwide phenomenon. Pele passed away on 12/29/2022. The combination of Pele’s incomparable soccer skills and his radiant, gentle smile made him an international star and champion for peace. Pele is defined today as the greatest soccer player in the history of the game. Pele played soccer in the US for the New York Cosmos during the 1975 NASL Season. He was acknowledged as one of the biggest sports figures of this past century.

Glenda S. Robinson
Branch Historian
NAACP Boulder County Branch

Civic Engagement Committee

The Civic Engagement Committee is in need of a chair person.

For question and how to become more involved, contact Cherry-Rose Anderson: cherry.boulder.naacp@gmail.com

Coloradans for the Common Good  (CCG)

CCG Delegates’ Assembly

When: Thu Jan 26, 2023 6:30pm – 8pm (MST)
Where: TBD

Please hold this date and time for CCG”s first delegates’ assembly of 2023. The Delegates’ Assembly is a gathering of the leadership of the organization (members from your institution that are engaged in CCG’s work) to reflect on the status of the organization, make commitments to one another regarding membership dues and other activities for the year, and approve the organization’s budget. It is important to have representative delegation from all member institutions at this gathering. I will be attending this assembly and will be driving down.  Anyone interested in attending this assembly, too, can ride with me.  It is requested that we have at least 2 representatives attending.  Please contact me at: louisamatthias@gmail.com if you would like to attend.

Communications Committee

It’s a new year and Black Talk is taking up a long-standing crisis: racialized healthcare. Our guest, Dayna Bowen Matthew, JD, Ph.D., will talk to us about the racial, ethnic, economic, and social determinants and disparities in America’s healthcare system. Dean Matthew is currently the Dean and Harold H. Greene Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School in the nation’s capital. Dean Matthew was a CU law school professor and vice dean, a member of the Center for Bioethics Humanities on the Anschutz Medical Center campus, and held a joint appointment at the Colorado School of Public Health and co-founded the Colorado Health Equity Project. We will learn how Dean Matthew’s intersectional approach to tackling racial inequalities in health, housing, and education, conspire and inspired the content of her two books, Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Healthcare (2018 and Just Health: Treating Structural Racism to Heal America (2022). Dean Matthew will be in Colorado on 21 January 2023, as the featured guest of Sister-to-Sister, an international network of professional African American women.

Please be sure to tune into the next edition of Black Talk on KGNU 88.5 FM, Thursday, 12 January 2023 at 8:32 am.

If you’ve missed any shows, look for them at, Black Talk on KGNU.  Remember: Black Talk airs on KGNU 88.5FM the second Thursday of every month at 8:32am – 9:30 am.

Join the Communications Committee! We need people who are interested in flexing their creativity muscles to create videos and podcasts, photography, writing, and graphics. Contact me if you are interested in joining this great team.

Sandra B. Daniel
media.naacpbouldercounty@gmail.com

Criminal Justice Committee

Anyone interested in joining the criminal justice committee should reach out to Darren O’Connor, the chair, at constanciodarren@gmail.com. The committee meets the third Wednesday of the month at 5:30 PM via Zoom.

Economic Opportunity Committee

This quarter brings Sonoma Pharma, City of Boulder Department of Economic Vitality and Parlando School of Music as new corporate members of NAACP Boulder County. Welcome!

NAACP Boulder County’s Economic Opportunity Committee will be starting off 2023 by conducting an in-depth survey of Black owned businesses/professionals in the area.  Please contact Jude at econopps.naacpbouldercounty@gmail.com about Black owned businesses and/or professionals in the area that would like to participate. Our goal is to gather a comprehensive and in-depth directory of the county’s Black owned businesses and professionals.  The NAACP BC survey is looking to determine what the most pressing needs of local Black owned businesses and professionals are to accurately access priorities and determine the most effective outcomes.  We want to be of practical service to ensure success of Black owned businesses and support of Black professionals in our local communities.

Economic Opportunity is asking for an interested NAACP Boulder County member to be our representative for Boulder Chamber events and opportunities.  It’s a job for someone interested in business and well-able to represent the needs and values of our organization to Boulder Chamber members.

We are working on the first quarter Black Talk:  Race in the Workplace networking event.  These events are geared for the business community and highlight common race in the workplace issues. Topics focus on workplace culture, hiring and retention for businesses and non-profit organizations.  NAACP is able to tackle these issues forthrightly, with candor as well as providing practical tools for increasing success with DEI goals.  We are intent on building our community with diversity and increasing the cultural competency of our community.

Economic Opportunity is soliciting sponsorships from the business community for our annual Freedom Fund event at Macky Auditorium, on February 19^th, presenting the Nashville African American Wind Symphony.  Sponsorship provides an opportunity for businesses to be recognized for their support of our Branch and our mission.

Economic Opportunity meets on the 2^nd Wednesday of the month at 12:30 pm via zoom.  NAACP members are welcome to attend any of our meetings.  Contact Jude at econopps.naacpbouldercounty@gmail.com for a zoom link.

Education Committee

Due to the holidays, there is no December meeting of the Education Committee. The next meeting will be Monday, January 16, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. We encourage you to join us even if you are not a member of the committee. Please contact the Education Committee, for the Zoom link or for information about upcoming events: boco.naacp.ed@gmail.com.

Environmental & Climate Justice Committee

All NAACP Boulder branch members with an interest in environmental justice are invited to participate in a free webinar series on environmental justice hosted by the Black Parents United Foundation of Aurora. Please reach out to Sheila Davis (vp.naacpbouldercounty@gmail.com) for details.

The Environmental Justice Committee will participate in activities hosted by the RMNAACP State Environmental Justice Chair. Details will be shared soon.

Freedom Fund Committee

2023 Freedom Fund and Black History Planning:

• Theme: Celebrating Black History- Uplifting the Community Through Artistic Expression
• The 2023 Freedom Fund will feature the Nashville African American Wind Symphony. The concert will occur on February 19, 2023, at 3:00 pm in the Macky Auditorium. Reception immediately follows.
• Additional events to celebrate Black History Month 2023 will feature a celebration of six spectacular African American artists who will showcase their art in various locations throughout Boulder, Longmont, Lafayette, and Lyons.

Please contact the chair,  Madelyn Woodley at woodleymadelyn@gmail.com for any questions.

Post-Secondary Education Task Force

The Center for African & African American Studies (CAAAS)

We are on target with our chapter fundraising commitment.  Following the close of the CU Fall 2022 semester the Task Force and CU Advancement will review our chapter’s strategy to raise and hopefully exceed our $500,000 five-year goal.

Please click on the following  link for the latest CAAAS Newsletter.

Save the date:  February 1, 2023.  The CAAAS’ grand opening is scheduled for February 1, 2023, 4-6pm in the Macky Auditorium Gallery.

For additional CAAAS upcoming events please consult your CAAAS Newsletter.

Religious Affairs Committee

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Self-described “Conservative Christian” Dan Woog, current State House Representative for Colorado House District 63 and candidate for House District 19, sat in the Colorado House Tuesday, January 18, 2022, the day after Martin Luther King Day, with his fellow Republicans and voted down the renewal of the Voting Rights Act.

Republicans presented and voted, Woog included, amendments that congratulated and commended the terrorist attack on January 6 of 2021, leaving seven dead.

Other amendments that were proposed focused on votes received of citizens recorded as deceased and other voter fraud claims. Pushing the language that Colorado is hard on voter fraud and a suggested forensic audit of the 2020 election, Republicans other than House Minority Leader McKean, stated Biden had NOT won the 2020 Presidential election. These and other outlandish amendments were dismissed by House Democrats, yet Woog and his fellow Republicans continued to vote in favor of questionable bills. One amendment proposed regarded groups that GOP claimed were not knowledgeable enough to vote or appoint a set of electors to properly “control the conduct of elections” and referred to mail-in voting errors with unfavorable election outcomes.

Woog was eager to show his love of Martin Luther King Jr with a Facebook post made on Monday stating; “Today we remember Martin Luther King, Jr. and his contributions to the civil rights movement. We must continue to live by his ideals of hope and love.”

Dan Woog-Facebook

His own words seemingly left his mind the VERY next day, as he voted no on the Voting Rights Act.

The rest of his social media feed reflects the actual values of Woog, focusing on harmful ideas that go against CDC guidelines, stating in a tweet on October 25, 2021, that mask mandates are the cause of the worker shortage in CO. “As sickening as these numbers are, the bigger disgrace is the unconstitutional mandates that created thousands of jobs lost for so many hard-working tenants.” The State House Representative also supported an amendment back in August 2021, which favored reducing funding for the CO. Department of Public Health and Environment.

Dan Woog – Facebook

We spoke with Woog’s opponent for House District 19, Jennifer Parenti, about the vote on January 18th and the amendment votes that followed. Parenti, a veteran and single mother, took to the campaign trail after the attack on January 6th last year.

“These are not the values our country is built on. No one should be out there thanking and congratulating people who commit crime. The people caught on January 6th in the Capital, they’re going to jail. I am a veteran, and I served for over 20 years between the Air Force and NATO. People like me, that they seem to hold in such high regard as veterans, spent our entire careers defending against these attacks against our democracy. Today at the Capitol, the Republicans, by and large Dan amongst them, voted against the history of the Voting Rights Act that was first signed in 1965. This Voting Rights Act is what Martin Luther King Jr. was marching for. They are saying we support Martin Luther King Jr., then the next day they’re voting against the Voting Rights Act.” 

Woog’s Twitter post from last year’s celebration on January 17, 2021, sits as a reminder of a promise broken, “Let us always remain committed to upholding his legacy and meeting our sacred obligation to protect the unalienable rights of all Americans.”

When asked whether she thought there was any particular motive behind Woog’s actions, Parenti noted the connection of prioritizing the rights of minority groups within the Voting Rights Act. “The federal legislation is geared toward protecting minority voting rights. We are fortunate to have a fair and open democracy here in Colorado. He’s not willing to sign a piece of paper that says, ‘I support Federal Voting legislation that will support minority voting rights.’ I think that’s pretty clear his actions speak for themselves.”

With Woog’s intentions made clear, it brings into question whether he is genuinely the right candidate in his current position with the State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee. The committee oversees the safety and celebration of veterans, active military members and voting affairs. His decision to thank those who breached the Capital goes against the very oath he took in defending the U.S. Constitution.

Yellow Scene Magazine attempted to contact Woog for comment. He would not speak to us, yet released an official statement on Facebook regarding his vote of the Voting Rights Act, which stated: “We have one of the best, if not, the best Clerk in the State in Weld County. I am proud of the tireless work that Carly Koppes does to keep our elections secure.” His statement has made it clear Woog has one thing on his mind, keeping in good standing with the Weld County Clerk, Republican Carly Koppe. 

Dan Woog – Facebook

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Boulder NAACP’s Walk With Me series continues with a keynote address by Attorney Rodney K. Strong, speakers, singers, and dancers. Attorney Strong is a celebrated innovator in minority business contracting. A champion of the Civil Rights Movement, Rodney advises and collaborates with a host of civic leaders. He will speak on lessons learned and how we move forward with civil rights work today. All events are free and open to the public!

Where: Silver Creek High School, 4901 Nelson Road, Longmont, CO 80503

Time: Monday, Jan 17th, 2022, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Please Note: Per Boulder County Public Health Order masking and proof of vaccination is required in all public indoor spaces regardless of vaccination status. 

If you are unable to attend, this event will be live streamed.

Free and open to the public, this in-person event is made possible in part by contributions from the City of Boulder Human Relations Commission, the Boulder Arts Commission, and Longmont Multicultural Center.

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MLK JR HOLIDAY MARADE  & EVENTS

WILL BE LIVE IN 2022!

37th Annual MLK Jr. Day Marade – Monday, January 17, 2022 @ 10:45 AM

Begins at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “I HAVE A DREAM MEMORIAL” in City Park.

Proceed south out of City Park, by way of Esplanade St. to Colfax, then west on Colfax to Sherman St into the State Capitol grounds; south to Broadway to Civic Center Park.

Motorized vehicles will proceed south on Broadway to 14th Ave.

The Dr. MLK Jr. program immediately follows the Marade, in Civic Center Park’s Greek Theater.

Food Bank of the Rockies will have bins along the walkway for drop-off. We will contribute refurbished and donated cell phones to battered woman’s shelters.

The total distance equals 5K.

We are excited to have State Representative Leslie Herod live at the Robert and Judi Newman Center at 4p.m. on January 17, 2022. We look forward to you all joining us for an amazing event. We honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin L. King Jr. through our work, our faith and our sacrifice. We look forward to supporting Ms. Herod as she continues to build upon a legacy well lived! Link to register.

The purpose of the Statewide Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Colorado Holiday Commission is to unify and educate communities within the State of Colorado and encourage appropriate observations, ceremonies and activities in commemoration of the federal holiday and state legal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. throughout all the towns, cities, school districts, counties and local governments within Colorado.

The Black Heritage rodeo is going to be taking place on Monday January 17th at 6:00 p.m. at the National Western Complex. We have tickets on sale adults $30, youth $27, please contact Shyretta Hudnall as soon as possible if you would like tickets. (720)451-1532

Learn more here: Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Colorado Holiday Commission

For additional info contact: Christian Steward 720.841-9563 or Shyretta Hudnall 720.451.1532.

Email to: berealcolorado@gmail.com and businessprofessional33@gmail.com

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