They Not Like Us – Project 2025 and More
They Not Like Us – Project 2025 and More
Join NAACP for a critical conversation focused on the urgent need to protect our labor movement and civil rights against the growing threats posed by Project 2025.
Join NAACP for a critical conversation focused on the urgent need to protect our labor movement and civil rights against the growing threats posed by Project 2025.
All welcome (age 11 and on). We will be connecting with and guided by the Earth, Divine Spirit and suggestions from Pachamama Alliance and their work with the Achuar Tribe in Ecuador. Pachamama is a Quechua word meaning Mother Earth, and a female deity revered by the Andean and Amazonian people of Peru and other parts of South America.
The Colorado Trail in Crisis addresses the sweeping transformation of western forests and wilderness ecosystems affected by climate change. This book is equal parts trail journal and synthesis of natural and human history. Karl Ford uses research on climate impacts to forests, wildlife, hydrology, and more to stress the urgent need for an action plan to reduce greenhouse gases and save forests and watersheds.
Connect with community groups and library clubs in the Canyon Gallery at the Main Library leading up to the 6:30 p.m. screening of "Join or Die" with special guest Warm Cookies of the Revolution, as the library kicks off it's two-month democracy series this fall!
Join us for an exclusive livestream event on September 5, where we’ll dive into how you can get involved in Sierra Club’s efforts to elect Kamala Harris as our next President!
Join us for an empowering virtual training session hosted by the NAACP in collaboration with Faiths United to Save Democracy. This session, designed with faith leaders and community members in mind, is vital to our nonpartisan efforts to promote voter turnout and ensure a fair and just election process.
With an introduction from Chris Barge of the Boulder Library Foundation and Evan Weissman of Warm Cookies of the Revolution, this event kicks off the Boulder Public Library's Democracy Series this fall through September and October. "Join or Die" is a film about why you should join a club—and why the fate of America depends on it.
Drop by our Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center office in Boulder for some DIY screen printing for a Free Palestine!
This citywide open house will bring together all city departments to engage community members about a variety of plans and projects we're working on that benefit you, our community.
Boulder SURJ is proud to present the first event of our Justice Film Series! Join us to view the vital film THIS IS WHO WE ARE, followed by a thought-provoking community conversation led by Film Director Katrina Miller and YOUnify Director of Engagement Pedro Silva.
Gary Machlis, Professor of Environmental Sustainability at Clemson University, will discuss his new book, Sustainability for the Forgotten: Bringing the oft forgotten into the core of the sustainability movement. The book has been described as incendiary as it confronts the history, policies, and practices of sustainability.
We will share books, sing songs, and make a craft that teaches children what it means to vote!
Come to the Right Relationship Boulder Fall Gathering -- Foothills Community Park --featuring Nico Strange Owl, whose Cheyenne name is Esevoneme'ehne'e (Buffalo Appearing Woman), a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana. Nico speaks at 5:45 pm.
The University of Colorado Boulder's Oyate Native American and Indigenous Student Organization will be spearheading a powwow in the Fall of 2024. This powwow will be a continuation of Oyate's longstanding history at CU Boulder that has insisted on the empowerment of Native community presence and voice on campus and in the front range. In preparation for the Fall powwow, which will be open to the public, this program offers education about what a powwow is, its history and different forms, how powwow can be both a sacred and political space, and how to be a respectful visitor in the powwow space.
We are honored to host a conversation about resilience with Austin Nunez, chairman of the San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation, and other members of his community. They will share experiences from the perspectives of different generations and lay the foundation for the journey of the next seven generations to come.
Alternative Radio presents a conversation between David Barsamian and Richard Forer, local author of the New York City Big Book Award winning Wake Up and Reclaim Your Humanity: Essays on the Tragedy of Israel-Palestine.
Street Wise Mural Festival returns September 13-15, 2024. Street Wise Arts’ flagship program explores the intersection of art and activism (ARTivism) while centering womxn, BIPOC, LGBTQIA, and emerging artists based in Colorado and beyond. The Festival will primarily install public art projects in the neighborhood of East Boulder.
Come to People's Playground - a convergence of music, dance, art, connection, and social change. With an art market, local nonprofits, flash tattoos, face painting, live bands, and a poetry open mic, there's sure to be something for everyone!
FrontLine Farming's annual Farm-to-Table Dinner and Fundraiser will celebrate and support our local efforts toward liberation through food and foodways while also connecting to liberation struggles in the Arabian peninsula. This year, our gathering will also serve as Our Love Letter to Palestine and Yemen and will provide our community with a chance to fortify and activate our solidarity with our Palestinian kin.
Join us for a panel presentation on Prove It's Clean, a campaign to ban petrochemical sunscreens in Roatán, an island off the coast of Honduras. The presentation will go into some background of the island, an explanation of the harm caused by petrochemical sunscreens, and the action plan we are taking to address this problem in favor of the health of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef.
How can good citizens help to identify and combat election-related misinformation? Learn how from retired Colorado Sun journalist Sandra Fish and Denver PL research and programming librarian Lauren Seegmiller. Their presentations will be followed by conversation and a Q&A facilitated by the Boulder Library Foundation's executive director Chris Barge.
STTARS, Indigenous Safe Housing Center is hosting a webinar that will discuss the history of boarding schools and child welfare at the intersection of land loss, gender-based violence, housing disparities, and housing insecurities and the ensuing lasting genocidal impacts on American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States.
You are invited to join our RMPJC annual meeting next Wednesday 9/18 from 5:30-7:30PM! Join us for a time to be in community with fellow Peace Center allies, enjoy a delicious free meal from a local caterer, and learn more about the work we've done this year and what we have planned for the rest of the year!
Drop by our Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center office in Boulder for some DIY screen printing for a Free Palestine!
Join us on Friday 9/20 at 4:00 pm for a hands-on interactive art training and build, where you will learn stenciling, block printing, screen printing, wheat pasting, and much more! At this training, you will be able to create a variety of protest art to take home - feel free to bring an item of clothing you would like printed on! All of the art at the training will focus on messaging around freeing Palestine and calling for a ceasefire.
We are using the word Sovereignty to define our own personal authority over ourselves and the responsibility that it demands from each of us as individuals to self-govern in high integrity with a shared community Ethos. The day will consist of eight 3-person panels with 1 moderator, with a round-table lunch in the afternoon. The “WHY” for this event is to bring together the local movers and shakers and our broader audience of supporters to discuss the importance of each of these topics as it directly relates to us as a community. It will be community-led and crafted around 8 key topics.
On September 22nd, 2024 the annual NOCO Climate Meetup will be held in Loveland.
Taking place at the Centennial Park Main Shelter, 977 W. !st St, Loveland, environmental
groups from around Colorado are meeting to hear speeches, gather together and reestablish
collaborations. An informal potluck will bring people together.
Comedian, actor and activist Dallas Goldtooth will speak at CU Boulder at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24. The event will take place at Macky Auditorium and tickets are available now.
Indigenous Matters in the Classroom Workshop – for Teachers
This is a comprehensive board training program designed to empower diverse individuals eager to make a difference on nonprofit boards. This engaging session equips you with the essentials to confidently step into a board role, covering topics such as board roles and responsibilities, financial oversight (including fiduciary duties, legal and ethical obligations, and effective fundraising), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in governance, and strategic planning and visioning.
Business After Hours is a monthly networking opportunity for Chamber Members and potential Chamber Members. Meet other local movers and shakers while enjoying local food and beverage.
CU Boulder's Native students will be hosting a Powwow.
The Corn Festival will be bringing Indigenous Knowledge from First Nations Peoples to the public to teach about the value and application of Ancestral and cultural teachings of regenerative agriculture and societal customs. Come celebrate, connect, learn, and dance at the Harvest of All Nations Corn Festival with us and share in the harvest of food we've grown for the people!
Tashlich is a Rosh Hashanah ritual in which Jews begin the new year by symbolically casting off last year's sins by tossing pebbles or bread crumbs into a body of water. In 2016, the college division of Repair the Sea (Scubi Jew®️) at Eckerd College conceived the idea of hosting a Reverse Tashlich, a beach cleanup to remove human "sins" from the water.
LEARN the real history of our country through the voices of Native people, European colonists, and historians. INTERACT — Experience this history as you never have before. UNDERSTAND why this history matters to all Americans today. RESPECT Native Americans’ rights, cultures, and presence.
In response to the need for Native theatre artists to work with other Native creatives to develop their shows, First Storyteller’s Festival was created. Each year the festival will develop work for the stage by Native artists from all over Turtle Island, educate the next generation of Native storytellers and help reclaim the narrative for Native stories.
Join the NAACP for an important call as we unveil our Messaging and Research for the 2024 Election Year! We’ll be diving into the data and polling we've gathered to boost Black Voter Turnout and discuss the impactful strategies that will emerge from this research. We will also launch our Civic Engagement Messaging and Research Toolkit with scripts, talking points, and graphics for the upcoming election. Your voice matters, and together we can shape a powerful narrative for this election cycle!
Join us for a great night of theatre, as we present a staged reading of a new ten-minute play by Justin P. Lopez (Mapuche) followed by a staged reading of a new full length play by Steve Callahan (Osage).
Please join the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC) as we summarize national concerns and emerging issues for Tribal leaders and representatives to consider in preparation for the 19th Annual Government-to-Government Violence Against Women Tribal Consultation.
Monica Williams, Chief Consulting Officer of The Equity Project, will lead a presentation addressing how to show up as an authentic ally through DEIA practices.
Boulder’s all-Indigenous led artists collective Creative Nations joins us for an evening featuring playwrights from their inaugural First Storytellers Festival. Excerpts from playwrights’ work will be performed live by indigenous actors followed by a conversation about the challenges of telling Native stories. Presented as part of Creative Nations’ First Storytellers Festival and co-presented by the Longmont Multicultural Action Committee.
Create a broadside print with Museo de Las Americas! Learn about Mexican artist Jose Guadalupe Posada and his use of art as protest. All participants will take home their creation.
Join us for a staged reading of the new play Embers Borne West. It’s a time-shifting tale about intergenerational resilience and identity, as two very different generations of a Cherokee family move to Los Angeles, in 1927 and in the present day. Stay after the show to participate in the audience discussion with the writer – a crucial part of developing new work!
Set in Berlin and New York, FROM HERE interweaves the stories of Tania, Miman, Sonny and Akim -- artists and activists raised in the Global North to parents from the Global South. The film accompanies them as they move from their 20's into their 30's, facing major turning points: fighting for citizenship, creating a family, surviving violence, and finding creative expression. Beautifully shot over the course of ten years, the film captures theur struggle to define belonging for themselves in societies increasingly hostile to their existence.
Pink Man: or The Only Indian in the Room follows a young Ojibwe on a semi-autobiographical, semi-realistic journey of self-discovery as he battles tradition, stereotypes, and himself. Mixed-blood and white-presenting, Pink Man deals with internal and external struggles over identity and heritage, always worried about how others see him.