Mindful Campus Speaker Series with Anthony Ray Hinton

Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE) 1725 Euclid Ave, Boulder, CO, United States

The Crown Institute invites you to a stirring keynote lecture by The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row. When asked if he felt anger toward those who wrongly imprisoned him, Mr. Hinton replied, “I chose to stay vigilant to any signs of anger or hate in my heart. They took thirty years of my life. If I couldn’t forgive, if I couldn’t feel joy, that would be like giving them the rest of my life.”

PINE STREET PRESENTS: THE COMMON GOOD FORUM 2024

Pine Street Church 1237 Pine St, Boulder, CO

Tapping into the themes of his new book, “Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart”, Brian McLaren invites us to engage in the catastrophic failure of both political and religious leaders to address urgent realities of our time: ecological overshoot, economic injustice, and civilizational collapse. Come explore the complexity of hope, the necessity of grief, and discover new ways of thinking, becoming, and belonging for the common good.

“What Was Ours” Film Screening and Talk-Back about Repatriation with Jordan Dresser

Museum of Boulder 2205 Broadway, Boulder CO

“What Was Ours” is the story of how a young journalist, Jordan Dresser, and a teenage powwow princess, both of the Arapaho tribe, traveled together with a Shoshone elder in search of missing artifacts in the vast archives of Chicago’s Field Museum. There they discover a treasure trove of ancestral objects, setting them on a journey to recover what has been lost and build hope for the future. Join Jordan for a talk-back after the film.

The Final Countdown: Preparing for the Election

Virtual

With just a few days left until the most pivotal election in our lifetimes, many of us are asking: What’s going to happen? How long will it take to declare a winner? What are the most impactful things each of us can do to defend democracy and defeat Trump? 

The Power of the Indigenous Vote: Legal History and Modern Advocacy

Boulder Public Library 1001 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, CO, United States

Honor Native American Heritage month and prepare for the nearing election by joining us for a lecture and discussion on the history of Native American's access to the polls and the tremendous power of the Indigenous vote.

Mass Meeting: White People’s Work After the Election

Virtual

No matter what happens on Nov 5, there will be important work for all of us to do in the days following. Save the date and join SURJ, the largest organization in the US that explicitly organizes white people for racial, economic and gender justice, for immediate calls to action to ensure every vote is counted and certified.

Navigating Disability Justice: Addressing Long Covid & Health Inequities

Virtual

This webinar will reflect on the intersections of disability justice, offer community navigational knowledge, and help us think of the ways in which we can build a more equitable future within the contexts of health decline and pandemics. Disability is something we will all navigate, either through natural health decline or possibly from being repeatedly infected by Covid-19; one infection can change our lives forever. Join us for a candid discussion amongst fellow disabled comrades, long covid survivors, disability justice advocates and covid safety organizers/specialists.