Although there haven’t been any direct threats to the new center, Stahl and some of her colleagues have been the subjects of discriminatory and menacing social media posts related to their advocacy work on issues such as a recently passed name-changes policy for transgender students in the Garfield Re-2 School District. Stahl worries that could escalate.
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Locals join nationwide protest against immigration crackdowns
Alvarez said even people who have legal residency are worried about losing their status because of the severity of the push to crackdown on immigration as well as the spread of rumors and misinformation.
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Garfield Re-2 wants to notify parents if a transgender student requests a chosen name change
Stahl and others pointed out that requiring a transgender student who wants to use a chosen name at school to tell their parents about their gender identity before they’re ready could put them at risk of verbal or physical abuse at home, mental health challenges and even suicide.
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Retiring Habitat for Humanity President Gail Schwartz reflects on decades tackling affordable housing challenges
Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork Valley President and CEO Gail Schwartz announced this month that she’ll be stepping down in April. Reporter Eleanor Bennett spoke with Schwartz about what she’s learned from her decades of work tackling the valley’s affordable housing challenges.
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The ‘Aspen Idea’ becomes a lasting legacy
Most media describe Aspen as a monument to excess marked by an ambiance of opulence. Perhaps the Machiavellian triad is conspicuous in Aspen because the Platonic triad made it so appealing. Money, fame and power are drawn to Aspen because the good, the true and the beautiful are still here.
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Aspen’s renaissance and the birth of the Aspen Institute
The history of Aspen is not complete without an understanding of how the Goethe Bicentennial of 1949 transformed this mountain town almost overnight and led to the founding of an organization of global repute and influence.
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The Goethe Bicentennial and reverence for life
“I have great confidence in the incalculable forces of the spirit. The future depends on it. If these spiritual forces are brought into play, the world’s future will be improved. Behind materialism it is often possible to discover great spiritual forces at work. And behind spirituality an element of materialism also exists.”
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Aspenites call for restoring humanistic values
A new and growing movement launched in September by a handful of community thought leaders is seeking to revive the foundational values of Aspen. They are reaching back 75 years to the lofty moral tone that Albert Schweitzer brought here when he honored another moralistic avatar: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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Pueblo Azul provides peer-support and resources in Spanish for parents raising kids with disabilities
Raising a kid with disabilities can be challenging, and for many Spanish-speaking parents in the valley, the challenges are magnified when a majority of resources and services are offered primarily in English.
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‘Hospitality Matters’ spreads the word about mental health care and better treatment for service employees during the holidays
The holidays are meant to be spent with family and loved ones, but for many who work in hospitality in our valley, it can mean demanding clients and long hours. That’s why Aspen-based “Hospitality Matters,” which recently became a 501(c)4 nonprofit, is spreading the word about ways for people working at restaurants and other service […]