To try to prevent people from becoming victims and perpetrators, Basalt-based nonprofit Response is partnering with local schools to teach students about consent and healthy relationships in the age of smartphones and social media.
Tag: Roaring Fork Valley nonprofit organizations
Posted inEnvironment
Local groups unite over concern for forests’ future
Forest Service functions across the Aspen-Sopris Ranger District and the wider White River National Forest have been deeply affected by the reductions, which were driven by the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the federal workforce.
Posted inSocial justice
Carbondale nonprofit ‘a second home’ for growing number of immigrant students, expands Spanish-language services
“We have observed a significant increase in youth experiencing housing instability, as well as an increase in the proportion of Spanish-speaking newcomers, immigrants and refugees seeking assistance within our bilingual centers,” Greener shared in an email.
Posted inSocial justice
New Queer Resource Space aims to serve rural community in Garfield County despite worries of backlash
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.
Posted inSocial justice
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.
Posted inSocial justice
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.
Posted inSocial justice
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains braces for increase in people traveling to Colorado for abortion care
The mixed results among states, on top of the reelection of former President Donald Trump, probably mean even more people will be traveling for care.