Project Description

Policing in Communities of Color

On October 6, 2021, at 7 p.m. MDT. former state representative Penfield Tate will moderate a public conversation with Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition Deputy Director Juston Cooper, former Independent Monitor of the Denver Police and Sheriff Departments Nicholas Mitchell, civil rights attorney Qusair Mohamedbhai, and Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson. The conversation will include live Q & A with online participants on Colorado Humanities and its partners’ Facebook pages and YouTube channels. We’ll talk about the past, present, and future issues surrounding policing and public safety in communities of color and explore how to work together to enhance public safety. Please register to attend.

This program is the sixth in the collaborative Changing the Legacy of Race and Ethnicity – Conversations for One America series presented by Colorado Humanities and many partners to encourage understanding and discussion about the legacy of race and ethnicity in America. Conversations examine causes for current situations and offer ways to make changes now for a more just future. This program was inspired by summer 2020 events, when several violent acts of racism sparked an awakening in America and the streets were filled with passionate advocates who demanded the end of police brutality and systemic racism.

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Whites and Racial Justice

Dr. Dwinita Mosby Tyler facilitated a conversation with journalist and author Helen Thorpe and former Colorado State Senator Michael “Mike” Johnston of Gary Investments about what Whites can do to support racial justice. The panelists responded to live to questions and comments from online participants. View the recorded event on Youtube and Facebook.

Moderator and Panelists

Dr. Dwinita Mosby Tyler
Helen Thorpe
Mike Johnston

Latinx Equity Before/After Covid

View an online panel of experts from a health equity agency, city government, school board, and chamber of commerce discussing issues and prospects for Covid-19 recovery for Latinx and Hispanic communities, both locally and nationally. This public conversation addresses equity gaps in education, health, and economics for Latinx and Hispanic Coloradans. The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing racial and ethnic inequalities. According to recent data from the Kaiser Family Foundation, white Coloradans are twice as likely to have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as Hispanic Coloradans.

Moderator and Panelists

Theresa Trujillo
Bobby LeFebre
Debbie Ortega
Angela Cobián
Mike Ferrufino

About the Series

The issue of racism and violence against people of color runs deep. While we‘ve made progress over the years, this feels like a moment when people all over the country recognize that half-measures are not enough. This is a deep, centuries-in-the-making challenge that we face to undo racism, and we need decisive action.

Changing the Legacy of Race & Ethnicity is a conversation series initiated by Colorado Humanities and implemented with partners to encourage understanding and discussion about the legacy of race and ethnicity in America, and how to make changes now for a more just future.

The first five panel presentations are available to view on Colorado Humanities’ and select partners’ YouTube and Facebook pages.

Please help support Changing the Legacy of Race & Ethnicity through your sponsorships and personal contributions.

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We urge all Coloradans to find their own ways to contribute to the struggle for justice and human rights, and we are redoubling our efforts to find ours.

We are always looking for ways to make our programs more relevant, more accessible, more inclusive, and more effective. Offering the important Changing the Legacy of Race & Ethnicity program is one more step we are taking now.

Your support is vital to the important and timely initiation of this program in 2020, and its sustainability into the future. Donating today is a simple step you can take now, too, to endorse learning and discussion about the issues of race and ethnicity in Colorado. Thank you!

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Want to know more? Read, view, and listen to selected resources by clicking the button to the right, and here’s a Federation of State Humanities Council blog about the program

To learn how to support this statewide program as a Sponsor or Partner, please contact Director of Programs Josephine Jones at jones@coloradohumanities.org.

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Upcoming Events

Powwow Regalia: Not a Costume Exhibit
History Live Durango

September 18 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Introduction to the Powwow
History Live Durango

September 18 @ 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm

Genealogy 101
History Live Durango

September 20 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Following In Ancient Footsteps – An Ancestral Puebloan Tour of the Four Corners
History Live Durango

September 21 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

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