I rode my bike down the road, following one of the original instigators of the Move Mountain’s Project, Dan Cordova. He made an effective guide, but I pedaled mightily on a borrowed bike that didn’t change gears well, keeping it in second the whole way to avoid any difficulties with the chain. His white BMX proceeded […]
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When I arrived in San Luis, Colorado to participate in the Move Mountains Project, one of the first people to welcome me wholeheartedly was Kerry Justine Millen. Her smile, charm, and openness create space for deep, heartfelt conversations. I’d brought with me everything needed to make calabacitas, a dish consisting of squash, zucchini, corn, onions,
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Hip, slang-slingin’, drum-beatin’, compassionate, and brimming with wisdom—those are the words I’d use to describe Brother Rob. I had the opportunity to interview one of the mentors who joined the Move Mountains project, a month-long project in San Luis, Colorado designed to empower and excite the youth about their own community and get them involved
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I arrived in San Luis, Colorado about two hours before sunset on Friday, July 25th, 2014. I was invited by an activist friend to the culmination of a month-long program called Move Mountains, a program designed to empower and enrich the lives of the local youth in this community. The program works to train young
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I caught Colorado Springs Councilwoman Jill Gaebler rushing from a television interview. Her eyes glinted with excitement and a bit of mischief as she described a few techniques the makeup artist had used, but after a few moments, we sat down and moved to the business at hand. As a community advocate, Gaebler pinpointed some of
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America was founded on the principles of democracy and the machinery of the republic. The citizens’ right to vote remains sacred to our country, but this fundamental duty and privileged continues to be compromised. Nationalism in general and Americanism in particular continue to suffer erosion born of infrastructure and administrative problems within our local governmental bodies.
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