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The Matrix Center: Nurturing a Dialogue About Inclusion
As young as the age of 4, Tre Wentling felt like he was a boy. Born a female by all outward appearances, Tre was never comfortable as a girl. Through the growing up years, Tre tried to just live life and didn’t give the topic of gender much thought. But in 2002, Tre realized that the rest of the world didn’t see him for who he was. He wanted to be recognized as a man.
Restorative Justice Helps Repair Damage Caused by Violence
At a university in Colorado, Alana McCoy has repeatedly been the subject of hateful actions due to homophobia. It started when someone inscribed the word “dike” (misspelled) on her dorm room door – then smashed her car windshield, left threatening notes, destroyed her bulletin board highlighting coming-out stories, and vandalized her art displays. She has felt threatened at every corner. Despite the obstacles, Alana has taken action to protect herself, and has hopes for a safer campus climate.
The American Dream: Economic Equality
In the 1980s, LaTerrell Bradford’s monthly salary of $1,000 didn’t get her very far in Los Angeles. After paying for rent, groceries, and childcare, there was nothing left to cover her son’s immunization shots or dental visits. So her son went without. LaTerrell’s financial status changed dramatically when she got married and entered middle class life, but 20 years ago, she had to stand tall in the face of economic hardship.
No Place for Hate
School had been in session for scarcely a month when a painted swastika appeared near a boy’s locker at Boulder’s Manhattan Middle School. A recent immigrant from Israel, he felt the swastika was targeted at him, and feared for his life. The principal, Martha Gustafson, instinctively washed off the graffiti. But that didn’t erase the boy’s fears – or her own anger about what she interpreted as hate.
Capitol Coverage: Reaching All Corners of Colorado with News That Impacts Lives
When Penny Welch moved from Portland, Oregon, to the rural town of Cortez in Colorado’s remote southwest corner 10 years ago, she felt a dramatic difference in the political, cultural, and geographical climate of her new home. Due to a lack of information and news coming from Cortez’s limited media sources, she also felt disconnected from events in the state’s capitol.
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