This spring, social justice nonprofit MANAUS announced that 2024 will be its last. MANAUS, formerly the Manaus Fund, has spent the past two decades piloting community-led and co-designed projects and nonprofits throughout the Roaring Fork Valley.At the end of 2023, MANAUS’s staff, the board of directors and partners convened to discuss the future of the […]
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Regan Byrd teaches intersectionality at MANAUS Equity Symposium
When Regan Byrd was 8 years old, she wanted to be a lawyer. This came from growing up in Highlands Ranch, a conservative and predominantly white community — 80% of the population identifies as white according to 2023 census data — where Byrd learned to advocate for herself in response to directly experiencing racism. This […]
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Construyendo puentes hacia la equidad
Por Bianca Godina Editora de El Sol del Valle Por segundo año consecutivo, se llevó a cabo el Simposio de Equidad para Carbondale y sus alrededores, una iniciativa respaldada por Manaus en colaboración con Colorado Health Foundation. Bryan Alvarez, líder del Proyecto Acción de Equidad, o Equity Action Project en ingles, junto con Manaus, compartió, […]
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New state loan, grant program could aid in area efforts to secure resident ownership for mobile home parks
A new state loan program could help solve another part of the complex equation for Colorado mobile home park resident groups that are looking to secure their long-term housing future, including various local efforts. Last month, Gov. Jared Polis announced the new Mobile Home Park Resident Empowerment Program, which will provide $28 million in loans […]
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Building purposeful community: Cleanup day bonds Three Mile Mobile Home Park neighborhood along path to resident ownership
A big step toward accomplishing a major neighborhood project is to get to better know the people involved. That was one of the ideas behind a community cleanup day and after party at the Three Mile Mobile Home Park just outside of Glenwood Springs on Sunday, June 25. In late April, the new Roaring Fork […]
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Valley Settlement receives $2 million donation
On May 23, Glenwood Springs-based organization Valley Settlement received a transformational $2 million donation from famed philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. Valley Settlement, which provides education and mentoring programs for immigrant families throughout the Roaring Fork Valley, will use the donation to expand its programming into western Garfield County as part of its recently approved five-year strategic […]
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Serie de oradores por la equidad continúa con Assétou Xango
Traducción por Dolores Duarte El 29 de noviembre, MANAUS y The Arts Camps at Willits (TACAW) recibirán a la poeta Assétou Xango para la cuarta parte de su Serie de oradores por la equidad en el valle de Roaring Fork. La Serie de oradores por la equidad es un programa gratuito y dirigido a la […]
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Equity Speaker Series continues with Assétou Xango
On Nov. 29, MANAUS and The Arts Camps at Willits (TACAW) will host poet Assétou Xango for the fourth installment of their Equity Speakers Series in the Roaring Fork Valley. The Equity Speaker Series is a free, community-facing program that hosts space for experts in the realm of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) to come […]
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‘Carbondale es tuyo’
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Antes que nada, tenemos que admitirlo. La semana pasada, The Sopris Sun imprimió la fecha incorrecta para la reunión del pueblo con divulgación en español, tanto en inglés en nuestro calendario como en español en Chisme del Pueblo. Además, no tendríamos este artículo traducido hasta esta semana. Estas deficiencias no son […]
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‘Carbondale es tuyo’
First, an admission. Last week, The Sopris Sun printed the incorrect date for the town’s Spanish-outreach meeting both in English in our calendar and in Spanish in Chisme del Pueblo. Moreover, we will not have this article translated until next week. These shortcomings are unintentional and evidence of the work that we share toward better […]