Boulder County has lost a gentle giant who inspired many as a champion and social innovator for Latino families.Nino Gallo succumbed to COVID-19 on Dec. 1. Nino was involved with many people on a wide variety of projects inside and outside the Boulder County...
Experts say inequality isn’t just rearing its head in hospitals, but in many aspects of pandemic life. Locally, AMISTAD – a grantee of Community Foundation Boulder County that promotes education, health, and quality of life for our Latino community – is stepping up....
"It’s a balancing act between protecting the health and safety of both Census workers and the people we’re trying to reach, to ensure a complete and accurate count of all our communities." In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, local efforts to promote the importance of...
“We knew we’d be doing some online promotion, including outreach through our different social media channels. We’ve really expanded that to where we’re almost entirely online, now – in addition to placing posters and signs where people still go, and distributing...
"In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, staying focused on Census outreach activities – even while the form of those activities is changing – provides a sense of purpose." While the Coronavirus pandemic currently dominates both headlines and headspace, we haven’t lost...
Some 14 local nonprofits and government agencies are participating in this community mobilization effort, to date. Among the participants, CU Boulder is working to engage students, faculty, and staff to take the Census 2020 survey online now. The decennial Census of...
Not everyone wants to share their information with the government. While recent attempts to get a citizenship question included in the Census were struck down in the courts, it’s left a feeling of distrust in many communities. What's at stake? In January, our monthly...
Your Community Foundation's Census 2020 Fund will support organizations with grassroots outreach efforts led by cultural brokers – well-connected members of communities identified as hard-to-count populations. Support increased participation by donating today. Your...
The 2020 Census Fund of Community Foundation Boulder County will support organizations with grassroots outreach efforts led by cultural brokers – well-connected members of communities identified as hard-to-count populations. The decennial census of population and...
The decennial census of population and housing in the United States is the basis for how federal funds are distributed to such programs as WIC, Head Start, education, transportation and public transit. It’s the starting point for how major public policy decisions are...
As one of four national participants in the Knight Foundation’s Community Information Lab, your Community Foundation had the unique opportunity to explore what it means to create the conditions for Latino Bilingual Cultural Brokers (LBCBs) to help drive decisions...