Thriving
Communities
CC Refugee Alliance Connects CC Community with Local Refugees
Julia Fennell ’21
The CC Refugee Alliance provides opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to help support local refugees and asylum seekers in Colorado Springs, as well as participate in advocacy campaigns to support immigrants across the country.
CC PARTNERS WITH PEAK EDUCATION TO ADDRESS EDUCATOR SHORTAGE
Alexa Gromko
CC will address an educator shortage in the workforce with Colorado Springs-area nonprofit Peak Education, which has received $50,000 from the Opportunity Now Colorado Planning Grant – an $85 million grant program catalyzing transformative change for Colorado’s workforce. READ THE FULL STORY »
DEMOCRATIC DIALOGUE TAKES TIGERS TO WASHINGTON
Maggie Mixer ’24, DDP Co-Chair
This year, the Democratic Dialogue Project launched a new part of their mission, with a student-led trip to Washington D.C. Along with the USAFA cadets, they met with State Department officials, Congressional staffers, and others to learn about what civil-military relations look like on the ground in our nation’s capital.
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SOCIOLOGY STUDENTS PUT LEARNING INTO PRACTICE TO CREATE SOCIAL CHANGE
Julia Fennell ’21
Students in this year’s Community Based Praxis Half Block course conducted real, hands-on, important work for local organizations and agencies, where they analyzed and sorted data, and are now finalizing written reports to submit to their community partners.
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ALUMNI IN COMMUNITY
PRESIDENTIAL UPDATE – TWIN CITIES
On April 23, a group of CC alums gathered in Eagan, MN to hear from CC’s Interim President-Elect, Manya Whitaker, and connect with fellow Twin Cities area alumni.
