Women’s Bean Project Continues to Grow and Enhance the Lives of Women in 2023

Women’s Bean Project Continues to Grow and Enhance the Lives of Women in 2023

by | May 9, 2023 | business, Colorado, community, community based business, employment, empowering, News, non-profit, renewed hope, second chances, social enterprise, Stories, storytelling, support, supporting women, women, Women's Bean Project

At the end of 2022, Women’s Bean Project moved into a new home that is eight times the size of the organization’s previous home in Denver’s Curtis Park neighborhood. More space means new larger automated equipment can move in and that means more bean...
Jamilla’s Story of Survival turns into one of Security and Love

Jamilla’s Story of Survival turns into one of Security and Love

by | Dec 1, 2022 | Catholic, Catholic Charities, Colorado, community, families, fundraiser, home, homeless, homeless families, homeless shelter, homeless women, housing for families, News, non-profit, REFUGEE, Stories, storytelling, support, supporting women

Jamilla came to the United States when she was only 3 years old. The day she was born, a war broke out in her home county of Ethiopia. It wasn’t even safe for the newborn and her mother to stay in the hospital.. they fled. Jamilla’s mom left everything and...
Conservation Colorado: Advocating for Cleaner Air for All

Conservation Colorado: Advocating for Cleaner Air for All

by | Jun 23, 2022 | advocacy, air pollution, air toxics, climate change, Colorado, community, Conservation Colorado, Health, News, non-profit, pro conservation, Stories, storytelling

Every time Jessica Goad looks at her 18-month-old daughter Ada, or even with tthe thought of her, she is renewed in her purpose as an environmentalist in Colorado. “I grew up in Golden and I really want Ada to grow up in the same kind of environment I did but I...