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LARIMER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Chautauqua: Local Students Combine Research And Performance
POVERTY SIMULATION
PRESENTED BY UNITED WAY What:
Participants assume the role of a low-income family member living on a limited budget and interact with volunteers playing the roles of bill collectors, school administrators, service providers, and more. A simulation creates a community of people living in poverty for one “month” comprised of four 15-minute weeks. During this hour, each family unit must connect with community resources (i.e. schools, utility companies, social service workers, etc.) to meet their basic needs on a limited income.
Why:
Poverty Simulations are a powerful, experiential opportunity to learn about and engage in poverty reduction. By participating in a simulation, community members increase their understanding of the dynamics of poverty and experience, on a small scale, the struggle for self-sufficiency many people face in Larimer County.
When:
March 20, 2019 Dinner at 6:00 p.m. Simulation from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Where:
Estes Park High School Commons 1600 Manford Ave, Estes Park
Imagine telling your life story to an audience. Where would you begin? What events would you select to hold an audience’s interest? Could you remember all the dates and names and places? Then imagine learning someone else’s life story. From scratch. For four months, that’s been the ambition of 28 local students who are part of the 2019 Young Chautauqua project. These young people have chosen a figure
Register now at bit.ly/EPPoverty
Who:
Anyone desiring to learn more about poverty from a new perspective. This training is free, but requires registration.
Sponsored by:
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from history. They’ve read and memorized all they can. They’ve thought deeply about how to outline their story and write a monologue. They’ve assembled their costume. They’ve practiced before their friends. And now they’re ready for you: the audience. You can support these local students—and delve into history— by attending this season’s Young Chautauqua performances at the Library. With so many participants, there will be four evenings of Chautauqua, with a different roster of performers each evening. There’s no registration to attend. It opens this weekend: Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16, in the Library’s Fireplace Corner. Then mark your calendars for the other performance nights on March 22 and April 5. Those who have attended in years past know they’re in for an evening of enjoyment. It’s truly fascinating to watch how these students have worked to develop their narrative—and how they are able to field questions, both in and out of character. This year’s youngest performers are seven years old, one portraying Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and another portraying Ruth Wakefield, inventor of the chocolate chip cookie. There are many
artists: Georgia O’Keefe, Walt Disney, Ella Fitzgerald, and Vincent Van Gogh. There are scientists: Jane Goodall, Marie Curie, and Carl Sagan. One young lady is portraying The Statue of Liberty, while her sister plays Annie Moore, the first person to pass through Ellis Island. Two different students are portraying Revolutionary figure Eliza Hamilton—at different ages in her life—and they’ll appear back-to-back on April 5. Colorado is recognized around the U. S. for its topnotch Young Chautauqua program. And Estes Park certainly has one of the most thriving programs in the state, led again this year by instructor Katherine Dumont, who has been mentoring each student at weekly meetings held at the library—the perfect place to research all these intriguing figures of history. The students also got to work regularly with professional storyteller and coach Susan Marie Frontczak, thanks to a partnership with Colorado Humanities. The program raises student interest and knowledge of history by providing opportunities to learn research skills and to practice public speaking
while being mentored at each step. It builds self-esteem and reveals insights into life choices and challenges—for both performers and audience members alike. Gratitude goes to the Library Friends & Foundation for making Young Chautauqua possible, and specifically to funds from the Katie Speer Memorial Grant. The project is one more element in the library’s objectives toward literacy, lifelong learning, and community. Come support these performers.