ELEVATE SPRING
SYD TIMME AND CHRSITINA ORTIZ LED A GROUP OF 16 SENIORS THROUGH A FULL DAY OF HANDSON, NITTY GRITTY WORK IN WHICH WE RECONNECTED WITH NATURE DURING
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PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS WERE CHALLENGED, HEARTS WERE SOFTENED, KINSHIP WAS CULTIVATED,” ORTIZ SAID.
MINI IMMERSIONS CARING FOR OUR COMMON HOME
URBAN PLUNGE
In the afternoon the group met up with The Greenway Foundation for a river clean up at Sanderson Gulch.
TAKING CARE OF THE CITY Students heard from local organizers who taught our students how to cultivate and sustain fertile land, clean air, and clean water.
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THE MINI IMMERSION EXPERIENCE WAS A GREAT WAY TO LEARN, GROW, AND UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS IN OUR WORLD THAT EFFECT LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE.
Dylan McGowan '21
30 ELEVATE MINI IMMERSIONS
The group met at Union Station early morning and spent the day on foot learning about and encountering our neighbors who suffer from homelessness and poverty. I’ve spoken to several participants today, all who mentioned that they will never look at another city the same way. Later in the day they heard from Denver PD, including mental health experts who have recently been hired to accompany officers on calls and who work to bring compassion into law enforcement encounters with the unhoused.
WELCOMING THE STRANGER Students and teachers gathered at the Geo ICE Detention Center in Aurora for a prayer vigil. At Geo ICE, asylum-seekers are detained awaiting their asylum claims. Students spent the day hearing personal stories of migration and watching the “Crossing Borders” original RJ Media documentary.
