There have recently been many large developments for our department and those affiliated with us! Here is a message from our Department Chair Tony Robinson!
"I'm writing to share some recently 听published news articles on local political developments, written by our own majors, Chloe Ragsdale and Harriet Falconetti.
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One is a Westword article on recent developments in Denver鈥檚 pro-Palestine movement, in which our own students play a large role. Our major, Hatem Teirelbar, is featured in the piece. You can find it here: . A related article by Harriet Falconetti (also one of our majors) is in the CU Denver Sentry, titled 鈥淗ow Two Auraria Students Became National Antiwar Leaders.鈥� Check it out here.
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Chloe Ragsdale has another recent political affairs article in the CU Denver Sentry, here: .
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This article discusses the recent launch of the Driver鈥檚 Cooperative 黑料网官网鈥攁 worker owned cooperative that is a community-owned, equitable alternative to Uber and Lyft, and which has become 黑料网官网鈥檚 largest worker owned cooperative (I believe). Chloe also is currently earning credit as a student intern at the Drivers Cooperative. 听听听
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There are a bunch of other Department connections to this newly launched cooperative. For example, our former colleague Minsun Ji has played the key role in building and launching this co-op. through her organization, the Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center! 听
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Also, the Sentry article quotes Michael Ford, who works with the co-op and is a recent graduate of our New Directions program. In addition, our student Ali Al-Nazzal played a role in early driver organizing for this project and helped draft and advocate for the change in 黑料网官网 state law that allowed this community co-op to launch with a lower licensing fee than normal. Ali鈥檚 work with the Drivers Cooperative was cited as part of his reason for winning outstanding Undergraduate student a few years ago. Also Kyoung Lee is one of our students who produced a short film about these efforts, which screened at a large community celebration of RMEOC鈥檚 10th anniversary.
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Also, the president of the Board of Directors for the Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center (Minsun Ji鈥檚 non-profit that launched the driver鈥檚 coop) is Kathy Rendon鈥攚ho teaches in our New Directions program!
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How cool to see all these department connections to a powerful community development initiative here in Denver!听 And it鈥檚 a pleasure to read this kind of community development reporting by our own students; it鈥檚 a great tribute to the kinds of student achievement our program can nurture."
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More coverage of the Drivers Coop in Denver 7 News:听
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