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David Benke, Deer Creek teacher who stopped gunman Bruno Eastwood, honored for heroism

By Erin Bilir
Jul 26, 2010

Living only 272 steps from Deer Creek Middle School, thirteen-year-old Savannah has seen tragedy unfold right in her back yard. On February 23, 2010, just as she was leaving school for the day with her twelve-year-old sister, Makayla, Savannah heard gunshots. Thank goodness David Benke was nearby...
The Biennial Roundtable on Women promotes discussion -- and sharing

By Erin Bilir
Jul 9, 2010

The Biennial of the Americas is in full swing, and at the "Americas Roundtable on Women: Drivers of the New Economy," on July 7, 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu Tum eloquently summed up the goal of the event when she declared, "I believe that women should be protagonists...not...
Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Nobel Prize winner, inspires Denver one community at a time

By Erin Bilir
Jul 7, 2010

Rigoberta Menchú Tum, winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize, visited two at-risk Denver communities yesterday, not to preach peace but to preach "harmony." For Menchú Tum and Mayan spiritual teachers Don Pedro Yac Noj and Doña Faviana Cochoy Alva, who are traveling with her, the distinction between the two...
PeaceJam looks ahead to 2012, Mayan style

By Erin Bilir
Jul 2, 2010

Kate Power is one of the few people who can say that her job is "never boring." Power works at PeaceJam, the Arvada-based nonprofit that collaborates with Nobel Peace Prize winners to teach kids how to foster peace around the world. "The kids really value that personal connection," she says...
Biennial of the Americas starts today

By Erin Bilir
Jul 1, 2010

Mayor John Hickenlooper keeps pushing Denver into the ranks of America's leading urban centers, with his biggest push yet starting today: The inaugural Biennial of the Americas. On Tuesday, Hickenlooper and the Biennial team were all smiles as they announced final plans for the Biennial, the centerpiece of what city...

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