EDITOR:
On May 4, 2009 we the concerned parents of Challenges, Choices and Images/Amandla charter school sent a letter to DPS regarding the closing of the school and issues surrounding that closing that were very troublesome and left over 400 students without a school. We sent a copy of the letter to Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper. To date we have yet to receive any response or acknowledgement of our letter from any of the parties mentioned above. (more…)

Dr. Eric Lee has been named the new president & CEO of the Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce. He begins work at the Chamber on April 20th. (more…)

Ali Jackson is currently working on a documentary called Black Boys Don’t Cry that has been in the making for since 2003. The film is subtitled The Untold Truth because statistics show that less than 1% of sexual assaults on black boys are reported. Jackson asks all of us, but black males in particular, “If I don’t speak out for our children, who will?” (more…)

Patrick L. Demmer Jr. Pastor Graham Memorial Community Church Of God In Christ is the newly appointed Chairman of the state COGIC ‘s General Council Of Pastor And Elders. (more…)

Eighteen years ago, Dr. Carolyn Jones opened the Challenges, Choices and Images school near Colfax and Alton “to move kids out of thinking they are nothing and believing they are capable of doing anything.” (more…)