After 22 years here, Lisa Farber Miller, senior program officer for Jewish Life, is leaving Rose Community Foundation. Ms. Farber Miller has been an integral part of both the Foundation and the Greater Denver Jewish communities for decades. Judy Altenberg, a Foundation trustee and chair of the Jewish Life Committee, offered the following reflections at […]
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With the desire to help make Greater Denver a welcoming and safe place for all, Rose Community Foundation awarded more than $1 million in grants in 2018 to local nonprofits serving immigrants and refugees, as well as communities vulnerable to discrimination and hate crimes. “As a foundation rooted in values of social justice and inclusion,
Since this past Saturday morning, October 27, 2018, the hearts, minds and prayers of Rose Community Foundation staff and trustees have been with the Tree of Life Synagogue, the Squirrel Hill neighborhood, the city of Pittsburgh and all who are united in grief and outrage by this vicious hate crime. Twenty-four hours after the carnage
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The Innovation Schools Act of 2008 allows leaders in district-run schools to explore ways to innovate within a public education bureaucracy. In the hands of strong leaders and in the context of earned autonomy, innovation status can serve as a fulcrum for both school-level innovation as well as systems-level improvements. “Pathways of Public Innovation Status:
On a Thursday evening in March, more than 50 people are packed into a local community meeting space in central Denver. They are all here for a sold-out training session on addressing ageism. Janine Vanderburg, the event’s facilitator and initiative manager, starts off by asking, “how many of you have experienced ageism?” Every single hand
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On November 27, Rose Community Foundation welcomed our new president and CEO, Lindy Eichenbaum Lent. Lindy comes to us from the nonprofit Civic Center Conservancy, where she has served as executive director since 2009. Prior to her leadership at the Civic Center Conservancy, she served served as communications director and senior advisor for then-Denver Mayor
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Grieving the loss of a loved one can be overwhelming, and many grieving families seek to bring something positive out of their loss. After the devastating loss of their infant son, David and Alicia Thorpe found solace in philanthropy. “We weren’t sure what to do,” explains David. “Something we struggled with was our son’s significance.
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