Monthly Featured Organizations & Programs
Each month, G.L.O.B.A.L. Justice features various advocacy organizations, justice programs, community events, and leaders that are making a significant impact on the pursuit of justice worldwide. Check out the Features for this month:
Featured advocacy Organization:
The sentencing project
Lyra Colorado builds coalitions and provides capacity, resources, infrastructure, and expertise to partners with innovative ideas that lead to greater student and educator success.
Based in Denver and deeply embedded within Colorado’s diverse rural and urban communities, Lyra understands the local contexts deeply, using this knowledge to enhance their partnerships. They work to help students, educators, and philanthropic leaders harness their potential and respond effectively to the demands of the educational landscape. Lyra is fighting for an education system that works for and is responsive to all.
Featured ArtS:
Yo Soy: Mariposas Sin Fronteras
Yo Soy: Mariposas Sin Fronteras is a large-scale papier-mâché butterfly exhibition celebrating the monarch butterfly as both a pollinator and a powerful symbol of hope, resilience and transformation in immigration narratives.
Celebrate the richness and depth of Latino cultures through Yo Soy—an ongoing cultural initiative that brings heritage to life through art, storytelling and community connection.
Yo Soy offers opportunities to engage with culture through both onsite programming and collaborative experiences throughout the community.
Through Yo Soy, the Gardens builds meaningful connections to the past while honoring and uplifting Latino heritage in fresh, engaging and inclusive ways.
Sept. 13 – Oct. 15
Denver Botanic Gardens
Featured Publication:
Immigrant, American, Survivor: A Little Boy Who Grew Up To Be All Three by William Jimeno and Charles Ricciardi
Officer William Jimeno (co-author) shares his personal journey, which began as a young boy when he and his family immigrated from Colombia to the United States of America, where he followed his dream to become a police officer. William's life took an unexpected turn when, as a rookie officer, he and other first responders answered the call to save lives at the World Trade Center on 9/11. After the Twin Towers fell, William was trapped under the rubble for 13 hours before being heroically rescued; an ordeal captured by film director Oliver Stone in the major motion picture World Trade Center.
William Jimeno and co-author/illustrator Charles Ricciardi present valuable life-lessons along with colorful illustrations to bring this wonderful story to life. Appropriate for readers young and old, and inspiring to all.
Inspire
G.L.O.B.A.L. Justice features leaders who inspire others through their advocacy and commitment to justice.