Frustration with Congress’ longstanding failure to pass comprehensive immigration reform is mounting across the country and in our own community.
Immigration Reform: A National Problem in Our Backyard
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Christie Gosch
Casa de Paz: A Helping Hand for Detainees
Every weeknight, volunteers gather to ferry people released from Aurora’s GEO detention facility to the Casa de Paz (“House of Peace”), an all-volunteer nonprofit that since 2012 has served 2306 people from 30 countries.
Public art roams the prairie in newest Stapleton neighborhood “Wind Gate”
The Wind Gate Art Suite by Rodrigo Nava, from Putney, VT, consists of three distinct sculpture arrays installed in Stapleton’s new neighborhood north of 56th Avenue.
What happens…before you take a swallow?
We all take for granted that we can easily pick up wine, beer and spirits at a liquor store or order these drinks in a restaurant. What we don’t think about is all that happens before a drink reaches our hand.
181 Affordable Apartments Open
One hundred eighty units of affordable housing, The Moline Apartments, officially opened on July 10. “The work to get this apartment built will have a long-term effect on a lot of lives,” said Gete Mekonnen, executive director of NE Denver Housing, at the opening event.
Korey Wise Innocence Project
“When They See Us” devotes a full episode to Korey Wise, referred to as “a walking miracle” by the other men whom the media dubbed the “Central Park Five.” Though the five boys-turned-men-in-prison continue to live with that moniker, all were exonerated in 2002.
Another Pedestrian Fatality at CPB Station
Passengers returning from the July 3 Rockies game on RTD’s A-line train witnessed the second accidental train-pedestrian fatality at Central Park Station.
The Indie Prof: When They See Us & The Mountain
The Indie Prof reviews the Netfilx series When They See Us, about race relations in New York City in the 1980s and The Mountain, a film about a 50s-era traveling doctor who performed lobotomies in the waning days of the practice.
Destination Japan with Kids
This summer, we decided to go beyond our usual visits to my Japanese mother’s relatives, and take the children (ages 10 and 8) on a bit of a history tour: Hiroshima; The Floating Shrine; Traditions by the Sea of Japan; and more.
…NE News Updates
This month: 1) New Pizza Restaurant; 2) New Italian Restaurant; 3) New Chinese Dumpling Restaurant; 4) Medical Marijuana Cultivation; 5) Nourish Co-op Dissolves; 6) Park Hill Golf Course Sold; and Women’s Equality Day and Procession Aug. 26.
August and Early September Events
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August SUN News
Stapleton United Neighbors (SUN) is a Registered Neighborhood Organization (RNO) regulated by Chapter 12 / Article III of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of Denver. Any owner of real property and/or any resident located within the neighborhood boundaries are considered to be SUN members; there are no membership dues.
