[0:04] hello and welcome to the 2019 human relation in Marcel Inwood Awards my name

[0:11] is Shaun de Lamballe with the Human Relations Commission and I'm honored to

[0:15] be here with the Women's Commission to celebrate and recognize a small fraction

[0:19] of those who work hard to make a meaningful positive change within our

[0:23] amazing city of Fort Collins we would like to welcome the recipients who

[0:28] actively make our city a better place for all we also thank family and friends

[0:33] who are here to support and honor the tremendous effort of these awardees and

[0:38] thank you to all of those who nominated individuals and recognized their

[0:42] valuable hard work within our town we are thankful for the presence of our

[0:47] mayor Wade Trachsel staff city staff leaders who advocate and promote

[0:52] diversity and inclusion in our community it is my pleasure to introduce the mayor

[0:58] of Fort Collins Way Troxel well thank you Sean and thank you all for being

[1:09] here what a great night it is for Fort Collins and it's a great celebration I'd

[1:12] like to recognize our council members that are here

[1:15] Emily gargoyle she's a council member she's also the Eleison council liaison

[1:20] to both the Women's Commission and the Human Relations Commission so she's has

[1:25] a big part in tonight's ceremony and the OBC and her in just a moment and also

[1:29] like to recognize and thank Ruskin F for being here as well as Julie pignataro

[1:35] thank you both for being here and and it adds to this event as well you know

[1:40] we're so fortunate so many ways and and and this is tonight's celebration and

[1:46] this recognition for these awards is one of those and and I'd like to thank the

[1:50] family and the friends for all that have come out and support and encourage the

[1:54] recipients who are receiving awards this evening also like to give a special

[2:00] thank you to those who took time to nominate this year this year's awardees

[2:05] recognizing those who serve and enrich our community by embodying the spirit of

[2:10] inclusiveness giving and altruism tonight the Human Relations Commission

[2:16] will present it's 37th annual awards in this ceremony

[2:21] recognizing those that are changemakers and sometimes they're unsung heroes in

[2:27] our community who have served and have served to inspire others to practice

[2:31] fairness equality and community and the advancement of human dignity and tonight

[2:38] also we recognize the the Fort Collins of Women's commissioned in the

[2:44] presenting of the 27th annual mercele and would award establish to acknowledge

[2:51] those who have significantly contributed to improving the lives of women and

[2:55] families in our community so thanks for coming out tonight and look forward to

[3:01] the awardees and and their comments and the spectacular awards that will be

[3:07] presented and with that I'm gonna turn it back to Sean and thank you all for

[3:12] being here tonight thank you thank you me you're Troxel at this time it is my

[3:22] honor and privilege to introduce an individual who is dedicated her life to

[3:27] implementing of course all of this to an individual has who has dedicated her

[3:35] life to implementing inclusion in promoting equity please help me welcome

[3:39] the co-founder of the diversity solutions group in previous winner of

[3:43] the human relations commission award the distinguished Alma legal Morales

[3:48] [Applause]

[3:57] hello everyone and welcome to this special occasion you know this is the

[4:04] season of giving thanks and I have recently learned that the term thank-you

[4:10] comes from the word think it originally meant something about something along

[4:18] the lines of I think about what you did for me and so I don't know all of the

[4:27] recipients of the HRC Awards tonight but I know Mary and Johanna and Kate and the

[4:35] incredible compass school I love Mary Ontiveros I love Johanna duo Jorah

[4:44] Hyrum I love Kate Kimball where are you and I love the staff at the compass

[4:52] school and by the end of the ceremony I'm sure I will also love Delaney

[4:57] McNally where are you who they are and how they are and what they do just blows

[5:08] my mind thank you for all of the contributions that you make to our

[5:16] beautiful community I will think about what you did for me I want to share with

[5:24] you a little story that perhaps some of you know but I think it's worth thinking

[5:28] about tonight one day a group of villagers was working in the fields by a

[5:34] river suddenly someone noticed the baby floating downstream a woman rushed to

[5:42] get the baby out of the water and she dried it and fed it and made sure that

[5:48] it was warm then before you know it another baby was coming down the river

[5:54] this time it was a man who rushed rushed over and got the baby out of the water

[6:00] and he dried it and fed it and made sure that it was warm then just when they

[6:06] thought was all over more babies were coming

[6:09] down the river and more villagers got them out of the water and dried them and

[6:14] fed them and made sure they were warm but the babies kept coming the village

[6:21] got super busy taking care of so many babies they opened the Family Center a

[6:29] daycare center at this food distribution center health care clinic foster care

[6:39] and adoption services and so many services but as busy as they were one

[6:48] day a team of villagers got together and decided to walk up the river to see what

[6:53] was causing these babies coming down the river because you know there were so

[7:00] many speculations floating around in the village where these babies just

[7:05] abandoned were they thrown into the river on purpose did the babies fall

[7:12] into the river was it an accident or was there a village in distress of the river

[7:20] that couldn't take care of it of its babies or could it be that the babies

[7:26] themselves wanted to float down the river it's been very difficult for that

[7:33] team of villagers to determine what's causing these babies to come down the

[7:38] river but they are persistent and they keep walking up the river and I think

[7:43] they're getting some clues there are many excellent services in fort collins

[7:51] addressing many needs in our community and there are many teams that work up

[7:56] the river to try to understand and prevent the issues that cause those

[8:00] needs and the truth is we needed all villagers downriver taking care of the

[8:08] babies that are coming down the river and villagers that walk up the river to

[8:14] determine the causes and address them a new Fort Collins is on the horizon and

[8:24] it will be more wonderful than then any of us can possibly imagine

[8:30] our greatest deeds and ideas are ahead of us not behind us but we need great

[8:38] activists in our village to build that Fort Collins and that's you

[8:43] HRC that is you woman's relation Commission we need you not to give up

[8:53] ever we need you to establish and finish your goals check check check

[9:03] we need you to leverage each other tap into local resources be creative coach

[9:12] inform and inspire others in the community and we need you all to be a

[9:18] little insane insanely committed to diversity and inclusion and equity and

[9:26] human rights I promise it will change your lives and it will change our lives

[9:33] forever in closing I want to share with you a little conversation that Linus and

[9:41] Snoopy had Linus said we only live once Snoopy and Snoopy responded wrong we

[9:53] died once we live every day so HRC and Women's Relations Commission thank you

[10:04] for recognizing the heroes and heroes of our village and for helping to create a

[10:09] wonderful community thank you for working up the river thank you and I

[10:16] will think about what you did for me

[10:20] [Applause]

[10:27] um thank you so much for your wise words I will think about that as well my name

[10:33] is Hana little and I have the honor to represent the Women's Commission here

[10:36] tonight and for those of you who aren't familiar with us our goals in this

[10:41] community are to advocate for women's health stability and economic stability

[10:45] or health sorry you think I'd know this after four years but you know here we

[10:50] are so health safety and economic stability are three of the main points

[10:56] that we've especially been working on the past year and we're so honored

[10:59] tonight to bring our Marcille and would already - just to highlight some in our

[11:05] community who may not and be recognized about other people and I have to say

[11:08] looking out this room I'm sure almost everybody has contributed in some vast

[11:13] way so that's the great part we're here to celebrate who we are as a community

[11:17] and what you're doing in Fort Collins so without further ado I'm gonna invite

[11:21] Councilwoman I'm like Orgel up here and she's going to introduce this year's

[11:25] awardee Thank You Hannah and I'm also gonna invite the mayor up to help me

[11:34] present and I'm just so thankful to be able to be the liaison to both the

[11:38] Women's Commission and the HRC and so honored to be able to present the

[11:42] Women's Commission aboard and then help give out the HRC Awards tonight so um

[11:46] this annual marciella and award was established in 1992 to acknowledge those

[11:52] who have significantly contributed to improving the lives of women and

[11:56] families in our community the award is in member memory of Marci L nor B Wood

[12:02] who positively impacted Fort Collins for 40 years so I'm going to invite this

[12:07] year's awardee Kelly Glick to come up

[12:18] so Kelly has had a lot of really nice things written about her so I'm gonna

[12:22] ask you guys to settle in well I tell you all the great things about her and

[12:25] she can stand up here and be embarrassed so so Kelly was nominated by the Rocky

[12:30] Mountain High School student Services Department

[12:32] Kelly is a school social worker who has primarily worked at Rocky Mountain High

[12:36] School for nearly 20 years and recently has shifted roles in to the puter school

[12:41] district mental health education and connection specialists throughout her

[12:45] career Kelly has worked with individual small groups school-wide wellness

[12:48] interventions school-wide mindfulness integration into classrooms and training

[12:52] teachers for trauma-informed teaching the ripples to the lives women and

[12:58] families in Fort Collins sue Kelley's work is immeasurable it keeps going

[13:04] Kelly has provided both individual and small group counseling to a wide range

[13:07] of teenagers facing a variety of struggles she approaches each student in

[13:12] group with grace dignity respect and humor no matter how intense the

[13:16] situation both students and staff have trusted her with their most intense

[13:20] mental health struggles and she played an important role in not only meeting

[13:24] that interval individual needs of students and staff but also advocating

[13:28] for more wellness mindfulness and trauma-informed resources for all

[13:32] annually Kelly has helped with our peer counseling program by training them on

[13:36] qrp which is suicide prevention curriculum and participating in our peer

[13:41] summit training by being a presenter by training students to help other students

[13:46] and community members countless lives have been changed Kelly has created and

[13:50] run multiple groups at Rocky Mountain High School focusing on girl empowerment

[13:55] she is also a support for an LGBTQ population as a co-sponsor for the Gay

[14:00] Straight Alliance school-wide Kelly's impacts are far-reaching she advocated

[14:05] and trained teachers for mindfulness in the classroom with the goal of teaching

[14:08] students how to self-regulate in a healthy manner to improve classroom

[14:11] behavior and success for many years she has headed up the school wellness

[14:16] committee which worked to address a myriad of student and staff wellness

[14:19] concern as well as to help students connect with the Fort Collins community

[14:24] through our annual Wellness Fair several years ago she expanded the

[14:28] by creating a Student Wellness Committee this gives students the majority girls a

[14:33] place to practice leadership as well as developed skills related to wellness

[14:36] while supporting the school community to address increased attendance and school

[14:41] success struggles connected to anxiety and self-regulation Kelly helped

[14:46] envision and open the Wellness Center at Rocky Mountain High School which a space

[14:50] where students can learn and practice self-regulation skills the Wellness

[14:54] Center has been studied and replicated by a number of schools within PTSD as

[14:58] well as statewide impacting countless women and families in Fort Collins and

[15:02] throughout the state she is well-liked by her students I hope

[15:06] so and staff have always depended on her expertise in mental health

[15:09] she has calm professional and always has good solutions when working with

[15:13] students and families her work has literally saved the lives of countless

[15:16] young women and men in Fort Collins thank you

[15:21] [Applause]

[15:32] [Applause] and I think we have the HRC Colleen are

[15:40] you present there she is great so next we have Colleen from the HRC of

[15:44] presenting the HRC Awards so thank you again all of you for taking the time to

[15:50] honor this year's human relations awardees the 37th year of honoring those

[15:54] community members and organizations who excel in their efforts working towards

[16:00] equity and inclusivity in our community we have five categories youth adult

[16:07] senior police and emergency services and organization you will notice the

[16:13] beautiful piece of art on stage here with five framed prints that are given

[16:18] to the awardees and recognition of their service to the community it has occurred

[16:24] to me often that this ceremony is really a celebration of the human spirit and I

[16:28] had some remarks planned around this but I think Peter Coley the artist who

[16:33] created this artwork says it much better than I can so I'm going to read his

[16:37] letter to us in honor of the 2017 human relations award I was commissioned to

[16:42] create a piece of artwork that represents its meaning and inspiration

[16:46] the painting then evolved and is entitled Gathering consists of many

[16:51] colors shapes and textures Gathering is a coming together of these elements to

[16:56] form a unifying experience of inclusion my vision and inspiration for this

[17:01] painting came from the concept that a community contains many of these colors

[17:05] shapes and textures as well your commitment to the community of Fort

[17:10] Collins and your efforts towards acceptance and diversity within it are

[17:13] at the very center of a strong community and are also reflected at the center of

[17:17] this painting what emanates out of that place of integrity and generosity has

[17:23] the possibility of reaching and touching countless individuals I offer my

[17:28] congratulations to you on this very special honor and hope that this 2017

[17:32] painting will help to inspire you and others to continue in your service

[17:37] towards the community and it's from Peter Coley

[17:42] first word is our youth awards so Delaney you're up we always have

[17:56] incredible young people that earn this award and Delaney truly embodies the

[18:00] qualities that we are looking for to earn the 2019 Youth Award

[18:04] Delaney's volunteer work focused her exceptional skills by recognizing the

[18:08] need for building communication bridges between youth and older adults in Fort

[18:12] Collins and Loveland Delaney accomplished this by organizing

[18:17] intergenerational conversations a group of collaborative partners from around

[18:21] the county that help put on conversation events the purpose of these

[18:26] conversations is to get teens and seniors talking face-to-face about

[18:29] issues that are relevant to both generations and to bridge the gap

[18:32] between the two generations Delaney coordinates her efforts closely with

[18:37] those who she has engaged to volunteer along with her currently Colorado State

[18:41] University Center for public deliberation in the puter river public

[18:45] library disability in the partnership for Age Friendly communities in Laramie

[18:49] County and there's actually several other community organizations including

[18:54] youth high school students from Fort Collins Rocky Mountain key Club for

[19:01] Collins Global Leaders all of these have been brought together by you Delaney

[19:06] she's made the time to meet with many various boards and commissions and

[19:10] organizations who are interested in her efforts she volunteered as a summer

[19:14] intern with the Loveland City Mayor and I think she's also on her high school

[19:17] swim team not sure how she does this just a little morning if you go to any

[19:24] kind of group discussion with Delaney she's going to take your cell phone away

[19:27] and put it a little box No

[19:37] [Music] [Applause]

[19:43] the adult award goes to Johanna who Joya her own Jehan I've known Johanna for a

[19:52] long time and she's amazing more than amazing but I won't see any more about

[20:00] that right now as the psychotherapist and social worker

[20:03] Johanna has extensive experience working with

[20:06] families in Colombia and in the United States for many years Johanna has worked

[20:11] to provide therapeutic services for diverse clientele

[20:15] Johanna's is the outreach service manager for Poudre River Library

[20:20] District she's an adjunct professor at Colorado

[20:23] State University where she is a subject expert on social and racial justice in

[20:28] clinical practice through her work she actively creates safe spaces for racial

[20:35] and social healing and we need more of that I think an avid reader

[20:47] Johanna works with the International Board of books for young people which

[20:50] represents a network of groups from all over the world who are committed to

[20:55] bringing books and children together jaha's celebrates diversity in ways that

[21:00] honor and embrace a child's home language culture and heritage

[21:07] Johanna works tirelessly with grassroots nonprofit organizations to advance

[21:12] issues of equity and diversity including as the chair of the board of directors

[21:18] for la familia a member of the community equity consortium in a past member of

[21:23] the Human Relations Commission when an issue arises around racial

[21:30] divisions people tend to seek Johanna's wisdom and advice every day johanna

[21:38] supports the health and well-being of the people around her congratulations on

[21:43] this well deserved no no no that las gracias we're not noches love of my life

[22:01] you sustained me through it all thank you acknowledging with respect and love

[22:06] the land that we are today is the traditional and ancestral homelands of

[22:10] their Apache and Yuta nations and people to love to help to leave to be free to

[22:17] be who you want to be to express who you truly are to believe what you believe to

[22:22] use the pronouns that reflect you to respect and to take care of the land to

[22:27] learn and to make mistakes in public within the safety of your community to

[22:31] teach to sustain to inspire and to be inspired to change your mind to claim

[22:36] your body as your own to rejoice in the peace of their sure justice to yell to

[22:42] the world that who you are is a beautiful miracle that deserves nothing

[22:46] but love those are the lines of a dream dreamt by all of us for many years by

[22:53] many that is the staff of our dreams and here we're keeping on dreaming that here

[23:00] here we are keeping the dreaming alive even when the nightmares in the

[23:04] detention comes are too real even where our transistors am being killed and our

[23:09] bodies are being imprisoned even when the narrative is already set up and the

[23:13] stage is given to us as us versus them even then we keep on dreaming because to

[23:20] sustain this dream is not easy we need people to help us with that to keep each

[23:26] other dreaming when reality threatens to subjugate even the most vigorous

[23:30] imagination that's the task to hold each other accountable to make this darn

[23:35] dream a reality does the task to dismantle institutions of power

[23:40] built-in fear and hatred does the task to disarm to disrupt to the construct

[23:46] without exchanging our humanity does the task the dream was drained by my

[23:51] ancestors and by their ancestors from the beginning of our existence but to

[23:56] drain the dream in the skin color of the earth chocolate coffee or the midnight

[24:02] sky can be a dangerous thing and still we keep on dreaming we are not just

[24:07] dreaming we are dreaming at times when it seems like it is an only act of faith

[24:13] we are working non-stop and we're sustained by the promise of our shared

[24:17] humanity this celebration is a sign of our endurance and it is a symbol of our

[24:22] shared plight to make reality closer to our wildest dreams for freedom this is

[24:27] our world if you are a dreaming of color and LGBTQ dreamer and Native American

[24:34] dreamer a dream and we're diverse cognitive abilities a dreamers who

[24:37] people have been subjugated I invite you to rejoice in the legacy

[24:41] legacy of our ancestors in the fact that we are dreaming out loud rejoice in the

[24:46] fact that despite all of those who are scared of us and threatened by our

[24:50] existence we are still here rejoice that we are healing our present that we are

[24:57] healing our future and that we are healing our past we are healing together

[25:01] for my radical Dharma brothers and sisters remember that we have nothing to

[25:06] lose but our chains for those who have chosen to be an ally be an ally be an

[25:13] ally be an ally be an ally be an ally no matter what be an ally for people of

[25:21] color lgbtq+ for natives for Jews for children's for

[25:25] our aging community dream with us do the task with us and fight with us for our

[25:30] precious goal for when we are free when that day comes then we will all be free

[25:37] thank you [Applause]

[25:52] hi my name is Wendy true and I'm on the Human Relations Commission and I'm going

[25:58] to read the at least part of the nomination for Mary because it is just

[26:04] so well written so in her 50 years of service at Colorado State University

[26:11] Mary served in a variety of positions including director and executive of

[26:17] admissions associate vice president and vice president for diversity equal to

[26:24] her love of CSU is her love of Fort Collins as a former member of the Human

[26:31] Relations Commission an engaged citizen in many city initiatives Mary's

[26:38] commitment to positive change has been constant and consistent over the decades

[26:45] mary gives generously of her time and knowledge endlessly working to educate

[26:50] people about issues of diversity and inclusion

[26:54] Mary's kindness and humor pair effectively with her drive to make a

[26:59] systemic difference in making our community a supportive and welcoming

[27:04] place for individuals of all identities Mary's philosophy is one of calling in

[27:11] versus calling out and she can often be heard saying that we start this work by

[27:18] meeting people where they are as an example of Mary's visionary leadership

[27:24] in her current role at CSU Mary led the creation of CSU's principles of

[27:32] community these tenants inclusion integrity respect service and social

[27:40] justice convey the University's commitment to strengthening CSU's

[27:45] community by celebrating desired values and behaviors beyond the borders of

[27:51] campus these principles expect stand into fort collins leading the way

[27:57] for appreciation of diversity and active inclusion it is impossible to quantify

[28:03] the number of people mary has inspired to learn the attitudes that have shifted

[28:09] or the personal and institution growth that has resulted award recipients

[28:17] embody the spirit of inclusiveness Giving and altruism that has made Fort

[28:23] Collins a better place for all people to live and as a change maker in Fort

[28:28] Collins Mary it is a really great example to all of us thank you Mary

[28:33] [Applause] Wendy thank you very much Mary Troxel

[28:43] Emily Alma we also love you I also wanted I want to thank the Human

[28:50] Relations Commission as well as the the Women's Commission and you know I

[28:55] reflect especially when you hear people talk about you and when you hear things

[29:00] like that it's like really Wow that's I'm humbled I am humbled by the award

[29:07] and it's absolutely beautiful and people have asked me time and time again when

[29:12] did you first start doing this kind of work and my introduction into doing work

[29:17] related to social justice and inclusion and equity really began when I was

[29:21] really in kindergarten probably when I was five and it was because in our

[29:26] community there was a situation my father had returned from the Korean

[29:30] Conflict and he wanted to have his group march in the parade

[29:36] and he wanted to have a young man who was Latino carry the American flag and

[29:43] they protested people protested and said that a Latino but Chicano back then

[29:48] could not carry the American flag and the reason for that was because he was

[29:53] Chicano and for no other reason except that and my father talked to us as kids

[29:58] and said this is not right you need to learn how to deal with these kinds of

[30:05] situations if something is not right you to speak out now I know that not

[30:09] everybody has had experiences like that and we know that not everybody has

[30:14] started their journey related to social justice and inclusion and equity at the

[30:19] age of five but people start somewhere and it's important that we recognize

[30:24] that everybody's journey begins at a different place and everybody's past is

[30:29] their past and we need to determine really how we go forward together not

[30:34] necessarily how we blame each other for what happened in the past we need to

[30:38] recognize that history not forget that history because we don't want to repeat

[30:42] it but we also have to recognize that there are many many many great people

[30:47] and allies that we want to help move forward and if we continue to do that

[30:54] four columns will continue to be a great place if we don't continue to do that

[30:59] then I think it'll be problematic for everyone thank you so much for this

[31:03] award I'm humbled [Applause]

[31:18] I'm ever a misen and I will be presenting the organization award and

[31:24] will Jann Harrison come forward will Jan Harrison and her entire team please come

[31:34] forward [Applause]

[31:40] what a wonderful team

[31:45] this year's this year's organization award goes to the compass community

[31:58] collaborative school and the denominator rights I am a student at Compass and

[32:06] it's the best education that I've ever had it's in addition to working on

[32:14] standards the student feels that the school is emphasis its emphasis is more

[32:20] on people and the social skills that they will need to succeed beyond school

[32:28] compass is a safe place and in fact the student to the nominator states that

[32:34] this is the first school where the student has felt 100% safe the students

[32:41] feel accepted and welcomed one example that's given is that on National Coming

[32:50] Out Day the math teacher made a special

[32:53] presentation in class to talk about the importance of that day and why it needed

[33:00] to be recognized as a former educator myself I'm honored I'm very honored to

[33:07] present this award and I I just think it speaks so highly of a school when a

[33:12] student can recognize and that value that kind of acceptance and can feel it

[33:21] in that institution so it's it's just an honor to be able to present this award

[33:28] to the compass school thank you very much this is really quite an honor and

[33:43] it means so much to us to be recognized in this beautiful city that we feel so

[33:47] connected to and we want so much to be part of and and helped to grow I didn't

[33:55] prepare a speech I feel really even just so inspired and

[33:59] humbled by the words that I've heard tonight I want you to know that we are

[34:03] all fighting the fight we are allies we are leaving the March and we are

[34:08] catching the babies upstream and trying to do a lot of work to continue to make

[34:15] this a great place to live for the next millennium

[34:19] [Applause]

[34:34] the award for the category police and emergency services goes to Kate Kimball

[34:42] [Applause] Kate is the public relations manager for

[34:53] the city of Fort Collins and has served in that role since 2015 and the city of

[35:01] Fort Collins is definitely a better place because of her influence in the

[35:07] city just a some highlights of some of the things she's been involved in she

[35:14] has been involved in outreach to the spanish-speaking community in Fort

[35:20] Collins she's taken a special interest in serving this community by learning

[35:25] Spanish and providing valuable outreach to this portion of the population she

[35:31] serves on the community trust initiative to help find ways for the city and the

[35:37] police to better communicate with and serve the spanish-speaking community

[35:41] she has organized multiple outreach opportunities for police officers to

[35:47] connect with la familia hickory village neighborhood Harris bilingual school and

[35:53] a Spanish class at pooter high school among other activities she leads the

[36:00] department Spanish Club which looks for opportunities to develop the officers

[36:06] Spanish skills while engaging with the community she's developed several

[36:12] Spanish videos and messages on the police social media and internet sites

[36:18] to help the public understand police procedures in traffic stops calling 911

[36:27] so she's very deserving of this recognition for her leadership in this

[36:32] area thank you thank you so much this is an incredible honor to stand up here

[36:45] with some of the other folks who have received this award tonight the big

[36:49] theme for me is every day is stories that's the work I work in sometimes

[36:56] there are good stories sometimes they're bad stories sometimes they're really

[36:58] hard stories and the same goes for a lot of our outreach efforts there are so

[37:04] many different stories in our community people experiencing very different lives

[37:09] different fort Collins's different backgrounds and it's been an honor and a

[37:14] privilege to receive those stories to hear them and to figure out how do we

[37:18] how do we bring them to light how do we create a community that is wealthy

[37:22] welcoming of people and their experiences and just build that

[37:27] foundation so that we can continue to have those really hard conversations I

[37:30] think that's one of the greatest strengths we have here in Fort Collins

[37:32] is we have people who are not just unafraid to have those conversations but

[37:37] are really willing and eager to reach out and hear the different stories of

[37:41] other folks in our community so that we can create a more inclusive and diverse

[37:44] environment for everyone so thank you so much

[37:47] I want to thank everyone again for coming to celebrate these awardees with

[37:58] us have a great evening thank you so much

[38:01] [Applause]

2019 Marcile N. Wood & Human Relations Commission Awards

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