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COMMUNITY 18 | Essay

As a Black woman and president of NAACP Boulder County, Annett James has a lot to say about racism and what you can do to make a difference.

BY ANNETT JAMES

28 | A Community Treasure

Clinica, born in a Lafayette living room, offers top-notch medical care to the underserved in Boulder County.

BY DELL BLEEKMAN

Although its leaders are barely old enough to vote, they are making waves around the world to protect the environment.

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40 | In This Together

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PEOPLE PROFILES 32 | Curt Hammerly

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End Racism NOW! I grew up outside of Philadelphia. I wasn’t aware of racism as a child, although it certainly existed. My grade school was integrated, and many of my friends were Black. We were in Cub Scouts together, played Little League, went to birthday parties, usual stuff kids do. It took a trip across the Mason-Dixon line at age seven to see racial hatred first-hand.

My dad was a Civil War buff, and one summer he took the family south to visit battle fields. We were on the Chesapeake Bay ferry on a very hot July day, and I was really thirsty. I crossed the deck to get some water, and there were two fountains — one said “Colored,” the other “White.” Neat, I thought, colored water! I went to take a drink and a kind Black woman came over to stop me. “Honey, you can’t drink from this fountain, you need to drink from that White fountain,” she said. My mom saw what was happening, and gave me a quick tutorial in segregation — Colored fountains, Colored bathrooms, Colored waiting rooms. I remember clearly the outrage and anger I felt.

“You mean my friends Michael and Phillip can’t use the same bathroom as me? That’s wrong!” It was wrong then, and racism is still REALLY wrong now.

It is horrific that it took the brutal murder of George Floyd to awaken some Americans to the systemic and very real racism that exists, but good will come from that shameful act. Being white in Boulder County presents many roadblocks to becoming woke to what it means to be Black here, and especially what we can do individually to help drive solutions.

We asked Annett James, president of the NAACP Boulder County, to share her thoughts at this time, to help provide a brief education on the issues, and to point us in a direction for change. Please read her essay (pages 18–19), and do what YOU can to help end racism once and for all!

While some of the changes spurred by Black Lives Matter have come wonderfully fast, the uncertainty and trauma caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will grind on for a serious time to come. No one has escaped its impact, and we mourn those whose lives have been lost, and loved ones sickened.

Of course, the impact on jobs and the economy is ongoing. It has been especially damaging to many locally owned businesses that are now trying to recover and stay in business. Our own little publishing company is no exception. We are forever grateful to the businesses that have supported us for 43 years, and especially to those who have joined us for this issue. Please support them!

So, this is a VERY special issue of Boulder Magazine … its local focus on people and fun is combined with the beautiful pages of Boulder County Home+Garden Magazine. If you enjoy our amazing community, you’ll find the best of it here in these pages. In a world that has become increasingly virtual by necessity, this magazine gives you something to touch, feel and access on your own.

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Black people are #DoneDying

BY ANNETT JAMES, PRESIDENT, NAACP BOULDER COUNTY

There is no place in the United States, and arguably the world, where Black people are considered equal among White people — nor are they afforded the opportunity to truly coexist in environments where they’re safe from the burdens of systemic anti-Black racism. Equality demands the removal of all externally imposed barriers that prevent a human being from realizing his/her/their fullest potential. Safety demands that Black bodies not be wrongfully and disproportionately subjected to deadly force at the hands/knees of law enforcement, or having to continually endure the daily micro-aggressions of de facto policing by emboldened white citizens who challenge our very existence.

The construct of race, as created by White people, was a masterful one. So much so, that it has effectively perpetuated the ongoing conscious/unconscious lie that whiteness, alone, is the preeminent currency of the land. As President Lyndon B. Johnson said in the 1960s, “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.” This evil, yet brilliantly crafted institution of white supremacy is what Black

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people are forced to deal with, day in and day out.

All of the horrors of slavery, Jim Crow, redlining, disparities in health and wealth, and police brutality were born, and continue to thrive, because of this system. While the reality of the inhumane and rigorous treatment of Black people spurs feelings of guilt and fragility among some of our White counterparts, sympathetic gestures are no longer (nor have they ever been) sufficient.

The fact that Whites are privileged by, and have benefited from, this insidious institution for over 400 years is not a secret and endears no adoration. It is high time for reconciliation, as this way of life is no longer tenable and has run its course, FOR US ALL. Black people are #DoneDying.

This mountain of systemic racism can be dismantled. However, to do so peacefully will require courage. The dismantling process depends on the skills of those who have previously had the luxury of silence to speak out. Not in that intellectual — straddling the fence, looking for some neutral false equivalent — kind of way, but with the voice of righteousness and moral commitment. Be on the right side of history and grab the Arc now.

THINK • LEARN • TAKE ACTION Educate yourself and share it with others.

Be a truthful Parent.

“It is an aspect of their sense of superiority that the white people of America believe they have so little to learn.”

–Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

All too often, my Black friends recount the fragility by which White parents react when their young child exhibits curiosity at the sight of a Black person. By refusing to validate to the child that he/she is seeing a Black person, the parent is engaging in willful denial and passing it on to the child.

These subliminal messages lead to 911 calls void of need — just an exhibition of having been emotionally discomforted.

Racism’s survival depends on mis-education or the disregard thereof. Making allowances for not knowing is no longer an excuse, knowledge is immediately accessible (put a few keywords in Google — read the 1619 Project) Choose your language carefully.

Take some ownership of guilt.

Become familiar with biases used in everyday speech.

Many words and phrases seem benign but really reinforce white domination (e.g., “majority minority”) — these words are numerical terms and can’t be both.

If Blacks and/or People of Color represent the greater ‘portion’ then that means they are the majority! And my yoga favorite: “white knuckle grip” — Black people don’t have white knuckles regardless of the pressure applied. In short, check all your colloquialisms.

President Clinton apologized for the slave trade, but the mere suggestion that an apology for the institution of slavery would be uttered was confoundedly met with a swift and resounding NO. To apologize would mean acknowledging that something wrong had taken place and it would make whites feel guilty.

Guilt says some part of your humanity remains capable of awaking.

Support financial reparations for Black Americans.

Join NAACP Boulder Branch.

Donate to Black organizations and institutions and support Black-owned businesses.

“Slavery was the tainted fuel that kindled the fires of U.S. capitalism and made the country grow.”

–Edward Ball, “Slaves in the Family” Suggested Reading: “The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism” by Edward Baptist; “The Case for Black Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates for The Atlantic.

Annett James, is a mom, speaker, an advocate for social and economic equality, and president of NAACP Boulder County Branch.

A native of rural Mississippi, she found her way to Boulder, Colorado to study at the University of Colorado, and has lived in Boulder since.

Annett has always had a passion for education, economics and business. These interests bloomed during her studies. She was a member of Black Student Alliance, and supported the First Nations Committee. They were the catalyst to her membership in multiple nonprofit organizations and boards, including the Family Learning Center and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. A former chair of the United Black Women of Boulder Valley, she worked to promote the educational, economic, political and social welfare of Black people in Boulder Valley.

NAACP was founded in 1909 by a racial diverse group of woke individuals to fight against Lynching. Here in Boulder, our efforts are to ensure a community in which all individuals have equal rights and where racial discrimination is not tolerated.

We welcome all who share this vision to join us and help speed up this reality.

During her time as an investment broker, she taught training seminars for Black and People of Color that focused on the importance of financial planning that included knowledge of debt and equity instruments. She was one of a small group of investment brokers that lobbied fortune 500 companies to conduct some of their stock trades using Black brokers. Annett enjoys inventing and product development and has a granted utility patent.

Annett helped to found the Joan Washington Scholarship Fund which provided a monetary stipend to Black high school graduates from Boulder and St. Vrain Valley School Districts and the Charles and Mildred Nilon Scholarship which is awarded to a student majoring in education at the University of Colorado who plans to teach in diverse schools.

Currently Annett’s spark is fixated on expanding the reach and vision of the NAACP Boulder County Branch.

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The Virginity Heard ’Round the World

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She had dated over 100 men, and was not shy about disclosing her personal history. Opening up about her virginity encouraged her readers and listeners to reciprocate with their own stories about sex (or a lack thereof). McCracken

says, “It’s kind of like going to a nude beach. They see me being so naked and transparent, so they feel like they should take their clothes off, too.”

Well, the world can stop holding its breath, because the woman who became famous for her commentary on virginity finally found her person. In her recent article for HuffPost, McCracken chronicles the journey, and it has once again gone viral. Even BBC World News reached out for an interview.

McCracken is now happily married and she’ll soon have living proof that her virginity does not have a shelf life — she and her husband Dave are expecting a baby in August.

Check out the full story at www.amandajmccracken.com, and look for McCracken’s upcoming book, “How Longing Became My Lover.”

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In 2013, Boulder writer Amanda McCracken was a 35-year-old virgin, and she had composed an article for The New York Times titled “Does My Virginity Have a Shelf Life?” Her musings on the wisdom or folly of her sexual status attracted thousands of readers, hundreds of comments and the interest of Katie Couric, who interviewed McCracken on her show in 2014. More comments, judgment and advice flooded in.

asion Moths usually spread out over large areas in search of nectar. This year, however, we had a very late freeze and many flowering plants in wild areas lost their blooms. As a result, moths clustered in areas with intentional landscaping, where flowers are often protected from the elements by homeowners. This is known as the “oasis effect.”

Save for a few stragglers, miller moths have migrated to the mountains for now, but you can expect them back in September to lay their eggs.

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If you noticed more miller moths flying around this spring, you weren’t alone. Many people took to social media to comment on the ubiquitous insects, but entomologists Whitney Cranshaw and Frank Peairs at CSU report that 2020 is actually an average moth year in terms of overall population. The past four years saw unusually low numbers, so the stark difference garnered a lot of attention.

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A GOLDEN Cycling Opportunity Seniors in the Boulder area have a new chance to feel the wind in their hair. Cycling Without Age (CWA) is a nonprofit that organizes volunteer cyclists who provide free rides on trishaws (rickshaw-style cycles) for elderly community members.

Boulder joined the party last November, and our local CWA chapter has partnered with senior care centers Golden West in Boulder and TRU PACE in Lafayette. CWA is taking sanitary precautions so they can safely resume operations. Check www. cyclingwithoutageboulder.com for more information.

“Taking seniors out in these specially built trishaws not only gives them a renewed sense of mobility, but also provides an opportunity for them to enjoy miles of riding on our phenomenal pathways.”

– Ed Wittman, founder of CWA Boulder

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This organization began in Copenhagen in 2012, and has spread to more than 40 countries. Founder Ole Kassow says in his TEDx talk that taking seniors out for rides gave them a whole new mobility, and it gave him insight into his own city and its history.

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Unseen Struggles in the Animal World

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It’s no secret that grocery sales have gone way up during the COVID-19 crisis, but that has had a surprising consequence for The Wild Animal Sanctuary (WAS) in Keenesburg, CO. Several large grocery stores usually donate excess meat and produce to WAS, but as we can see from the frequently empty shelves, there hasn’t been much “excess” these days.

Kent Drotar, public relations director at WAS, says, “At one point, we were receiving less than twenty-five percent of the normal donated food we feed to the animals each week.” They had to spend large portions of their budget making up for that loss, which was precarious, as monetary donations have also dropped due to widespread unemployment and economic uncertainty.

With the sanctuary recently reopened, visiting is a good way to support the organization and get some time out of the house. All visitors must wear masks, and social distancing is easy on the 1.5-mile-long walkway, which is 8 feet wide.

Visit www.wildanimalsanctuary.org to donate or find other ways you can help.

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Embrace Your Inner Hippie Yes, the peace and love parts, but also the practical and just plain fun

You don’t have to flash the peace symbol to adopt a “hippie” lifestyle (but do if the mood strikes!). Instead, care for Mother Earth, love thy neighbor and embark on some alternative forms of entertainment. If there’s a positive thing COVID-19 has taught us, it’s to slow down and live a little “lighter.”

Remember that nostalgic, fresh outdoor scent of line-dried clothes and linens?

Have it again! Mount a retractable clothesline on the house or garage for a trip down memory lane — and some utility savings. Get a 40-foot retractable clothesline, $24.99, at McGuckin Hardware, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder.

Make your own macramé plant hanger with a virtual course from Maker General in Longmont. Check out www. makergeneral.com for more information and a schedule of classes.

Crystals have been touted as sacred, healing objects in many cultures. Whether or not you believe in their remedial qualities, they are still beautiful and colorful and will make an interesting addition to your home. Check out a wide variety at Crystal Galleries at 1302 Pearl St. in Boulder.

Give the gas-guzzler a break and get some fresh air with Boulder’s public bicycles. With 45 stations, 300 bikes and payment options from hourly to annual, Boulder B-cycle can help you get where you need to go. https:// boulder.bcycle.com Put a bee hotel in your backyard. Paint rocks with beautiful designs or uplifting messages. Tie-dye some shirts with the kids. Learn to play the ukulele. The possibilities are endless. Express your inner hippie however you like!

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Take up hooping for fun or fitness. Get a beginner hoop, a travel version or — if you’re experienced — test your mettle with a fire hoop. Find more hoops than you’ve ever imagined, made right here in Boulder at www.hoopologie.com.

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#BlackLivesMatter Moments after Boulder Magazine contributing photographer Benjamin Buren of Alive Studios set up his camera to shoot the newly closed west end of Pearl Street for our cover photo shoot, he found himself in the middle of a march. On June 12, like many other days since the death of George Floyd, locals came together calling for equality and justice for Black Americans.

Boulder Magazine supports this cause, and as a voice for our community, we are committed to continuing this conversation. The only way to incite change is to keep the conversation alive and productive. We see you. We hear you. We support you. #BlackLivesMatter

It’s a bit hard to meet new people during a pandemic, but a local podcast is introducing its audience to interesting women and their personal, touching and sometimes outrageous stories. Lisa Caperton and Corey Barnes record “Her Turn to Talk” from their homes in Superior and Louisville, respectively.

Caperton says, “We got the idea after we went on

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a girls trip together and had many conversations with strangers while out and about. We believe that sharing and being vulnerable is how we find connection and compassion for others.”

We can’t speak for the rest of their listeners, but the episode “Goodbye Miss Flora With Bethany Roinestad” blew our minds. Check it out at www. herturntotalkpodcast.com.

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It’s no secret that Boulder and its surrounding communities are well known for world-class health care services. But what about the many who can’t access top-notch medical facilities? Decades ago, one woman asked that same question. Today, the answer is Clinica Family Health, a health care organization rooted in providing high-quality medical and dental care to the area’s underserved residents.

The first clinic at 100 W. Cleveland St. in Lafayette.

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Early Years At that time, the clinic operated on a shoestring budget with six staff members providing care to about 500 patients.

Wortman, who has been with Clinica for 23 years, recalls, “In these early years, the clinic saw mostly low-income farmworkers for basic health care such as blood-pressure checks, wellness visits and acute care.” Later, the clinic expanded into prenatal care. With patient numbers rising, it was clear the need was there; in a few short years, Clinica’s practitioners were seeing 1,200 to 1,500 patients a year. And it wasn’t just patient numbers increasing — so too was the need for square footage. The clinic moved to a few different locations in Lafayette over the years, each time seeking out more space.

In 1986, Clinica landed a federal grant, recognizing it as a community-based health care center that provides primary care services to underserved areas. Finally, the clinic had a steady flow of income and was able to add staff and provide more services. After

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Humble Beginnings In the early 1970s, the landscape of Lafayette and Louisville featured many commercial farms that employed Spanish-speaking migrant workers. Alicia Sanchez, a single mother of seven and afflicted with lupus, seemed an unlikely person to take on the role of health care provider to farmworkers who lacked access to medical care. Yet people came to her small Lafayette home when they were sick or injured. She drove workers to University Hospital in Denver, assisting with appointments, translating and helping them understand test results.

Sanchez selflessly did this for years. Then, against all odds, she decided to start a clinic. Susan Wortman, Clinica’s vice president of development, says, “Sanchez rallied elected officials and hired health care workers. She became the point person, going from neighborhood to neighborhood to spread the word about this new facility.” In 1977, Clinica Campesina was born.

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a few more years, Clinica expanded into western Adams County and (what is now) Broomfield County.

A Better Model Around that time, Dr. Carolyn Shepherd, Clinica’s first full-time medical director, began to develop what is now known as the “pod” model. “This approach allows us to break a big clinic into a number of small clinics,” Wortman explains, “so it feels more comfortable and personable to our patients.” Patients see the same health care team each time they come into the clinic. “That way, the team knows their patients well,” she adds, which leads to improved access to quality care. This model has been shared and replicated by health care organizations all over the country.

Indeed, this approach to care served as the inspiration for a brand new building. Senior staff envisioned a facility with an open floor plan to make the clinic more efficient. Opened in 2018, the Lafayette Medical and Dental Clinic did just that. Clinica now offers medical and mental health services at five locations, and dental care at three of its facilities. The staff grew to 650 individuals, including doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dentists and behavioral health professionals. In 2019, Clinica served almost 60,000 patients.

A Pandemic Strikes Clinica’s incident command team realized COVID-19 would require upending their entire care delivery model. They quickly pivoted to keep their healthy patients away from the clinic while setting up pathways to care for those who were still in need. Dental emergencies and patients not exhibiting respiratory ailments received treatment inside the clinics, while those displaying possible COVID-19 symptoms were treated in outdoor field hospital tents.

But the virus took its toll; Clinica furloughed one-third of its staff. It was a severe hit, Wortman concedes. “It’s a big deal for us — our hashtag is ‘bringbackourfriends’ and that’s what motivates us.” Indeed, bringing back furloughed staff is among the clinic’s current priorities.

Opportunities Going Forward The pandemic allowed Clinica the opportunity to move fully into the telehealth space. “The ‘tele’ shift has been exciting for us,” says Wortman, noting the clinic embraces telehealth in every facet — medical, behavioral and even dental.

Clinica plans to reopen fully this summer. The hallways will bustle with activity, just like when the clinic first opened its doors. One difference? What began in Alicia Sanchez’s small Lafayette home is now an organization that offers a full spectrum of primary care to people of all ages. Sanchez, who died in 1985, would surely be proud.

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Top photo: Some of Clinica’s founding staff at the 20th anniversary celebration, 1997.

Middle photo: Inez Buggs, nurse practitioner and Clinica’s first health provider.

Bottom photo: Clinica’s Lafayette Medical and Dental Clinic.

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The Accidental

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If not for a freak accident, Curt Hammerly wouldn’t have the career he does today

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n September 2011, while biking in south Boulder, Curt Hammerly was struck by a car that was traveling at 30 miles per hour. Among his many injuries: several broken ribs and a broken neck. He spent two weeks in the hospital and wore a traction halo for three months to hold steady the pins placed in his skull, which scarred his forehead. Doctors told Hammerly he’s lucky to have survived.

During the first month in the halo, Hammerly could make simple meals and do his laundry, but he was on prescription painkillers, so the bulk of his days were spent on the couch watching TV. About six weeks postaccident — for his mental health — Hammerly returned to work at the lab he ran in CU’s environmental design department.

Once the halo was finally removed, Hammerly went looking for other ways to get out of the house. On a lark, he enrolled in a class at the Boulder Potters’ Guild. He was still in a neck brace at the time. “They put a mirror in front of me because I couldn’t tilt my head down,” he says, “so I had to learn to throw while facing forward, only seeing the reflection of what I was doing.” The class turned into a form of art therapy. “It helped me more than I could possibly imagine,” he says. And then it inadvertently turned into a career he might never have otherwise discovered.

Molding a New Life Anyone who has taken a pottery class knows there’s a rather steep learning curve. Vases collapse. Bowls wobble, then fall. Art can be heartbreaking, but Hammerly was unrelenting; his own body had already endured all the smashing, cracking and breaking that could ever faze him.

He became endlessly curious about all aspects of clay, spending most of his spare time at the Guild. A clay candleholder, first drawn in 3D software, was an early experiment in marrying his knowledge of design with his fast-growing interest in clay.

He began selling so much pottery online and through social media that he no longer needed to work at CU. Hammerly, 34, has been a full-time ceramicist for nearly two years now. And in November of last year, he opened a storefront in Broomfield with a studio in the

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Clockwise from top: Curt Hammerly in his pottery studio. One of his $80, flies-off-the-shelf mugs. Hammerly in his halo shortly after the biking accident that changed the trajectory of his life.

back. As business thrived, he invested in a $50,000 kiln and a 3D printer that prints in clay.

While he could ramp up production and make more money, right now, he only sells what he needs to get by. “This is how I’ve decided to do it because it gets me the most hours with my hands on clay,” he says. “It’s all about hours of practice. Selling eighty-dollar coffee mugs is amazing, but I would love to sell ten-thousanddollar sculptures.”

Hammerly’s current production rate is possible because he amazingly sustained no significant lasting ailments from the crash, and he feels fortunate to have emerged from tragedy and found his way into art. “A lot of people had similar accidents and worse outcomes than I did,” he says. “I’m so incredibly lucky.”

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Amelia Earhart sitting in the cockpit of her Lockheed Electra airplane, ca. 1936. In July 1937, Earhart and the airplane were lost over the Pacific Ocean.

ndrew McKenna’s baby teeth are in the American Museum of Natural History.

It’s true. The Boulder resident is the son of Dr. Malcolm C. McKenna, former curator of vertebrate paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan. Traveling with his father on fossil digs, McKenna honed his archaeological skills, which he’s now using to help solve one of the most puzzling cold cases of all time: the disappearance of aviatrix Amelia Earhart.

The year was 1937 when Earhart, one of the most famous women of her day, disappeared without a trace along with her navigator, Fred Noonan, and her aircraft, a Lockheed Electra 10E. At age 39, Earhart was attempting to fly around the world as close to the equator as possible. If successful, she would have been the first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe.

The search for clues has continued for more than 80 years, and is now focused on Nikumaroro, a tiny uninhabited atoll in Kiribati. About 2,100 miles southwest of Honolulu, the tiny island is where Earhart and Noonan are believed to have crashlanded and died as castaways.

McKenna, 61, a graduate of Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Science, is a certified SCUBA diver, commercial pilot and president of Journey’s Aviation, the flight school and Fixed Base Operator (FBO) at Boulder Municipal Airport.

He has traveled to Nikumaroro six times over the past 30 years as a member of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR), a nonprofit that has been chasing clues for decades. McKenna and his teammates have worked with drones, ground-penetrating radar, forensic dogs, multibeam- and side-scan sonar, UV lamps, historical photos and film, radio reception patterns, and a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). Progress is slow, but exciting.

With every trip to the western Pacific Ocean, the team finds another clue to keep them occupied for years. One of the most intriguing is a piece of aircraft aluminum that washed ashore and was found in 1991. As forensic experts study the rivet patterns compared to photos and 16mm film of the aircraft, McKenna reports that a piece of insulated copper antenna wire embedded in the recovered piece has been reliably traced to the Earhart era.

“Is it part of the Lockheed Electra? Every clue opens new doors and brings us closer to solving what happened,” says McKenna. He’s eager to return to the Pacific in 2021 to expand the deepwater search and continue to scour for clues buried on one of the most remote islands on Earth.

“We’re placing the puzzle pieces together with every expedition and following the research in a direction that makes the most sense. It would be tremendously gratifying to answer one of the great mysteries of the twenty-first century.”

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Boulder resident Jeff Blumenfeld is chairman of the Rocky Mountain chapter of The Explorers Club and author of Travel With Purpose: A Field Guide to Voluntourism (www.travelwithpurposebook.com).

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Earth Guardians

Despite a global pandemic and blatant attacks from the current administration, these young warriors for climate change remain focused and strong.

Marlow Baines passes the microphone to world-famous youth environmental activist Greta Thunberg at the Denver Climate Strike in October 2019.

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They’re advocates, they’re leaders and they’re activists. And many of them aren’t yet old enough to vote.

At the forefront of Earth Guardians (EG), organizing young activists globally and vocalizing the group’s mission, are personalities both old — as in, been doing this a long time — and new.

Headlining the organization’s platform since he was six years old is Xiuhtezcatl (shoeTEZ-caht) Martinez (Editor’s note: No relationship to the author of this article). His trademark long, dark tresses and brown eyes that sparkle with passion, yet drill deep into your soul, have made him somewhat of a global superstar in the environmental activism arena. While Martinez, now 20, remains active within the Earth Guardian organization, much of his passion is currently focused on EG’s Indigenous Youth Leadership Initiative, a cause near and dear to his heart.

As the primarily youth-led organization continues to expand, young new faces have emerged. One such face: 18-year-old Marlow Baines, a recent high school graduate from Boulder. Baines will attend Quest University Canada in the fall of 2021. Until then, she plans to take a gap year to “focus wholeheartedly on Earth Guardians,” fully embracing her new role as fellow youth director alongside Martinez.

Not a stranger to speaking up and out for climate change and social injustice, Baines developed a deeper conviction after realizing the lengths to which some people will go fighting for what they believe in. “[In 2016] I went to Standing Rock* and witnessed

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A gathering of teens at an Indigenous Youth Leadership Initiative function. Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, co-youth director (shown in khakis and print shirt) leads the initiative that is near and dear to his heart.

firsthand this movement of thousands of people, working and standing for a more equitable and regenerative future,” she says. It was a pivotal moment for her. Upon returning to Boulder, she became earnestly and deeply involved with the Boulder-based organization.

Since then, Baines has become an impressive and tireless champion for climate and social justice, keynoting at venues across the nation and speaking at Boulder City Council, Boulder County Commissioner and state Senate Committee meetings. She’s been active, sitting

* Standing Rock

Beginning in 2016, an encampment lasted nearly two years while thousands conducted peaceful protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The proposed construction site was less than a mile away from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The potential for a spill into the nearby Missouri River would pollute the main water supply for the indigenous population.

on panels and committees for multiple youth-driven councils, coalitions and alliances and served as the EG global crew director.

In 2019, Baines was one of the lead organizers for the Colorado Climate Strikes, part of the international Climate Strikes where millions of youth poured into the streets, demanding climate action now. Baines emceed the Colorado event, which drew a record audience of 15,000 strikers. Shortly after, she stepped into her new role as fellow youth director.

One of the goals of Earth Guardians is to train younger generations to become effective advocates for environmental justice, creating a united voice to be heard globally. “We’re training youth to be organizers and leaders today,” Baines says. “Yes, we are the future.

We’re the ones who will be in power in twenty years … but what can we do now?”

She’s not just talking about organizing more strikes and protests.

She’s talking about taking action.

“When youth are inspired, they come to Earth Guardians and we

give them the tools and resources they need to go back into their communities, to look for what issues are going on. Then we help them devise and create solutions to tackle those issues,” she says. “The idea is that we start by building local change, then we come together as a global community to create the future that we want to see.”

With the onset of a global pandemic dominating the media limelight, it might seem that environmental protests and strike-driven movements have been derailed.

Baines disagrees. “We’re used to getting ‘no’ as an answer and having to push forward, shifting our message, fine-tuning our plan so that the answer becomes a ‘yes.’”

That’s exactly what the organization did in response to COVID-19.

“We completely reoriented the way we do things. We had to pivot and transition so we can continue to support our crews in ways that are not in-person based,” she says.

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than cancel the massive three-day strikes planned for Earth Day, they turned to social media, switching to a virtual platform. And they’ve directed more energy to their Youth Voting Campaign. In addition to a focus on increased voter registration among young people, the campaign also educates youth on how to vote, how to understand ballot issues and how to find out which politicians and corporations back each initiative.

“That’s the beautiful thing about this movement,” says Baines. “We’re amazingly resilient.”

Earth Guardians’ Mission

Marlow Baines addresses the crowd of protesters at the Denver Climate Strike in October 2019. The red handprint across her mouth symbolizes violence toward Indigenous women.

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez has been a fixture in the Earth Guardians organization since he was 6 years old. He serves as co-youth director alongside Marlow Baines, but much of his time is currently focused on EG’s Indigenous Youth Leadership Initiative.

“The Earth Guardians organization inspires, informs, engages and invests in its impactful community of over three hundred youth activist crews across the world.

We provide the platform, resources and collaborative opportunities necessary to elevate their voices and strengthen the positive impact they are having in their communities and the world.”

Indigenous Youth Leadership Initiative The events at Standing Rock were a powerful catalyst for new ideas and reinforced commitments to change. Hundreds of young people like Marlow Baines were inspired to return to their communities and dive deeper to effect change.

“In a lot of ways, Standing Rock was a youth-led movement,” says Kellie Berns, Earth Guardians national program director. “After witnessing the incredible upspringing of youth pride and initiative, Xiuhtezcatl and I began developing the idea of the Indigenous Youth Leadership Initiative.”

They were inspired to re-create those powerful experiences under the EG umbrella, realizing “the importance of having indigenous youth at the forefront of the climate justice space.”

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environmental justice movement.

“We foster a space where these young people can come and learn from each other about their traditions and cultures, while bringing their earth-based ways of life into the climate-sphere,” she says.

In 2019, Earth Guardians held their first indigenous youth training. Participants were trained on how to: • Organize campaigns • Talk to the media • Be strategic with nonviolent direct action • Understand environmental law and treaty rights and where they intersect • Decolonize oneself from 500 years of colonization • Lead decolonization movements • Implement planting of traditional medicine and food gardens

• Become mentors for other youth on the reservations and in urban neighborhoods The results were astounding. They saw indigenous youth keynoting for Climate Strikes in 2019, writing powerful pieces for Vogue magazine and speaking directly to senators and state representatives, including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Many of the newly developed leaders are heavily involved with the EG Voting Campaign, specifically targeting indigenous people to encourage and grow the Native American vote.

“Native peoples are really the first environmentalists,” says Berns. “They are inherent land defenders and water protectors. It’s our job to cultivate them as leaders so they can take that light and that spark back to others in their communities.”

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And we applaud the great effort you’ve taken to ensure the safety of our local residents.

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IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A PUPUSERêA One man’s ambition + Boulder’s community resources = delicious pupusas

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Left photo: Franklin Escobar and Marcia Kahn at a BoulderReads potluck.

Right photo: Franklin Escobar and Pupusas Familia at the Boulder Farmers Market.

tell you, the first season is nerve-wracking, exciting, stressful and exhilarating. Escobar says, “It was hard because I was a first-time manager and owner, but customers gave us really good reviews of our food.”

Kahn is immensely proud of her student.

She says, “Because of Franklin's willingness and determination to continually challenge himself, I am inspired to grow along with him.”

Escobar’s determination also brought both of his college-bound sisters successfully through their degree programs, and his family members back in El Salvador are doing well.

A pupusa is a small griddle cake made with cornmeal and stuffed with various fillings. It is the national dish of El Salvador.

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ranklin Escobar moved to the U.S. from El Salvador in 2007, determined to work hard and earn enough money to put two of his sisters through college and help his parents take care of his brother with special needs. He spent two years in Houston before moving to Boulder, where he’s worked in various restaurants and practiced his English along the way.

Learning a second language can be a slow, frustrating process without a good teacher. So when Escobar heard about the BoulderReads program through the Boulder Public Library, he signed up to work with a volunteer tutor to help him improve his reading and writing. After a short stint with one tutor who wasn’t a good match for him, Escobar was paired with Marcia Kahn, a retired dancer and shop owner who lives in Boulder.

“She is patient with me and has definitely helped me,” Escobar says. “You have to feel good with your tutor like they’re your friend.

With Marcia, I’ve seen huge progress, and I feel confident talking to her.” Kahn helped Escobar prepare for the written exam for his driver’s license and even picked him up to take him to the driving test. They have been working together for seven years now.

For many of those years, Escobar and several of his family members worked at the Tres Pupusas stand at the Boulder Farmers Market. Owner Cindy English says, “Franklin and his family were key to our story and success at the market.” After the 2018 market season, however, Tres Pupusas couldn’t return to the farmers market, so Escobar asked English if he could take on the mantle of farmers market pupusa seller, using a similar business model.

With her blessing, he set to work.

Escobar says, “It was really hard because I knew how the pupusa business operated, but I didn’t know anything about all the paperwork you have to do, and that was challenging.” Kahn walked him through the paperwork, and they also explored another community resource to help Escobar navigate the ins and outs of entrepreneurship: The Boulder Small Business Development Center. The center connected Escobar with Jesse Esparza, a bilingual consultant who helped him find funding, apply for licenses and figure out the taxes for his new business.

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mily Newman, executive director at Boulder-based Camber Outdoors, took the reins at the thought-leading organization right before the pandemic sent everything into a tailspin.

Camber Outdoors is a national nonprofit focused on building equitable, inclusive and diverse workplaces across the $887 billion recreation economy. The organization works with active-outdoors industry giants like REI and Patagonia down to minority-led small businesses and startups that want to hire and lead with a broader perspective.

In many ways, COVID-19 has only amplified Camber’s mission. “Because we are focused on people and work, we could not be busier,” Newman says.

“Rather than competing for talent in a tight job market, many workplaces have had to look at staff reductions and new ways of doing business. It’s even more important that companies demonstrate their values to employees and customers when times are tough.”

Workplace disparities are more evident than ever. “COVID-19 has had strikingly disparate health and economic impacts across populations, affecting employees differently across ethnic backgrounds, gender, socioeconomic status, family structures, and health profiles, etcetera,” she says. Camber has responded with resources such as trainings on equitable human resources practices, dialogues with funders that support diverse communities, and what Newman describes as methods for leading with inclusion in decentralized workspaces.

Before the pandemic, Camber was highly focused on letting constituents speak candidly so the organization could get to the root of inclusion issues. Newman got the idea while serving on the leadership team with My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, launched from the Obama White House.

“The number-one thing I heard as I spoke with young people who were being mentored was how the diversity of all our voices toward common goals of inclusion and collaboration at work helped them to see what could be possible,” she says.

Camber is committed to a vision of “Everyone’s Outdoors,” so to put that message into action, they created a roving StoryBus, which made its first big stop at the 2020 Outdoor Retailer Snow Show in Denver this past January. Everyone was welcome to record a personal story about working in the outdoors.

“The StoryBus was the happy result of a delicious dinner and bottle of wine shared with colleagues and friends at KEEN,” Newman says.

“What I am most proud of is that a diversity of emerging talent and leaders might have an opportunity to hear stories of the workplaces of the active-outdoors industry that they can connect with. And that connection could create a whole new path for a young person who might not have believed that a career in this space was for them.”

But while hearing more stories from more voices is a great start, there are still considerable hurdles to understanding workplace inclusion, equity and diversity as a business imperative, even though “data supports this,” according to Newman.

“Companies that commit to action in these areas demonstrate superior performance,” she explains. “We aren’t talking about charity or something that is ‘nice to do,’ but instead the future workforce, future customers, future world — the future of business. I see an incredibly bright future.”

The Camber StoryBus made its debut at the 2020 Outdoor Retailer Snow Show in Denver in January.

Photo on opposite page (left to right): Tracy Coppola, National Parks Conservation Association; Cat Pantaleo, forest bathing guide; Ildefonso VIlar, Promotores Verdes; Irene Vilar, Americas for Conservation + the Arts; Emily Newman, executive director of Camber Outdoors.

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Hydrate IV Bar offers alternatives to help maintain well-being

BY CAROL BROCK

Katie Wafer, owner of Boulder’s Hydrate

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Tucked into a strip mall in Boulder’s Folsom Village, Hydrate IV Bar looks like it could be one of a hundred mom-and-pop shops. But cross the threshold and you’ll enter a tranquil, spa-like setting where you can sink into a cushy leather armchair and admire calming art on restfully painted walls or watch nature images scroll on a big-screen TV. Everything in this pleasant parlor is meant to calm and soothe, which is good when you’re about to get a needle stuck in your arm. The health professionals at Hydrate IV Bar think of it as a gentle prick on your road to personal wellness through injectable supplements and hydrating, nutrient-rich IVs delivered directly into your bloodstream.

“A lot of people don’t realize how good their body could feel if they were giving it what it needed,” says Katie Wafer, owner of Boulder’s Hydrate and four sister stores in Denver. Administering saline and nutrients intravenously results in “one-hundred percent absorption,” she says, which is not the case with oral supplements.

The shop’s serene environment and wellness services are Wafer’s brainchild.

She has an extensive background in medical sales and witnessed firsthand the health-enhancing effects of IV hydration and supplement injections while working with medical doctors who offered these services, and professional athletes who used them to enhance performance.

Being personally passionate about alternative medicine, and with a background in conventional medicine, Wafer created the idea for Hydrate. Instead of administering IV therapies and injectables in a clinical setting, she toyed with a different approach: “I wanted to create a boutique spa setting where you’d come to us, tell us what you wanted, and we could provide that service for you.”

When Wafer met Dr. Nora MacDonald, D.O., and owner of the Integrative Center for Health in Fort Collins, everything fell into place. MacDonald has nearly 30 years of experience in integrative medicine, Wafer says, and the two “immediately hit it off.” While Wafer developed Hydrate’s business model, MacDonald crafted its menu of services, protocols, policies and procedures, and oversaw Hydrate’s compounding pharmacies that make all the IVs and injectables on Hydrate’s menu.

Veteran nurses administer Hydrate’s injectables and IVs, and take vital signs and temperatures before treatments begin. “We are very sensitive to the fact that a fear of needles is very common,” Wafer says. “We do our best to make it as comfortable and approachable as possible. I’m very, very confident in our

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nurses and that’s so important. We want to gain your trust.” New clients are screened to ensure IV and injectable supplement therapies are a good fit for them, and Hydrate works closely with doctors of clients who have concerning health issues.

A Full Tank Feels Good Most Hydrate patrons are healthy, active adults who use their services to “give them that extra oomph,” Wafer says. Many avail themselves of Hydrate’s membership program that includes monthly IV drips, B12 injections and other benefits. (Sessions are currently by appointment only to maintain social distancing and coronavirus protocols.)

Other patrons may have nutrient deficiencies due to restrictive diets, diseases or poor gastrointestinal absorption of oral supplements. Lauren, a Hydrate client, sought out hydration therapy when her doctor recommended B12 injections after oral supplements failed to boost the diminished level in her bloodstream. “I’ve been going to Hydrate IV Bar biweekly for more than three years and the benefits have been amazing,” says Lauren. “Increased energy, mental clarity, better sleep and less anxiety. The Hydrate team is absolutely wonderful — warm, welcoming, kind and helpful — making for an enjoyable experience.”

Hydrate’s therapies aren’t substitutes for properly caring for yourself, however, cautions Wafer. “You should still hydrate well, eat healthy, exercise and take daily oral supplements.” Yet Colorado’s high altitude, harsh sun and physically active populace can tip the scale when it comes to dehydration. “That’s when you start seeing fatigue and brain fog, and you’re not sleeping as well and your GI system isn’t working as well,” adds Wafer, whose services help “fill up your tank.”

Once that happens, your body feels revved up. “It’s good to have a business that people leave feeling better,” she says. “That’s what keeps us going: To have developed a community of wellness-driven individuals who now see intravenous therapies as a fundamental pillar to their health and wellness routine.”

Visit their website for a complete menu of services for wellness, recovery, illness and more, as well as pricing and membership benefits.

HYDRATE IV BAR 1655 Folsom St., Boulder • 720-410-2163 www.hydrateivbar.com Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. • Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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