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Girls Inc. of Metro Denver Announces New Board Chair and Board Leadership for Next Phase of Expansion

Denver, CO – Girls Inc. of Metro Denver (GIMD) is proud to announce Simone D. Morrison, CEO of the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce, as its new Board Chair, leading the organization into its next chapter of growth, expansion and community impact.

ORDWAY, Colo. — Mario Rios’ paintings have graced the walls of the Colorado State Capitol, SUNY Fredonia and the Museum of Art Fort Collins. But his most ambitious project yet is also the most exclusive, on view only within Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility, where Rios is serving a life sentence without parole.

Over the last seven years, Rios has transformed the hallway of the prison’s mental health wing into a floor-to-ceiling mural. Titled “Metamorphosis of Change,” the mural is inspired by the story of Frankenstein’s monster.

Rios, 47, has been incarcerated for 19 years. The mural has been a work-in-progress for more than a third of that time. The artwork, he said, is a source of pride, an opportunity for reflection and a chance to connect with other incarcerated people.

Trees, Water & People, an environmental nonprofit based in Fort Collins, created “In the Right Hands”, a short film that explores the importance and impact of trust-based philanthropy.

https://www.trustbasedphilanthropy.org/tools-resources/intherighthands

Trust-based philanthropy is a growing movement and practice in the philanthropic sector which encourages authentic donor-grantee relationships, unrestricted and long-term grant structures, and more flexible reporting requirements; ultimately, trust-based philanthropy seeks to reduce burdens upon nonprofits and other grantees, and facilitate investment in more long-term, systemic change by allowing communities greater autonomy and flexibility in the use of funding. Though these practices are not entirely new, the concept of trust-based philanthropy became more formalized under the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project and gained further momentum following the COVID-19 pandemic, which demonstrated the need for more flexible funding structures.

DENVER — Colorado turns 150 years old this year and to mark the milestone — and the concurrent 250th anniversary of the founding of the country — the state Legislature established a commission to plan a series of commemorative events.

And what are Colorado’s Indigenous communities planning to bring to the parties?

The truth.

On a bus.

“We want to talk about what happened, what really happened, and our histories and bring that into the modern day, and see how we can we heal from this,” said Diné artist Nazhoné Morgan, who helped turn an ordinary school bus into a mobile exhibit on Colorado’s Native culture and history that will travel the state sharing the stories.