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Above: Local residents visit a memorial to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, in Newtown, Conn., Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. | Bryan Woolston/AP Photo

Below: Club Q Shooting Victims - Daniel Aston, Kelly Loving, Ashely Paugh, Derrick Rump and Raymond Green Vance
Rx for Resilience: Restore


As we enter the holiday season, this time should be one filled with joy, connection, community, and love. Unfortunately, this is becoming true for fewer people in the United States as more and more innocent humans fall victim to gun violence. Today, we want to address the recent violent acts against our community and demand that our leadership take steps to address this. Our hearts are heavy and aching this holiday season - how can we restore our losses?

There is no story more heartbreaking and horrific than the acts that happened nearly 10 years ago on December 12th at Sandy Hook Elementary School. This event marked one of the most tragic mass shooting events, taking the precious lives of 20 first graders and 6 educators. As we mourned for the loss of these lives, we hoped that policies would change to restore our broken system. Instead, we remain in a similar position 10 years later, now healing from yet another violent shooting.

This past week, on November 19th, 5 people enjoying their evening at Club Q in Colorado Springs were shot and killed. 25 others were injured as a result of this recent mass shooting. As we intentionally work to honor and remember the lives of those taken, it is hard to keep up with the seemingly constant stream of losses we experience from gun violence.

In a Washington Post article, they found that "mass shootings — where four or more people, not including the shooter, are injured or killed — have averaged more than one per day so far this year. Not a single week in 2022 has passed without at least four mass shootings."

The attacks impact us all, whether we lost a family member or friend, found ourselves nearly escaping our own death, or live with the sad fact that the odds of being involved in a mass shooting in our lifetimes grows increasingly possible. We plead with our politicians and leaders across the U.S. that something is done to protect innocent lives. We call for a change to gun policy and ask that actions be taken to restore our sense of safety and peace - thoughts and prayers will not resolve this crisis.

Today we invite you all to engage in your own practices of restoring peace within your heart and remembering the lives lost to gun violence. Take a moment to read the stories of the 5 victims from Club Q. Read through the partial list of mass shootings in 2022 and pause to remember and honor those who lost their lives. If you have the means to support the victims, families and community, consider donating to coloradohealingfund.org. Join, donate, and support an organization working to stop and address gun violence in the U.S. - check out Everytown, Sandy Hook Promise, or the Brady Campaign.

Youth-Focused Crisis Services and Mental Health Resources:

Inside Out Youth Services: Inside Out Youth Services builds access, equity, and power with LGBTQIA2+ young people, through leadership, advocacy, community-building, education, and peer support. Find a list of LGBTQIA+ resources at InsideOutYS.org/Resources.

The Trevor Project: The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning) young people. Connect to a crisis counselor 24/7, 365 days a year, from anywhere in the U.S. It is 100% confidential, and 100% free. Visit TheTrevorProject.org to get connected.

SAVE the DATE: Join us in Denver June 7-9

June 7 Inclusive Leader Awards Dinner,
First Gen Leadership Program

June 8, 9 GlobalMindED Conference
2023 Denver, Colorado

Watch the brief video below that The PhD Project produced highlighting the experience at GlobalMindED from several key demographics; students, faculty, and business leaders
Making Impact: Leveraging Collaborations and Partnerships to Advance STEM Equity

Moderated by Dr. Susan Swayze, Founder & CEO Diversity Think Tank. Dr. Swayze is a DEI strategist and expert researcher who created Diversity Think Tank to help organizations identify transformative solutions and accomplish audacious goals. Susan is a highly sought-after speaker on topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion with special emphasis on holding conversations about bias, race, and gender pay equity. She has inspired audiences in Africa, Brazil, Canada, and across the U.S. An accomplished scholar, Dr. Swayze has authored three books and more than 50 scholarly works. Speakers include:

Melvin Stallings, President, Cyber Green Group
CGG is a workforce training non-profit for teachers and students in STEAM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Arts, and Math) that trains, educates, and creates innovators of the future. Mr. Stallings is also a Curriculum Development Specialist and has written many math and science curriculums for high schools throughout the US. He has presented professional development workshops at local and national conferences and managed various STEAM initiatives for over 1,500 students in subject areas like Cyber Forensic, Biomedical Engineering, Coding, and the Art of Green Science across the US.

Dr. Janelle M. Johnson, Associate Professor of STEM Education, Metropolitan State University
Dr. Johnson is co-editor of “STEM21: Equity in Teaching and Learning to Meet Global Challenges of Standards, Engagement, and Transformation” (2018). Her research focuses on interdisciplinary STEM equity and inclusive approaches to teaching and learning. Janelle taught K-12 math and science with English Learners primarily in Guatemala, and now teaches multicultural education and science methods at the university. Dr. Johnson is on the board of the Colorado Assoc. of Science Teachers, the Director of the Colorado STEM Ecosystem 2.0, and she served on the Council of State Science Supervisors ACESSE Network in the disrupting ableism affinity group.

Lisette Torres-Gerald, Senior Research Associate and Program Coordinator, TERC
Dr. Torres-Gerald is a scientist and disabled scholar-activist at TERC, a non-profit made up of teams of math and science education and research experts. Her academic research focuses on addressing racial and gender inequity in science and higher education. Lisette is an active member of Science
for the People and a co-founder and executive board member of the National Coalition for Latinxs with Disabilities. Dr. Torres-Gerald is also an advisory board member of Science Friday’s Breakthrough Dialogues Program and the Invisible Disability Project (IDP)

Rubi Amateco, Biology Student, Metropolitan State University
Highlights from the Resolve to Solve in Atlanta below. You can watch a YouTube video of the entire day,thanks to WABE/PBS Atlanta.
Rose Scott with Dr. Glenda Glover, Dr. David Thomas, and Dr. M. Brian Blake
Michael Render, AKA "Killer Mike"
June 2022 Conference Summary in Photos and Videos
We had an inspiring conference in June after two years of virtual gatherings due to COVID. If you missed that, you can still be a part of the experience through the photos from the 2022 GlobalMindED conference, as well as seeing the complete program for connections and inspiration.



Video remarks:
Honoring the 2022 Inclusive Leader Award Winners. Please see their stories:
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