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Saturday, September 13 • 4:15pm - 5:30pm
Where is the Park? Why we must reconnect with the outdoors and what's at stake if we don't - FREE ADMISSION LIMITED

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Nature and the Outdoors provide us with a multitude of benefits, from personal and social health benefits, to cultural connections rooted in tradition and history. Reconnecting to the outdoors is a necessity at the personal and community level, from young to old, across cultures and generations. It is a way to heal the self and community, to value the cultural connections of communities, to think about the future while protecting our open spaces and building on the conservation successes of the past. Come listen to how these leaders are working to reconnect ourselves and communities with the outdoors and why this matters.

Laura Rodriguez,Sierra Club's Inspiring Connections Outdoors Rafting, Chair
Jose Gonzalez, Latino Outdoors
Juan Martinez, Children & Nature Network
Rod Torrez, Hecho 
Maite Arce, Hispanic Access Foundation 


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Midy Aponte

President, Sánchez Ricardo
Most recognized for her community influencer and leadership abilities, Midy Aponte is an accomplished communications strategist intent on delivering meaningful results that connect all types of audiences: corporate representatives, political thought-leaders, community advocates and... Read More →

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Maite Arce

Maite’s family emigrated to the U.S. from Mexico in search for work and a better life in the 1970s. She was raised in Southern California. While working in the nonprofit sector for many years, she realized how much easier life could have been for her parents had they had access... Read More →
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José González

Founder- Executive Director Emeritus, Blue Sky Program Committee
José G. González is an experienced educator in the arts, education, conservation, and the environment as a K-12 public education teacher, environmental education advisor, outdoor education instructor and coordinator, and university adjunct faculty. He received his B.A at the University... Read More →
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Rod Torrez

Rod Torrez was born in Williams, Arizona, and has lived most of his life in the West. Love for the outdoors and an ethic to care for the land was instilled in him during his childhood in Arizona and Colorado, where he learned to enjoy hiking, camping, fishing, hunting and cross-country... Read More →


Saturday September 13, 2014 4:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
The Dairy Center for the Arts, East Theater 26th & Walnut Street | Boulder, CO 80302

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