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SHELTER UPDATE⚠️❄️ Lakewood's Severe Weather Shelter will be open tonight (Jan 7th) due to anticipated cold weather. 📍 8000 W Colfax Ave ⏰ 7PM to 7AM following day No reservation needed. Pet-friendly. Info: lkwd.co/shelter

It tells you where the City's values are when the Street Enforcement Team becomes the perpetually funded sacred cow while innovative community-based programs that actually connect people to resources get little to nothing.

We were able to raise $520 for car repairs. Darwin is doing all the repairs himself. He even replaced and wired in the side mirrors, which were donated by our friends Lee and Deb. So far we got oil, oil filter, air filter, spark plugs, gas line cleaner, some fuses (that were tota

If you can..donate to Mutual Aid Monday to help our friends, Maria y Darwin, who have a recently diagnosed, very sick, 3 yr old, needing years of treatment. The family needed a car to travel to the hospital almost daily. Some mechanical work, title , reg, INS still needed.

(that were totally missing...haha) It took driving around to 4 different auto parts stores but we found them all. Only used less than $200 so more can be used for radiator flush, brake fluid, power sterring fluid, reg, title and INS! 👇

Save your positive energy—dedicate it Through the virtues I have accumulated [...] may compassion and wisdom develop and increase for everyone. Through this may all suffering quickly cease and may we experience permanent world peace and everlasting happiness. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Spent the day with @AidMonday learning how unhoused people survive the winters by building tent warmers and stoves with high school students. A good start to a good day.

Since it is impossible to fulfill all our desires or to stop unwanted things happening to us, we need to find a different way of relating to frustrated desires and unwanted occurrences. We need to learn patient acceptance. How to Solve Our Human Problems by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Donald Trump opens the debate falsely claiming that migrants are "taking over" the "town" of Aurora, Colorado. City leaders and Aurora Police have said a Venezuelan gang has not taken over apartment buildings, let alone the entire city of Aurora, population 400,000. #copolitics

Greta Thunberg is right.

Last night, Councilwoman @SerenaForCO and I introduced, with unanimous @DenCityCouncil co-sponsorship, CB 24-1173: A Proclamation Celebrating Denver's Diversity & Commitment to Accepting People of All Backgrounds.

Top Row Colt Gray, murdered 4, injured 4, ARMED—ALIVE (Arrested by police) Dylan Roof, murdered 9, injured 1, ARMED—ALIVE (Arrested by police) Payton Gendron, murdered 10, injured 3, ARMED—ALIVE (Arrested by police) Travis Reinking, murdered 4, injured 4, ARMED—ALIVE (Arrested by police) Bottom Row Sean Bell, murdered 0, injured 0, UNARMED—DEAD (Shot 50 times by police) Stephon Clark, murdered 0, injured 0, UNARMED—DEAD (Shot 20 times by police) Jayland Walker, murdered 0, injured 0, UNARMED—DEAD (Shot 90 times by police) Sonya Massey, murdered 0, injured 0, UNARMED—DEAD (Shot in head by police) I know, “stop making it about race” 🤦🏽‍♂️

WEST BANK: A 16-year-old Palestinian girl was shot and killed by an Israeli sniper in Jenin. Lujain Musleh’s father says she was shot through the forehead while looking out of the window of their home. No other country on earth can get away with this level of barbarity.