The Colorado Senate has approved a thirty billion dollar state budget. Scott Franz explains the final steps lawmakers must take before sending it to Governor Polis. Plus, the National Park Service is trying to change stereotypes about park rangers through a program called NPS Academy, hosting a spring break orientation at Grand Teton National Park in March. Kyle Mackie of KHOL reports for Rocky Mountain Community Radio.
Today on Colorado Edition, we talk with Camille Dungy, a poet and professor in Colorado State University’s English program, about her contribution to an anthology of writings at the intersection of the climate movement and feminist thought. And we talk with Apollo Rodriquez, a high school student in a small Colorado town who documented coming out as transgender in a photo essay.
Today on Colorado Edition: We speak with a Fort Collins-based writer and poet about her work in an anthology of writings at the intersection of the climate movement and feminist thought, and we explore the work of a trans photographer in Paonia who documented the early days of his transition in a recent photo essay.
Today on Colorado Edition, we get an update on the spread COVID-19 cases in Northern Colorado. Then, we learn how schools are acknowledging the role trauma can play in students' lives. And we speak to a rural transgender high school student about documenting his experiences in a photo essay.
Last May, 16-year-old Apollo Rodriquez came out as transgender in rural Paonia. Rodriquez documented the earliest days of his transition in a photo essay.