“As I educated myself on Black people and outdoors, I’ve learned of the historical racism that kept us from experiencing the outdoors with the freedom of not fearing for our lives,” she explains. “So I do it for my ancestors that couldn’t do it.”
Myles created about twenty videos for the blog. The experience inspired her to quit a human-resources day job and take video production and editing classes at Emily Griffith Technical College for nine months. She soon launched Dope Life Media, which eventually became Dope Mom Life without a real client focus at the time.
One day, Myles shot a video about a neighborhood in Aurora undergoing gentrification. She met a coffee shop owner who was receiving a grant from Aurora’s Lodger’s Tax to renovate his storefront.
Even as it s dealing with the myriad challenges related to education during the pandemic, Denver Public Schools is facing two lawsuits stemming from a claim of discrimination at Emily Griffith Technical College. The first was filed by Tisha Lee, who contends that she lost out on landing the executive director position at the institution in part because she s Black, while the second is being pressed by Barbara Lindsay, a member of the interview panel allegedly fired because she told Lee about racist rhetoric directed against her during the hiring process.
According to attorney Darold Killmer of Denver-based Killmer, Lane & Newman LLP, which represents both Lee and Lindsay, Other panelists had said, We should hold her to a higher standard as a Black woman, which is obviously racially discriminatory. And concerns were also raised among the interview panelists as to whether Ms. Lee would have the fundraising skills necessary for the job as a Black woman the implication being that s
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