March With Us – Juneteenth Community Gathering
Join the We Love Denver team as we march in the Juneteenth Parade.
Come march with the We Love Denver Team in the Juneteenth Parade. We will be celebrating the joy of Denver's Black community in one of the nation's longest-running Juneteenth Celebrations. We will be meeting in the Manuel High School parking lot at 10:30.
We will have extra water and a wagon with us to carry any personal belongings.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/march-with-us-for-juneteenth-tickets-1990514914693?aff=oddtdtcreator
North Denver Meet and Greet with Rudy Garcia's
Join Dr. Lisa Calderón for an evening of conversation and connection at a house party hosted by Rudy Garcia. This intimate gathering is a chance to meet Lisa, hear more about her vision for Denver, and engage with others in a welcoming, community-centered space.
National Racial Healing Day
Dr. Lisa Calderón will be joining the Denver Southeast Rotary Club for a morning meeting at the EPIC Campus at Littleton High School. This is an opportunity to connect with community leaders and engage in conversation about issues affecting Denver and the surrounding communities.
Denver's Pride Parade Watch Party
Join the We Love Denver Team as we cheer on our Pride Parade from Lisa's front Porch.
Join team Lisa as we celebrate Denver's LGBTQAI+ community from Lisa's front porch. The parade goes right by Lisa's house. We will celebrate the many floats and our Queer community while handing out water and ice pops to anybody who may need it.
Sunnyside Meet and Greet with Alicia Calderón
Come hang out with your Sunnyside neighbors to meet and talk to Lisa Calderón, Mayoral candidate for Denver, Colorado!
Join host Alicia Calderón and the movement to help elect Lisa Calderón as Denver's next mayor.
Hello friends,
We're excited to invite you to a special gathering with Lisa Calderón - a progressive, Democrat who believes deeply in listening to community voices and fighting for the Denver we all deserve. From affordable houseing to proven public safely solutions to goood jobs with dignity, Lisa has spent her life championing the people, and she's looking forward to meeting you.
This will be a warm, welcoming evening to connect, share stories, and hear Lisa's vision for Denver's future firsthand. Hors d'eouvres and beverages will be generously provided by our host.
Your presence and your voice matter, and we'd love to have you in the room.
Attorney General Forum – Community Conversation
Dr. Lisa Calderón will be in attendance at an Attorney General Forum hosted by the Denver Taskforce to Reimagine Policing and Public Safety and the Denver Justice Project at Brother Jeff’s Cultural Center. This event brings together community members and leaders for a thoughtful conversation around public safety, justice, and the future of our communities.
Community Bingo Night with Dr. Lisa Calderón
Join Dr. Lisa Calderón for an evening of community, conversation, and connection at a local bingo night hosted at American Legion Post 17 in Edgewater. Lisa will be there to meet attendees, share a few words, and spend time connecting with community members throughout the evening. Come enjoy a relaxed, welcoming environment with food, games, and great company.
📍 American Legion Post 17, 1901 N. Harlan Street, Edgewater, CO
🕕 Bingo begins at 6:30 PM (feel free to arrive earlier)
Volunteer Appreciation Open House
Join us for an exclusive, joyful evening of connection, updates, and a look at Denver’s future for our volunteers.
In just a few months, this campaign has grown into something powerful — and that’s because of you. Every conversation, every festival, every moment you’ve shown up has helped build the momentum behind Lisa’s run for Denver’s next Mayor.
Now it’s time to celebrate our movement.
We’re hosting our first-ever Volunteer‑a‑Palooza, a gathering for everyone who has volunteered — and everyone who’s ready to jump in. This is your space to connect with fellow Lisa for Denver supporters, hear what’s coming next, and help shape the future we’re building for Denver.
Lisa is opening her home to volunteers for an evening rooted in community, joy, and purpose.
Volunteer‑a‑Palooza Details
When: Tuesday June 9
Doors open: 5:00 PM
Welcome & campaign updates: 5:30 PM
Then: food, celebration, and time to build relationships that will carry us through this campaign
The event address will be shared with confirmed RSVPs 24 hours before the event.
We can’t wait to gather with you, honor what we’ve already built, and gear up for the work ahead. This movement is people-powered — and nights like this remind us why we fight for Denver’s future.
SD 34 Debate hosted by: Denver North Business Association Candidate Forum
SD 34 Debate hosted by: Denver North Business Association Candidate Forum
Mutual Aid Monday
Dr. Lisa Calderón will attend Mutual Aid Monday, a community-led gathering focused on supporting individuals experiencing homelessness and building connection across Denver. Held weekly at 14th & Bannock, this space brings together volunteers, advocates, and community members to provide resources, share meals, and engage in meaningful conversation.
BLKNWS Terms & Conditions Screening
Biennial of the Americas, MATTER, MCA Denver and Sundance Film Festival are partnering together for a special screening of BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions at the MCA Denver at the Holiday Theater.
Adapted from Kahlil Joseph’s renowned video installation, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is a cinematic work that mirrors the sonic textures of an album—interweaving fiction and history through cultural figures, artists, and digital voices in a vision of Black consciousness.
The evening includes a social hour, bookstore pop-up, and a post-film conversation featuring Lisa Kennedy, Shari Frilot, Julian Bleecker, Rick Griffith, and Kahlil Joseph.
Join us for an evening of film and dialogue that moves between history, narrative, and media—inviting new ways of seeing and understanding Black experience.
MATTER Seminar Subscribers, Biennial Culture Club and MCA Denver members receive discounted $10 tickets.
Tickets: BLKNWS Terms & Conditions
Healing Ceremony at the Zoo
Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance welcomes the Native American community throughout Colorado to join us in a healing ceremony and celebration. We encourage you to bring friends and family to this event, which is meant to address past harms and help us move forward together. Join us for this important event and learn more about how DZCA is working to move beyond land acknowledgments. DZCA endeavors to be a place of connection, fun and learning—so we can all help protect wildlife and wild places.
Learn more: https://my.denverzoo.org/74088/74089
Public Banking
Join our panel discussion as we explore how public banking can support our small and micro businesses, not just start - but thrive.
We’re thrilled to invite you into a conversation that feels both timely and transformative. This month, we’re digging into a topic that could reshape what’s possible for progressive policy and for the small businesses that keep our communities thriving: public banking.
We hear it all the time — that bold, people-centered policy "costs too much," even though study after study shows the opposite. Our communities save money, generate revenue, and build long-term stability when we invest in people. So what if the barrier isn’t the policy at all, but the financial systems behind it?
Could public banking be the tool that unlocks the future we’ve been fighting for?
Join us for a dynamic discussion with Lyne White-Colin of the AYA Foundation, local business owner and creative Rick Griffith, and the Honorable Juan Marcano, one of Colorado’s strongest public banking advocates. Together, we’ll explore what public banking really is, how it can strengthen small businesses and local economies, and what it would take to make it a reality here in Colorado.
Destination Freedom - Black Radio Days: A Letter from a Denver Jail
Audio Stories: This boundary-breaking program, Destination Freedom - Black Radio Days, illuminates the lives of great figures in African - American and other people of color past and present in struggle for human rights.
MAM: Mutual Aide Monday
We’ve been hearing a lot of interest from the Mutual Aid Monday (MAM) community in connecting with Lisa. Recently, several community members asked if she might be open to attending an upcoming gathering to meet folks and engage in conversation.
Lisa has joined MAM in the past, and there is a strong interest in continuing that connection. The group currently meets at 14th & Bannock on Mondays from 4–7 PM, and they have extended an open invitation for her to attend when she’s able.
MAM continues to be an active and visible space where community members come together around issues impacting Denver residents, and there is clear interest in having Lisa present to listen, engage, and connect.
Elyria Hidden Gems Tour
Join us as we walk to some of our hidden gems in the historic Elyria neighborhood.
We love Denver, and we know each neighborhood is packed with hidden gems of local businesses and non-profits that serve their communities. We are so excited to kick off this series in the historic Elyria neighborhood. We will be joined by neighborhood experts who will share what makes their home so special.
9:45: Meet outside the Green House Collective, 4700 Claude Ct, Denver CO, 80126
10:00 the tour begins:
Walk the rainbow bridge with Harmony Cummings
Tour CreSer ECE with Honorable Candi CdeBaca
Triangle - GES Coalition/Land Trust and Community Investment Fund with Shannon Hoffman and Alfonso Espino
End at Tacos El Huequito, chat with our experts, and support an amazing local restaurant. (Food not included)
This will be a fun and educational day in Denver. We hope you can join us.
Public Tours of Las Bodegas
After years of dreaming, organizing, and building alongside so many of you, we're opening the doors of the LCAC for public construction tours. This is a moment to stand inside what we've been building together - to see the beams, the rooms, the becoming.
Tours will run on Friday's in April and May, beginning Friday, April 10. Groups are capped at 10 to keep things safe and ensure each visitor gets real time with the space and the story.
What to know before you come:
* Closed-toe shoes are required (this is an active construction site)
* Long pants recommended
* Hard hats and safety vests provided on site
* Please arrive a few minutes early to sign in and gear up
* Parking is available along 12th Ave and Umatilla.
* RSVP required — spots fill quickly
To the donors, volunteers, artists, neighbors, tradespeople, and believers who carried this vision through every season: thank you. This building does not belong to one person. It belongs to all of us and to the generations who will fill it.
Come walk with us. See what your support has built.
Drinks And Dialogue
Hosted by LWV Denver: Save the date! On Thursday, April 16, Denver Water will be present to answer your questions on what water restrictions to expect during the present drought and other strategies for conserving and managing water. This will include gardening ideas and a look at their Garden in a Box. Denver Water will also discuss the plans for the lead pipe replacement project throughout the city and give tips on how to prepare for when they come to your neighborhood. Jeanette Scotland and Joan Friend, Membership Committee
“Center-running” design for Colorado Blvd Open House
Colorado Blvd is slated to get Bus Rapid Transit (like light rail on wheels), and it’s the chance to transform the corridor from the grungy, unsafe, miserable semi-highway it is to a people-friendly main street. The options are “Center-running,” where the bus moves in its own lane in the middle of the street (like Colfax is getting), “Side-running,” where the bus moves in its own lane on the sides of the street, or “Mixed Flow,” where the buses move with traffic like they do now.
Right now, leadership at the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is signaling support for the “Mixed Flow” option. That’s not real bus rapid transit, it’s just traffic with branding, and it won’t deliver the speed, reliability, or safety this corridor needs. (Plus, they haven’t even heard from the public yet; that’s the point of these open houses…)
On safety, the difference matters. “Mixed Flow” only marginally improves conditions, and as anyone who’s had a near-miss on Colorado Boulevard knows, marginal isn’t good enough. “Mixed Flow” only cuts severe and fatal crashes by up to 15% max, while “Center-running” cuts them by 30%–double the effectiveness of “Mixed Flow.”
Dedicated bus lanes don’t just move transit faster, they make the street safer. Research shows they significantly slow the fastest drivers, dropping top speeds by over 11%, into a range where small differences can mean the difference between severe injury and survival. When you reallocate lanes to transit, you’re not just improving buses, you’re slowing traffic and saving lives. And this is the especially critical part: “BRT-related lane reductions were linked with particularly strong speed reductions; there were 85th-percentile speed reductions of 4.1 mph (12.6%) when general vehicle lanes were removed versus 2.2 mph (7.8%) when lanes were not removed.”
In other words: when you give buses their own lane by taking one from other vehicles, you don’t just improve transit, you slow traffic and save lives.
Now that you know, take action: Attend the open house
May 13, 5-7 pm (drop in anytime)
Clayton Early Learning Center
You don’t need to prepare anything or stay long, though our comment guide has some pointed questions to ask and a sample comment you can adapt. The most important thing you can do is talk to someone on the project team and say you support the “Center-running” design for Colorado Blvd, with bus-only lanes.
Use this link to add it to your calendar so I can send you reminders!
This is a key moment.
If we don’t speak up, “good enough” will win, and Colorado Boulevard will stay fast for drivers, slow for transit riders, dangerous, and unreliable for decades. If we show up, we can deliver a corridor that actually works, for transit riders and for safety.
Cinco de Mayo Parade - March with Lisa
oin the We Love Denver Team on May 02 as Lisa Calderon marshals the Cinco de Mayo Parade! We will be celebrating our amazing community and culture here in Denver. If you can't make it to the parade, be sure to stop by our booth.
Unconditional Stories from the Denver Basic Income Project Priemier
On April 23, 2026, we invite you to experience Unconditional at the Sie FilmCenter—an evening of film, conversation, and collective investment in the future of the Denver Basic Income Project.
Screening + Panel Discussion
Thursday, April 23, 2026 | 6:00 PM
LWV April Briefing: Facts over Fear
For several decades LWV's positions have enabled our organization to advocate on behalf of immigrants' rights and fair, just and dignified treatment under the law. We have partnered with organizations to support DACA-eligible individuals' legal pathways to citizenship. Our Voter Service volunteers have celebrated with New Americans at citizenship ceremonies and offered them voter registration opportunities. Today, LWV is being thwarted in these efforts and has joined in lawsuits that challenge the governmental efforts to threaten and attack our immigrant neighbors even if they are American citizens. One of the most pernicious and damaging trends we are experiencing is that of misinformation, disinformation and even outright lies about our immigrant neighbors. Beyond the information about how to be allies as our city and state have become targets of ICE intimidation and actions, the LWVD Program/Advocacy Committee would like to provide our members and community with factual information about immigrants to counter the myths that underpin justification for anti-immigrant political rhetoric and actions. Our briefing on Tuesday, April 21 will offer a panel of speakers who will highlight the contributions of our immigrant neighbors provide which strengthen our communities and institutions. Among other speakers, we will hear from the Colorado Fiscal Institute and the Spring Institute. Please join us for this final briefing of the year and invite friends. Susan Stark, Co-Director of Program and Advocacy
Denver Mountain Parks Tour - Evergreen Lake
We are so excited to continue our Denver Mountain Parks Series this month with a visit to Evergreen Lake in Deidre's Park. Our Denver Mountain Parks series has proven to be a fun way to get out in the sunshine, learn more about Denver's Mountain Parks, and move our bodies.
On Saturday, April 18, we will meet at the lakehouse at 9:00 AM and enjoy the family-friendly 1.3-mile hike around the lake. The majority of the trail is flat, but some sections may require all-terrain tires or a motor for wheelchair users.
If you need to carpool to the hike, email us info@lisafordenver.com
Drinks and Dialogue
Hosted by League of Women Voters Denver:
Save the date! On Thursday, April 16, Denver Water will be present to answer your questions on what water restrictions to expect during the present drought and other strategies for conserving and managing water. This will include gardening ideas and a look at their Garden in a Box. Denver Water will also discuss the plans for the lead pipe replacement project throughout the city and give tips on how to prepare for when they come to your neighborhood.
Burnham Yards Focus Group
This is the fourth focus group is being held on Wednesday, April 15. Community members can share ideas and feedback on workforce and job opportunities related to the Broncos stadium relocation. This focus group will center workforce, jobs, and economic opportunity related to the proposed Broncos stadium relocation at Burnham Yard. The goal is to hear directly from workers, job seekers, and community members about their experiences, concerns, and priorities around employment and local economic impact. The meeting will include background information on past Community Benefits Agreements, a review of baseline city requirements, and facilitated discussion. Focus groups are instrumental in guiding the CBA process and in directing the “asks” that will be included in the final CBA agreement.
Jefferson Park United Neighbors
Jefferson Park United Neighbors (JPUN) typically meets at Riverside Church in their smaller space in the back near 23rd Ave and Alcott at 6:30 pm the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
Unlocking Housing Presentation - Montbello
DENVER—City planners from Denver Community Planning and Development (CPD) will be out in the community, starting Tuesday, March 24, to share draft proposals that could create new housing opportunities in Denver. The Unlocking Housing Choices Project will host five public meetings and an online survey to ask residents about ideas to add units in the city’s residential neighborhoods.
Golden Triangle Housing Meeting
This is a continuation of a meeting on Feb 25 with Golden Triangle residents about their desire to end the pushing of our unhoused neighbors out of downtown and into the golden triangle.
Houseless Trans Day of Visibility
Houseless Trans Day of Visibility.
An evening of celebration, and uplifting our houseless transgender community. Food, music, speeches, and community will all be there. Along with a market of Houseless Trans folks selling their wares. (Please Bring Cash)
Masks not required, but preferred.
Small and Micro Business Strategy Session
Calling all Denver Buisness Owners!!
Join us as we take a deep dive into Denver's small and micro businesses.
We want to know:
Whats Working
What needs to Change
What do you need from your mayor and local leaders
This will be a listening and strategy session to hear from local small and micro business owners about how to improve current conditions to help make more impactful policies for the very people that make Denver unique.
Denver Mountain Parks Tours - Genesee
Join us for our second Denver Mountain Parks tour. This time at Genesee Park. We will be going on an easy, family-friendly hike. We will be on an ADA accessible paved footpath. The hike will include the buffalo overlook. Acquired in 1914, the herd numbers approximately 50 and continues Denver’s conservation and stewardship efforts, and provides a living link to western history. In addition to the bison, Genesee boasts expansive rolling meadows, mountain valleys, and thick pine forests. The Chief Hosa Lodge, designed by one of Denver’s most famous architects, Jules Jacques Benedict, and built of native stone and logs in 1918, is also located in the park. The Lodge was named for Southern Arapahoe Chief Little Raven, whose nickname was Chief Hosa.
We will meet at the red star highlighting the Patrick House. Take exit 253 off I-70. Make a left and drive over I-70 to the road right before Chief Hosa Lodge. You take a left there, so Chief Hosa is on your right. Go down that road until it forks, then take the left fork and proceed to the parking lot. Keep an eye out for the Lisa for Denver banner to find us.
Denver Pow Wow Grand Entry
Experience the Magic of Denver March Powwow
The heritage of American Indians has been celebrated in Denver every year at the Denver March Powwow, one of the largest events of its kind in the country. The Powwow features more than 1,600 dancers from close to 100 tribes from 38 states and three Canadian provinces.
Link to the schedule: Schedule | Denver March Powwow
Tickets are $7, and can be purchased here. https://www.axs.com/events/1291527/denver-march-powwow-tickets
Front Range Passenger Rail Community Q&A: Denver
About this event
You’re invited to a Front Range Passenger Rail District (FRPRD) Town Hall in Denver as planning continues for proposed intercity passenger rail service along Colorado’s Front Range.
Denver has been identified as a proposed stop along the Front Range, and District leaders want to hear directly from residents, business owners, and community stakeholders as planning advances.
Hosted by the Hon. Elbra M. Wedgeworth, this town hall is designed primarily as a listening session — an opportunity for community members to ask questions, share perspectives, and provide input as technical planning and analysis continue.
Attendees will have the opportunity to:
Hear a brief overview of the proposed service
Ask project leadership questions
Share feedback and local priorities
** Please join us and learn about Front Range Passenger Rail and share your ideas and questions.