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Today’s show looks at a coalition to expand voting rights to immigrant residents in Boulder County, a project developed through the Puksta Scholars program at CU Boulder. The coalition is leading the movement to generate dialogues surrounding our country’s history of voting rights. Through their outreach, they will built the coalition even further to recruit volunteers for a ballot initiative in 2020, sustain our relationship with city council, and run focus groups within communities most impacted by this issue. The coalition strongly believes that every person deserves representation and the ability to make decisions on where they live. the show is hosted by Soraya Latiff who works for the Center for Community Based Research and Learning at CU Boulder. In her role at CU she works in storytelling for the Center and also worked as Project Manager for Puksta Scholars and had the pleasure of working closely with one of this episode’s guest, Emma Piller. Emma Piller who grew up in Lafayette, Colorado and just graduated from CU Boulder this May with a degree in English and a minor in Spanish and Leadership. Immigrant rights has always been a passion of hers and she aspires to become an immigration attorney. In her time at CU she was a part of the Puksta Foundation Scholarship that promoted civic engagement through scholarships. Her Puksta project explored the immigrant experience in Boulder County and in her third year at CU, Emma and seven of her peers joined together to expand voting rights to residents without full citizenship. In 2017, Emma and the team created a coalition to work in the Boulder community with the intention of generating dialogue on what it means to practice citizenship. Gabo Ortiz-Peña graduated from CU Boulder with his masters in Astrophysics and has been involved with the coalition since December 2017. He was at the INVST kick-off event where they had some great conversations around voting rights, and from there he ended up joining the coalition. He has been mostly involved in organizational and planning work, but also did a bit of outreach last summer.

This month, AMPLIFY host Jennifer Ciplet speaks with guests Nitin Beri and Heidi Harris, both undergraduate students at CU Boulder and leaders in the Swap program. Swap is a student-run, grassroots initiative at CU Boulder that builds bridges of support and solidarity between Swap volunteers, campus employees, and international students in the Boulder community. Swap brings together historically and systematically divided campus sectors – such as CU Boulder students and university janitorial and other staff - to share a common learning and cultural experience. Swap also provides conversation partners to CU International English Center (IEC) students, with the goal of helping provide our international friends with the tools to be productive and self-sufficient members of the Boulder community. Swap is a proud program of CU Engage. Thanks so much for listening!

This month, AMPLIFY host Roudy Hildreth speaks with guests Carmen Mabee and Karina Adabe, both of whom are current students participating in CU Boulder’s Public Achievement Program as TA’s, or Teaching Assistants. At CU Boulder, undergraduate students serve as Public Achievement, or “PA” coaches alongside K-12 students in Boulder and Lafayette. Together, students participate in a year-long cycle of inquiry and action around school and community based social justice issues. All participants gain insight on community leadership, the foundations of social change, and the power of relationships. Public Achievement challenges traditional notions of citizen participation by placing young people in the center of their civic environment. Public Achievement was developed in 1990 by the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at the University of Minnesota (now at Augsburg College). The founder of Public Achievement, Harry Boyte, worked for the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a field secretary with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in the Civil Rights Movement. This experience led to the creation of Public Achievement; the impact of young people shaping society through organizing and civic participation is a legacy we continue in our work with PA. University of Colorado Boulder’s Public Achievement program is housed within CU Engage. CU Engage is CU Boulder’s center for community-based learning and research in the School of Education. PA provides CU Boulder undergraduates with a meaningful opportunity of applied learning that explores education as a tool for democracy and social change. Thanks so much for listening, and welcome to the show!

AMPLIFY host Soraya Latiff speaks with Multicultural Leadership Scholars Director Krishna Pattisapu. For anyone interested in learning more about the Multicultural Leadership Scholars, the application for Fall 2019 is open now and applications are being accepted through April 1st, 2019. With Multicultural Leadership Scholars, you can: Join a community of students who care about social justice Earn a minor in Leadership Studies Gain access to professional development, mentoring, and academic enrichment opportunities Receive annual financial support

AMPLIFY speaks with colleagues from Denver Public Schools to discuss the exciting expansion of their action civics program, known as the Student Voice and Leadership Program, or SVL program. The SVL program nurtures the whole child and supports youth-and-adult partnerships to leverage community assets and create change. CU Boulder and two other partner universities – UC Denver and Rowan University – have collaborated with leaders from Denver Public Schools to recently receive a 1.4 million dollar grant from the Hewlett Foundation and Jobs for the Future to advance, expand and study the Student Leadership Program in Denver.

On the December 26th Edition of AMPLIFY, CU Engage Communications Coordinator and AMPLIFY co-host Soraya Latiff is joined in the KGNU studio by CU Engage's Americorps volunteer staff. Together, they discuss their experiences as women of color in the workplace and the complexities of doing service work post-graduation. All four women are recent CU Boulder alumnae.

On the November 28th edition of AMPLIFY, host Jennifer Ciplet and her guests discuss an exciting collaboration between the non-profit community organization Imagine!, which works with people with disabilities, and the University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science. Today's guests include Professor Melinda Piket-May, CU Boulder engineering student Sarah DaFoe, and Director of Public Relations at Imagine!, Fred Hobbs.

The October 24 edition of AMPLIFY features guests and stories from CU Boulder's Public Achievement program. The discussion features the ways youth are working together towards addressing public issues in their schools and communities. Joining AMPLIFY host Jennifer Ciplet on October's show are guests Charla Agnoletti, Public Achievement Director at CU Boulder; Jessica Valle, a Centaurus high school senior who is active in the AVID program, and Cam Perdido, a CU Boulder third year student who is working as the site lead for Casey Middle School.

The September 26 episode of AMPLIFY features the interesting partnership work happening between Metro Caring, Denver’s frontline anti-hunger organization, and CU Boulder’s program INVST Community Studies, an undergraduate leadership training program for students who are passionate about social and environmental justice. Joining AMPLIFY host Jennifer Ciplet on the September 26 show were guests Sabrina Sideris, Program Director for INVST, and Helen Katich, Programs Manager for Metro Caring. Together, we had a rich discussion about the university-community partnership work that INVST and Metro Caring are doing together to deepen Metro Caring's work toward equity and inclusion within their organization.

On our first episode of AMPLIFY's Season Two, host Jennifer Ciplet is joined in the KGNU studio by guests Diana Bustamante-Aguilar, a fifth year student at CU Boulder who is studying to become a social studies teacher and is a current Aquetza instructor; and Colorado high school students who participated in the Aquetza program last month at CU Boulder, Galilea Landa-Posas (Sophmore at Colorado Academy) and Emely Pech-Cruz (junior at Boulder High School). The show discusses the Aquetza residential summer program at CU Boulder for Chicano/Latino youth from across Colorado.

On the April 25 edition of AMPLIFY, host Jennifer Ciplet was joined in the studio by three members of the CU Boulder Aquetza Summer Program . Guests Jason Romero, Adriana Escorza and Magnolia Landa-Posas spoke about their experiences founding, creating, attending and growing the Aquetza program for Colorado's high school...

On the April 25 edition of AMPLIFY, host Jennifer Ciplet was joined in the studio by three members of the CU Boulder Aquetza Summer Program. Guests Jason Romero, Adriana Escorza and Magnolia Landa-Posas spoke about their experiences founding, creating, attending and growing the Aquetza program for Colorado's high school youth interested in learning about Latino/Chicano history in a Colorado/U.S. context. Aquetza - which means "hold your chin up" in the Mesoamerican Nahual language - is a free, 10-day summer residential program on the CU Boulder campus that provides high school students with strong ties to Chicano/Latino communities from across Colorado with an interactive, academic enrichment experience focused on engaging Chicano/Latino youth in examining the history, literature, health science, and relevant social and political issues surrounding their cultural communities. The Aquetza summer program includes rigorous academic work in ethnic studies, writing, reading, and science. Each summer, youth participants are invited to see themselves as scholars – as holders and producers of new and valuable knowledge – while gaining new experiences that develop their skills to become leaders in their communities.

During the show, host Jennifer Ciplet is joined in the KGNU studio by three guests, all of whom are involved with the Public Achievement youth-led civic engagement program. The conversation includes their reflections about working with middle and high school aged youth who are becoming agents of change, the challenges of mentoring youth in a non-hierarchical way, and the benefits and rewards of youth-to-youth collaboraiton for civic engagement and social change.

The February 28 podcast edition of AMPLIFY highlights the work of Colorado's Pathways2Teaching program and CU Engage's Community-Based Research (CBR) Graduate Fellows program. The collaboration between CU Boulder Education doctoral student and CBR Fellow Brian Lightfoot and Pathways2Teaching highlights the ways that research and practice can be mutually beneficial, while advancing the shared goals of increasing equity and critical consciousness in education. Learn more here: www.colorado.edu/cuengage/AMPLIFY

Continuing the conversation from the January 24th edition of AMPLIFY, host Jennifer Ciplet and CU Boulder INVST students Summer Taylor and Emma Piller talk about the impact that the Economic Justice Summer had on their educational experience.

Jennifer Ciplet speaks with guests from CU Boulder’s INVST Community Studies Program, including Sabrina Sideris, Program Director of INVST, Summer Taylor, an INVST student and CU Boulder junior majoring in Journalism and Ethnic Studies, and Emma Piller, also an INVST student and...

On the December 27th edition of AMPLIFY, host Jennifer Ciplet and her guests discuss an exciting collaboration between the non-profit community organization Imagine!, which works with people with disabilities, and the University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science. The guests on the December 27th Edition of AMPLIFY include Professor Melinda Piket-May, CU Boulder engineering student Sarah DaFoe, and Director of Public Relations at Imagine!, Fred Hobbs.

AMPLIFY host Jennifer Ciplet discusses CU Boulder's Leadership Studies Minor with undergraduate students Madaline Pellicore and Emily Schaldach, both of whom are receiving a minor in Leadership Studies at CU Boulder.

DACA AMPLIFY OCTOBER PODCAST A CU Engage production with KGNU AMPLIFY Podcast: Oct. 25 show Spotlights DACA and Dreamers Welcome to A M P L I F Y , a new radio show and podcast about University-Community Collaborations. In the Oct. 25, 2017 show we’ll be talking about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, and efforts both locally and nationally to Protect Dreamers and advance permanent... Visit this article at CU Engage Here: https://www.colorado.edu/cuengage/2017/11/19/amplify-november-22-leadership-studies-minor-edition