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Author: Mary Wade

Mary Wade is an abolitionist from a small town in Western Colorado. She enthusiastically joined the non-profit iEmpathize as an intern, and is now its project and event coordinator. In this role she helps manage ongoing projects and events of all shapes and sizes, as well as helps the iE team by staying on top of its crazy calendar. Mary also engages college students and faith communities in the battle of ending child sexual exploitation and human trafficking. Through art, music, artifacts and media, she helps iEmpathize create pathways for her generation to enter the story of victims, survivors and the heroes who are helping restore the lives of vulnerable and victimized kids in Cambodia, Thailand, Mexico, Russia and the United States. Mary is inspired by Jesus, the perfect picture of empathy. She is passionate about justice, mercy, Jesus, beauty, efficiency, writing, and gluten-free cinnamon rolls. When not working, you can find Mary playing Old Time fiddle, rock climbing or hanging with her best friend and husband, Lyndon. She graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a degree in ethnomusicology.
May 17, 2021March 31, 2022

Beyond Broomfield: Urban Mosaic’s Mexican Field of Dreams

Note: What’s happening locally is important, but so is what’s going on elsewhere around the world. This February 2021 newsletter is re-posted with permission from my friend Mary Wade. She

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  • Broomfield Community Service Network — Local advocates, social workers and clergy serving our neighbors in need.
  • Built For Zero — A promising approach to ending homelessness in the United States, one community and one group at a time.
  • Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery Podcast Sarah Augustine and Shari Hostetler uncover the influence of church doctrine on current laws and policies that continue to justify the oppression of Indigenous Peoples.
  • Elevated Denver A local non-profit working toward a just, equitable and high-functioning social safety net that promotes the enduring well-being and dignity of all Denver community members.
  • Equal Justice Initiative — Working to end U.S. mass incarceration and racial and economic injustice.
  • Mestaa'ehehe Coalition — A Cheyenne- and Arapaho-led effort renaming sacred Colorado landmarks.
  • MHAction — Advocating nationally for affordable housing and economic security for residents of mobile home communities.
  • On Being — Thought leaders interacting about spirituality, social change, and inner and outer renewal.
  • RAWtools — Forging peace and disarming hearts, one dismantled firearm at a time.
  • Sand Creek Massacre Foundation — Raising awareness of the 1864 Massacre at Sand Creek in Eastern Colorado.
  • Severe Weather Activation Program — Providing life-saving shelter for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Broomfield and Adams counties.

Welcome

My name is Marrton Dormish. I'm a non-denominational Christian minister serving the Broomfield and North Denver Metro area through my non-profit advocacy project Everyday Epics. I companion people on the margins of accepted society and history (and attempt to amplify their voices and stories), I catalyze local housing stability and basic needs efforts, and I help facilitate the Broomfield Sister Cities partnership with the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, headquartered in Concho, Okla.

I'm a fourth-generation Coloradan, born and raised in Denver. I've lived in Missouri, New Mexico and Spain, and now, along with three of my four young-adult children, I live in a Broomfield, Colo., bilevel on the treaty-recognized homelands of the Hinono'eiteen (Arapaho), the Tsitsistas (Cheyenne) and the Nuu-ci (Ute) nations. Since we're not far from some beautiful, city-designated open space, we sometimes hear coyotes howling at night.

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Favorite Posts

Poses by Sassie

May 2, 2020March 31, 2022

Sand Creek is all around us

May 24, 2019March 31, 2022

Blown to Broomfield

November 1, 2011May 4, 2021
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone, courtesy of the Denver (Colo.) City and County Building. (Marrton Dormish)

Bleeding Places Below

February 1, 2011March 12, 2022

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