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Tag: Movements

Examining social and political action with a particular focus on grassroots efforts.

The markets of Old Damascus continue to bustle despite the unrest close by. Taken on Jan. 18, 2012. (Elizabeth Arrott, Wikimedia Commons)
February 29, 2012February 21, 2017

Need in the News, Vol. I, Issue 2

An overview of the story of need from February 2012, with links from blogs, articles and news services from around the country and the world:   Published in Feburary on

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The unassuming Church of Sant'Egidio in Rome, Italy, namesake of the worldwide Community of Sant'Egidio. (Wikimedia Commons)
January 28, 2012February 4, 2017

The Gospel and Freedom

Some stories worth sharing involve more than one individual or one family. Sometimes they involve a community, and a untraditional one at that. I first heard about the Community of

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Martin Luther King, Jr., with Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson. (Yoichi R. Okamoto via Wikimedia Commons)
January 16, 2012May 3, 2019

He Had a Dream

Parking meters in at least one major U.S. city were free today in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day., a holiday observed in all 50 of the United States since 2000. Because

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George Raymond, Jr., was an 18-year-old activist arrested in Jackson, Miss., for his participation in the civil rights “Freedom Rides” in 1961. He later participated in the “Freedom Summer” of 1964.
January 9, 2012January 9, 2012

First summer project

I first knew the term “summer project” as the shorthand way of referring to the summer mission trips I went on during my college days. The international student organization I

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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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