Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 30th of October.
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🏘️ Community
Barbara Shannon-Banister turned 90 on Oct.
9, 2026, and was honored by Aurora residents for decades of work to advance inclusion and city programs. She helped found the Aurora NAACP, led the city's community relations efforts, runs Grand Designs (a local nonprofit), and warned DEI rollbacks threaten progress.
🎓 Education
More than 1,000 Latino high school students from 38 Colorado schools gathered Oct.
23 at CU Denver's student center for the La Raza Youth Leadership Conference, where Servicios de la Raza hosted workshops, performances, and a community fair to teach cultural history and leadership skills.
🏛️ Government
Denver hosted the High Cost Cities Housing Forum this week where city leaders discussed affordable housing strategies, highlighting Denver's 10-year Affordable Housing Fund and the 2018 D3 Agreement (DHA Delivers for Denver), and explored Home Production Funds used in Montgomery County and Atlanta.
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