FoCo Cultural Enrichment Center

The CEC is hosting a 4 part series for BIPOC 6th-12th graders starting in April. FREE food will be provided each Monday night.

Monday nights - 5:00-7:00 pm
April 17th - May 8th

Attending is totally free- we hope students that come will attend all 4 sessions because the information builds on itself each week.

BIPOC students can sign up here: https://forms.gle/ggzqyS9FTcFNmpN96

Liberation Through Our Relationships - for Youth of Color
How we interact with each other through our relationships is very important to our health and well-being - it can even be the basis for liberation and radical change!

This four-part series will guide youth of color through a process to understand:

• What liberation looks and feels like
• How white supremacy shows up in ourselves and others, and how to be in relationship differently
• A meaningful definition of love to guide all our interactions toward greater liberation

This series is designed and facilitated by Dr. Cori Wong, an intersectional feminist philosopher, speaker, educator with Positive Philosophy Consulting, and Fort Collins community member.

Today was a great day of working on the mural. It's coming along!!

We've been enjoying having at the CEC on Tuesdays lately 🎧

Got a mural going inside the CEC! 🎨🖌 we will post final pics when our students complete their masterpiece 💖

Huge thank you to the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery for letting us have our Black History Month event in their space. To learn more about the documentary we watched and discussed, please visit:
https://www.thisisnotwhowearefilm.com/

Young folks learning how to use our new camera

SOLD OUT
Join us Sunday, February 19th at Fort Collins Museum of Discovery for a free viewing of the documentary This Is Not Who We Are.
"This is [Not] Who We Are" is a documentary film exploring the gap between Boulder, Colorado’s progressive self-image and the lived experiences of its small but resilient Black community. Its throughline is the story of Zayd Atkinson, a university student who was performing his work study job cleaning up the grounds of his dorm when he was threatened by a police officer and, soon, by eight officers with guns drawn. He lived to tell the story many Black men don't survive to tell.

Boulder is emblematic of liberal, white, university-based communities that profess an inclusive ethic but live a segregated reality. The film explores the interconnected issues of land use, affordability, racial and class-based segregation, educational equity, and policing. "This is [Not] Who We Are" shares the voices of Boulder's Black community and shows how deeply the roots of institutional racism are embedded. It also explores the ways in which we have the power to change.
Reserve tickets for the 2 pm viewing: https://46395.blackbaudhosting.com/46395/This-is-Not-Who-We-Are
Reserve tickets for the 5pm viewing: https://46395.blackbaudhosting.com/46395/This-is-Not-Who-We-Are-19Feb2023

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr march yesterday

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day march and keynote set for Jan. 16

Let's show up on Monday

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day march and keynote set for Jan. 16 CSU and Fort Collins will celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 16, with a community march as well as a keynote by poet and political activist JC Futrell — known by the stage name as Panama Soweto.

📣📣📣Calling all youth ages 9-19 📣📣📣

A free art workshop hosted by artist and rapper, Anthony Gipson on January 14-15 in Fort Collins.

In this two-day workshop, participants will explore their feelings about freedom, equality, and social justice in connection with Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech.

Using paint, canvas and various art materials, participants will create a mosaic to express a collective message of unity.

Each individual will have the freedom to express themselves on their own piece of canvas that will then be joined with others to create a mosaic that represents King’s dream of togetherness and community.

The workshop is available to all youth 9-19.

📌 Foothills Mall
📅 January 14-15
⏰ 11A - 3P

More information: https://bit.ly/mlkyouthartprogram

Our after-school program starts back up on Tuesday, January 10th! Looking forward to seeing our students again soon ✊🏾

Youth Open Mic Night in Fort Collins, organized by Jamal Skinner

Excited to announce we plan to continue monthly Youth Open Mic Night through 2023. Please support our efforts, along with Blast N Scrap, The Matthews House, Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, Wolverine Farm Publick House, The BoredomFighters Foundation and more!

Consider a contribution to our Go Fund Me linked below to support young performing artists.

Youth Open Mic Night in Fort Collins, organized by Jamal Skinner Open Mic Night is a free monthly opportunity for the youth of Larimer County to pe… Jamal Skinner needs your support for Youth Open Mic Night in Fort Collins

Today is the day. All youth are invited for Open Mic from 5pm-7pm.
LET'S GO!!

CEC kids have been coming in on weekends to work on a mural to decorate our space. Pictured here is a small team building their own canvases that will make up the mural. Ready for round 3 when we return from fall break!

Grateful to have a professional painting instructor grace the CEC last week!

Photos from Blast N Scrap's post

Come 1 Come All.. we are excited to host a night for ALL youth of Larimer County for an Open Mic Night and youth connection.

We are excited to announce our re-opening of our after school programs starting Tuesday October 18th at 4pm. Programs will be on Tuesday-Thursday from 4pm-6:30pm. Special programs Monday & Friday.
Applications for new participants enrollment are on our website. Fococec.org
START WHERE YOU STAND!!

Check it out. Our very own, Jamal Page- or "Happy", as the kids call him. Well deserved!

BIG THANKS to Music City Hot Chicken for New Worst Fest and creating a wonderful fundraiser for the Cultural Enrichment Center of Fort Collins.

After 2 plus years of hard work. I needed some time off.

Our summer program is over and we are on break for the next couple of weeks! Please watch for a grand re-opening event in our new space Labor Day Weekend

New Worst Fest is Coming!!!
August 20th 2022
Benefit for FoCo Cultural Enrichment Center
Free Admission!
TRVE Brewing Cash Bar
Raffle Giveaways

Hosted by Bang Bang Von Loola

Performances by:
The Savage Blush
Pink Fuzz
Hellgrammites
future.band


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We are so excited to host Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) Training at the CEC, starting tomorrow! This offering is for our staff, volunteers, and parents of CEC students.

TBRI is a holistic, attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. This training will be facilitated by Co-Executive Director of , Erin Zainer, who is a TBRI Practitioner.

The TBRI Caregiver training consists of an introduction and 3 subsequent units, beginning 7/25 and concluding 9/19. Let Monday morning learning begin 🙌🏿 📚

Thank you and for making the series 'Liberation Through Our Relationships' possible. Last night was the final workshop in the series and wanted to capture some memories of our little Wednesday evening community!
Keep your eye on Dr. Cori Wong , she is doing great things

Photos from Beats by Girlz Fort Collins's post

Buti Yoga and mindfulness breathing class was a blast. Chelsea Gressman

TEN DAYS AWAY!!!

Join us for a Community Awareness Ride with RideForRacialJustice] as we make a statement through the city of Fort Collins starting at Spring Canyon/Cottonwood Glen Park. (see Facebook event page for more details)

Please make sure to sign your waivers in advance. Volunteers are still needed and you will receive a free BR4BL 22 T-shirt!

Date: July 17, 2022

Time: 9:00am wheels down

Start: Cottonwood Glen Park
3074 Overland Trail Road
Fort Collins, CO 80526

Route: The ride will start and end at Spring Canyon Park (parking lot off Overland)

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/36688282

Waiver: https://forms.gle/8cUnp1uXLXtAgj2w8

Volunteers: (email [email protected])
1. Help with getting riders to sign waivers at start
2. Stand on certain corners and wave riders in the right direction
3. Be a wave leader for riders to follow (various paces)

Please join in fundraising for the following organizations who are actively aiding the community and fighting for change, with an emphasis on youth this year. All funds will be distributed evenly to: Cultural Enrichment Center , Bruton’s Books , JEM Scholarship, and Ride for Racial Justice RideForRacialJustice]!

https://gofund.me/95e905aa

Week 3 of our anti white supremacy class! Thank you for taking us deep into the Epistemology of Ignorance tonight

Shout out to our Executive Director, Jamal Skinner, for modeling liberation via investing time and energy into making music, his preferred form of creativity
🎧🎶🎛🎙
Thanks for all you do

First day of Drone class with Nate.. This will be a game changer for sure!!

Thank you Joe Buckner for the Life lessons and boxing lessons for the youth.
GREAT DAY!!

Anti-White Supremacy Workshops: Liberation Through Our Relationships -by Dr. Cori Wong Beginning June 22, 5:30-7:00
To create a world where everyone is free, we have to dismantle and replace white supremacy with more liberated ways of being. By first recognizing how white supremacy exists within, among, and between us, we can transform larger cultural and political structures of white supremacy. Anti-white supremacy work in our relationships broadens our capacity to care, connect, and see ourselves and each other more clearly so we can move together, in solidarity, through practices for liberation.
Register here: https://forms.gle/eAFU8E7k2QM88Y57A

Volunteer at Odell's

There are still volunteer spots open.
We're getting close!! Final push!!

Volunteer at Odell's Odell's is offering to donate $10,000 to the Cultural Enrichment Center of Fort Collins if we can provide volunteers for the Small Batch event on May 28th! If you are willing and able to volunteer- please sign up for a shift on this form. Odell's is asking the CEC to provide 70 volunteers (aged 21+)...

Photos from Beats by Girlz Fort Collins's post

Do you know a young person interested in a career in technology? We have 5 scholarships available for 16-20 year olds to complete a certificate program with Digital Workshop Center! Apply for a scholarship here: https://forms.gle/qXxaRvJ1bmcZLhgD7