DATE: Thursday, August 27
TESTING TIME: 9:00am – 1:00pm
LOCATION: RTD Central Park and Ride
ADDRESS: 8200 Smith Rd, Denver, CO 80207

DATE: Saturday, August 29
TESTING TIME: 9:00am – 1:00pm
LOCATION: Mexican Consulate
ADDRESS: 5350 Leetsdale Dr. Denver 80246

Auraria Mobile Food Pantry

The Auraria Mobile Food Pantry will be distributing pre-made boxes of supplies from the Walnut Lot, West 4th Street. Walnut Lot is next to the Auraria West station by light rail and close to Auraria Parkway & 7th by bus. Students (with campus ID) can drive up or walk up! 

• Every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the Month
• 9 - 10:30 a.m.
• Walnut Parking Lot, Auraria Campus

The Action Center
303-237-7704
8755 W. 14th Ave., Lakewood, CO 80215 (between Carr and Garrison)
http://theactioncenterco.org/

• Call for times, Photo ID and proof of Jefferson County resident.
•  5 day supply, up to 6 times per year. Will work with special diets or allergies. 
• Meals: J-HELP provides hot meals five days a week for some that do not qualify for Meals on Wheels.

Get help with groceries, rental & utility assistance, mail, and more! Vist: https://theactioncenter.org/covid-19-services/

Spark The Change Colorado 

Pro Bono Mental Health & Counseling Program: Spark the Change Colorado's, Formerly Metro Volunteers' Pro Bono Mental Health Program connects licensed, or those seeking licensure, and insured volunteer therapists, counselors, and other professionals with low-income individuals in Colorado in need of counseling.

 If you are seeking Pro Bono Mental Health Services, please call our hotline number below to learn if you qualify.We will do our best to match you with a Pro Bono Mental Health Counselor. Call 1-844-380-6355 for more information or to learn if you qualify.

Music Minds Matter

Music Minds Matter seeks to address mental illness and how it affects a musicians’ ability to live a healthy life. They offer a safe space for musicians and those involved in the music scene to chat about successes or challenges they're facing while participating in the music scene. They offer virtual mental wellness meetups. 

Find out more information here: https://www.musicmindsmatter.org/

As of 8/25/2020: 55,341 cases

1,919 deaths among cases
(1,824 due to COVID-19)

To read more use this website: https://covid19.colorado.gov/covid-19-data

Gov. Jared Polis has extended the mandatory statewide mask order for another 30 days from August 14, 2020.

The Modeling COVID-19 in Colorado app was released. This app allows the user to generate projections of COVID-19 cases, hospital needs and deaths in Colorado under scenarios that can be altered interactively.

• The Chronicles Peer Support:

  First and third Thursdays of the month from 11:00am - 12:00pm (MT). **August 6 & 20, 2020**

• Self-Empowerment Peer Group:
  Every Thursday, from 11:00am - 12:00pm (MT).
  

• Youth Connect Call:
  Every Friday, from 1:00-2:00pm (MT).

• Art Group:
  First Wednesdays of the month, from 10:00am-12:00pm (MT).
  

To be added to the group send an email to
reneewalbert@gmail.com
with Drum and Drinks in the subject line.

Cripping The Resistance: No Revolution Without Us

This blog shares some strategies and ways that you can be involved with movement building and community organizing even during a pandemic. 

"I want us all to live, especially BIPOC disabled people, to survive both the pandemic and the ways we might transmit it on the streets. I also don’t want us disabled and sick BIPOC people to be cut out of the revolution." - Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha