Growing Up Boulder’s Statement on Black Lives Matter
We, at Growing Up Boulder, stand in solidarity with Black and Brown communities and the Black Lives Matter movement around the world. We mourn the violence and harm that has been inflicted upon people of color for 400 years due to white oppression in the United States. Our current events are a reminder of why GUB’s work to hear, listen to, and act upon children of color’s perspectives and recommendations, is essential. We will continue our commitment to 50% or more of the young people with whom we work coming from underrepresented groups. As we offer a platform to elevate their voices, we will hold the adults in their community, including ourselves, accountable.
Desert Park Designed by Selena
Inspired after a viewing Mara Mintzer's TedTalk about Growing Up Boulder's work, five-year-old Selena of Dubai crafted her own model of a park. In her video, Selena shows us around the educational features of the park while teaching us about desert animals and the importance of recycling.
This is a tarantula seesaw. The top tarantula is an adult, and the bottom one is a baby.
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Watch this well-researched video by Selena as she explains the features of her park. Not only is it educational, it's creative and so much fun! |
This is a mural that features desert plants and animals. A viewer would push a button to hear an explanation of the habitat!
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Read how more than 250 children participated in North Boulder Library planning
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Growing Up Boulder Now Offers Access to Virtual Engagements!
Check out our Virtually There section that invites local youth, families, and teachers to engage online in our current community projects. We are working to make as many of these projects as possible bilingual.
Option 1 - North Boulder Branch Library (NoBo)
Option 2 - Nobel Laureate Plaza (downtown Boulder)
Option 3 - GUB Partner in the Spotlight: Home Together
Option 4 - Building Bridges (currently in development)
Option 1 - North Boulder Branch Library (NoBo)
Option 2 - Nobel Laureate Plaza (downtown Boulder)
Option 3 - GUB Partner in the Spotlight: Home Together
Option 4 - Building Bridges (currently in development)
Highlights from Our Community Projects
Interested in having Growing Up Boulder's Child-Friendly City Map Webinar emailed to your group? Contact us at growingupboulder@gmail.com
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Boulder's 2020 child-friendly city maps and teen-friendly city maps are here!!! |
Placemaking with Children and Youth |
Talk featured on TED: How kids can help design cities |
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More than 30 organizations and 700 children, parents, and caregivers co-created the nation's first printed and new digital child-friendly city map!
In addition, 3 Masters of the Environment students worked with 400 youth to create a new digital teen-friendly city map. Free printed child-friendly city maps are available at locations such at the Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Visitors' Center on the Pearl Street Mall, Chautauqua, recreation centers. Growing Up Boulder’s Child Friendly City Map Resources are promoting public spaces and community spaces that are currently inaccessible due to COVID-19. Please do not use this map, while the state of Colorado has issued a lockdown, shelter in place, stay at home and quarantine. For more information regarding the City of Boulder’s emergency orders, click here. (Please note that the printed map does not print well unless using 18" x 24" paper.) |
Winner of the 2019 Achievement Award from the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA).
Read this illustrated and essential guide to engaging children and youth in the process of urban design by Professor and former GUB Co-Coordinator Tori Derr, Professor and GUB Co-Founder Louise Chawla, and GUB Director and Co-Founder Mara Mintzer. Read a review of our book here. |
This talk by Growing Up Boulder Director Mara Mintzer describes the importance of young people's voice in designing their own cities. Viewed more than 2 million times, it features Growing Up Boulder's work.
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Growing Up Boulder is a program of the University of Colorado's Community Engagement Design and Research (CEDaR) Center and a partnership between the University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder Valley School District, and the City of Boulder.
