GUB Exhibit at the Museum of Boulder
Check out Growing Up Boulder's Healing Exhibit at the Museum of Boulder's Google Garage this June and July.
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Children and youth of all ages are invited to participate in self-directed “healing” activities at the Museum of Boulder’s Google Garage in June and July 2022. Growing Up Boulder (GUB) and Mayamotion Healing received a grant from Community Foundation Boulder County to hear how young people wish to heal from the Table Mesa (King Soopers) tragedy and then co-create healing opportunities for themselves and their peers. While the grant was intended to address the Table Mesa tragedy, the hope is that the healing activities will support wellness in response to the many hardships area young people have faced recently (fires, racism, impacts of Covid). The “healing activities” offered at Google Garage are a continuation of the Healing Day of Remembrance hosted on April 2 at the Boulder Musuem of Contemporary Arts. Healing stations will include art, poetry, letter writing, puzzle-making and more. This exhibit is supportive and does not include triggering words. For questions, please contact olivia@growingupboulder.org.
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Latest Podcast with ICMA
Check out ICMA's podcast - Voice in Local Government - where Growing Up Boulder's Executive Director, Mara Mintzer, discusses how kids can design better cities.
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In ICMA's latest episode of Voices in Local Government, Mara Mintzer, Executive Director of Growing Up Boulder, and Sarah Huntley, Director of Communication and Engagement, City of Boulder Colorado share why and how integrating ideas from kids into local government design can develop engaged citizens and better communities for all. With examples from transportation planning to an organized response to a mass-shooting, Mara and Sarah show just how successful, equitable, and sustainable it is to include youth voices in decisions that effect their lives. To read the corresponding blog post and catch the bonus clip, click here.
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Child-Friendly City Map: Out Now!
A printed, bilingual city map of child-friendly spaces in Boulder, Colorado co-created by children and families.
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In 2019, Growing Up Boulder embarked upon a year-long process to co-create the nation's first, printed, bilingual, child-friendly city map. We did so with almost 800 children and families, half of whom were from underrepresented populations. In May, Growing Up Boulder in partnership with the Colorado Visitor Bureau will release the fourth edition of the child-friendly city map. Today, more than 30,000 child-friendly city maps will been printed and shared throughout the Boulder community as well as advertised statewide through the Colorado Parent Magazine.
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A Healing Day of Remembrance: A Success
An all-ages event created by youth to honor our community’s losses and recovery from the Table Mesa (King Soopers) tragedy last March 2021
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On Saturday, April 2nd, Growing Up Boulder hosted a youth-led “healing” event to mark one year since the March 2021 Table Mesa tragedy at King Soopers (#boulderstrong). Organized by Boulder’s Youth Leadership Healing Committee (YLHC), the event offered opportunities for community members of all ages (including children) to heal from this tragedy through art, writing and community connection. Thank you to all the community members who attended to make this day so special! To learn more, check out the articles below:
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Fall 2022 Project: Nature Connection, Hope, and Action
Photo from OSMP Heatherwood Project
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GUB will work with numerous partners to operationalize (put into action) the concepts that GUB Co-Founder, Professor Emerita Louise Chawla, articulated in her article about nature connection, hope, and action. In collaboration with the City of Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks Department, Classrooms for Climate Action, and Boulder Valley School Districts’s Columbine Elementary, GUB will build upon the successful integration of curriculum, outdoor learning and youth leadership & action (service learning + stewardship activities) learned from the 2021 Wood Brothers Project. Students will then have the opportunity to share their recommendations, either via the Right Here Right Now Global Climate Summit at CU on December 1-4, 2022 or by connecting in alternate ways with decision-makers.
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Our MissionGrowing Up Boulder's mission is to offer young people opportunities to participate, deliberate, and influence local issues that affect their lives.
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Growing Up Boulder’s expertise and impact on child participation in urban planning continues
to inspire UNICEF USA. We are grateful to have their partnership in building a movement to
re-imagine cities fit for children and fit for all.”
- Danielle Goldberg,
Director of Advocacy and Engagement, Child-Friendly City Initiative (CFCI) Lead UNICEF USA
Placemaking Pioneers
In 2019, Growing Up Boulder embarked upon a year-long process to co-create the
nation's first, printed, bilingual, child-friendly city map.
nation's first, printed, bilingual, child-friendly city map.
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