FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK IT’S BEEN A WILD RIDE AT DENVER VOICE. Since I became board president in July 2024, we’ve navigated instability with the executive director’s position, funding declines, and a full organizational shutdown. And that was just the first two months! As I write this, I can say with ROBERT DAVIS BOARD PRESIDENT confidence that Denver VOICE is back and better than ever. One of the first (and best) moves we made was to hire Giles Clasen as our development manager. Since he took over fundraising, we have raised more than $150,000, putting us in one of the strongest financial positions we have ever been in. At the same time, I helped create multiple new partnerships with organizations like the Denver Basic Income Project and Elevated Denver to help us serve more vendors and tell their stories in new ways. We also restructured our board of directors to include folks who believe in our business model and align with our mission. We are also launching two new income streams. You may have already seen the greeting cards that our vendors designed for Valentine’s Day. We plan to continue creating these cards for all occasions. Soon, you’ll see us selling t-shirts designed by our vendors as well. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for Denver VOICE, and I am thankful for all of the community support we have received to date. Onwards and upwards. With love, Robert Davis Board President, Denver VOICE THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS ISABEL GUZMAN is a freelance journalist and recent graduate of Metropolitan State University of Denver. She served as editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, The Metropolitan. Guzman has been published in Denverite, MSU Denver’s RED, Colorado Community Media, and The Emerald Magazine. JAMIE MILLER graduated from the University of Georgia with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and business management. She enjoys exploring the Colorado mountains, reading a good book at a local coffee shop, and doing yoga. FRANK DEANGELI is a PNW transplant who has spent six years in Colorado. He has previously spent much of his professional career working in case management at a homeless shelter. He loves movies, making music, and throwing any kind of flying disc. MANAGING EDITOR Elisabeth Monaghan DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Giles Clasen ART DIRECTOR Andrew Fraieli ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Maddie Egerton DENVERVOICE.ORG E.ORG @OCE ARTISTS/PHOTOGRAPHERS Jamie Miller WRITERS Lando Allen Rea Brown Frank DeAngeli Isabel Guzman Raelene Johnson Jason Martin Jamie Miller Jerry Rosen WHAT WE DO The Denver VOICE empowers homeless, impoverished, and transient individuals by creating job opportunities through our vendor program. We give our vendors a job and help them tell their stories; this creates a space for them to be part of a community again. Vendors purchase copies of the VOICE for 50 cents each at our distribution center. This money pays for a portion of our production costs. Vendors can buy as many papers as they want; they then sell those papers to the public for a suggested $2 donation. The difference in cost ($1.50) is theirs to keep. WHO WE ARE The Denver VOICE is a nonprofit that publishes a monthly street newspaper. Our vendors are men and women in the Denver metro area experiencing homelessness and poverty. Since 2007, we have put more than 4,600 vendors to work. Our mission is to facilitate a dialogue addressing the roots of homelessness by telling stories of people whose lives are impacted by poverty and homelessness and to offer economic, educational, and empowerment opportunities for the impoverished community. We are an award-winning publication, a member of the International Network of Street Papers and the Colorado Press Association, and we abide by the Society of Professional Journalists code of ethics. With the money they make selling the VOICE, vendors are able to pay for their basic needs. Our program provides vendors with an immediate income and a support group of dedicated staff members and volunteers. Vendors are independent contractors who receive no base pay. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT editor@denvervoice.org VENDOR PROGRAM program@denvervoice.org • (720) 320-2155 ADVERTISING ads@denvervoice.org MAILING ADDRESS PO Box 1931, Denver CO 80201 VENDOR OFFICE 989 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204 OFFICE HOURS: Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Larmarques “Misha” Smith BOARD OF DIRECTORS Robert Davis, President Isabella Colletti, Secretary Michael Burkley Mackenzie Langley Ashni Pabley Eduardo Platon Edwin Rapp Charity Von Guinness Cabal Yarne 2 DENVER VOICE March 2025 STAFF CONTRIBUTORS BOARD CONTACT US
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