EDITOR’S NOTE ELISABETH MONAGHAN MANAGING EDITOR BECAUSE APRIL IS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH, we wanted to acknowledge Clara Patt, the volunteer project manager who oversaw the translation of our marketing materials and orientation videos from English to Spanish. The final product reflects Clara’s exceptional project management skills and her ability to assemble a dedicated team of Spanish-speaking volunteers. Additional volunteers I haven’t acknowledged in a while are the copy editors, who often don’t THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS GILES CLASEN is a freelance photojournalist who is a regular contributor to the VOICE. Several of the photos he’s taken for the VOICE have won national and international awards. He also served on the VOICE’s Board of Directors. ROBERT DAVIS is an awardwinning freelance reporter for the Denver VOICE. His work has also appeared in Colorado Newsline, Business Insider, Westword, the Colorado Sun, and Medium.com. JACOB RICHARDS is a long-time community organizer and writer on the western slope of Colorado. His columns have appeared across the West including The Denver Post, Salt Lake City Tribune, and The Daily Sentinel. When not working in the wilderness, Jacob is working on his project, “A People’s History of the Grand Valley,” which is an effort to research and reframe Grand Junction’s local history to include marginalized narratives and people’s movements for change. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR James Kay MANAGING EDITOR Elisabeth Monaghan PROGRAM COORDINATOR Connie Gaitan GRAPHIC DESIGNER Hannah Bragg VOLUNTEER COPY EDITORS Lanie Lee Cook Aaron Sullivan ARTISTS/PHOTOGRAPHERS Giles Clasen Gigi Galen Jacob Richards 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. WRITERS Lando Allen Giles Clasen Robert Davis David Gordon Raelene Johnson James Letempt Gabriel Pearce Jacob Richards Jerry Rosen Charles Spring BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chris Boulanger, Vice President Jeff Cuneo, President Zephyr Wilkins, Secretary Antonio Diaz, Treasurer Michael Burkley Cassandria Carmouche Robert Davis Muhammad Khan Nikki Lawson Cabal Yarne have too much notice or turnaround time to review articles and get them back to finalize and send to our graphic designer Hannah Bragg to lay out. Aaron Sullivan has served as a volunteer copy editor since late 2019. He takes the time to explain his suggested edits, so the contributor understands why the corrections are necessary. Our other excellent volunteer copy editor, Lanie Lee Cook, has helped out at the Denver VOICE office and several of our fundraising events since 2020. I value the work Lanie Lee and Aaron put into copy editing and am so grateful to have their help. Whatever tasks our volunteers perform, they make it possible for us to provide the training and support VOICE vendors need to succeed. ■ DENVERVOICE.ORG E.ORG @deeOCE 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: Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Orientation is held every day we are open, but prospective vendors must arrive by 10:00 a.m. 2 DENVER VOICE April 2024 STAFF CONTRIBUTORS BOARD CONTACT US
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