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Athena Project Arts We change the world, one paid artist at a time. At Athena Project, we believe that โ€œwomenโ€ means many things and can be a complicated term. The creative process.

Athena Project amplifies the voices of all women & underrepresented genders through the arts by providing paid work opportunities while also ensuring audiences get to see and hear their artistic work. We recognize that the term โ€œwomenโ€ does not automatically include all aspects of the gender spectrum. We want to create a safer space for the expression and growth for all women, non-binary, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. Athena Project was established in 2012 by Angela Astle to close a critical gap in the creative life of the Denver community. Athena began with a playwright program called Plays in Progress โ€“ an annual event that highlights the work of women playwrights across the U.S. and brings their work to life by collaborating with directors, dramaturgs and actors. Since that time, Athena Project has gone on to produce an array of fabulous events that celebrate amazing women artists from all creative disciplines as well as empower women and girls toward artistic leadership. WE VALUE: (in order)
The inherent power in the artistic voices of women. Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Equality in opportunities, representation, and pay. The power of art to connect communities. Why We Need Athena
In the US, and around the world, women have a vibrant and vital presence in the arts โ€“ but did you know that right now the huge majority of women working in arts industries are in the least influential roles, with low pay and poor representation? Overwhelmingly, leadership positions like Stage Directors, Museum Chiefs, Movie Directors, Cinematographers, Choreographers, Music Producers, Head Designers, Featured Artists โ€ฆ are still dominated by men. This means womenโ€™s voices, influences and ideas are being systematically muffled. Thatโ€™s why Athena Project celebrates and nurtures womenโ€™s artistic expression โ€“ and works actively for equality of opportunity, recognition, and pay based on artistic merit. Because enabling womenโ€™s artistic voices to be powerfully expressed alongside menโ€™s is not just good for women โ€“ it builds a healthy society for everyone. The richer the weave of ideas around us, the stronger the fabric of our communities. Which means a more connected, less polarized, safer, and happier world for us all.

๐ŸŽญ ๐Ž๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ, ๐€๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐š ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ+ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ.Beginn...
10/14/2026

๐ŸŽญ ๐Ž๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ, ๐€๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐š ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ+ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ.

Beginning at noon, join us for three short plays directed by ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐š ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐žโ€”๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ฐ๐จ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‹๐ข๐จ๐ง and ๐€๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซโ€”and performed by professional actors from the Athena network generously volunteering their time:

๐˜“๐˜ˆ๐˜š๐˜› ๐˜Š๐˜ˆ๐˜“๐˜“ by Ife Olujobi
๐˜š๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ๐˜™๐˜Š๐˜๐˜๐˜•๐˜Ž ๐˜๐˜–๐˜™ ๐˜Œ๐˜“๐˜š๐˜๐˜Œ ๐˜—๐˜ˆ๐˜™๐˜™๐˜๐˜š๐˜ by Heidi Schreck
๐˜›๐˜๐˜Œ ๐˜Œ๐˜‹๐˜Ž๐˜Œ ๐˜–๐˜ ๐˜‹๐˜Œ๐˜”๐˜–๐˜Š๐˜™๐˜ˆ๐˜Š๐˜  by Rona Munro

๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž. ๐€๐ง๐ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ-๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ: bit.ly/4AQGcou

Not in Denver? Choose from the ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ+ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ plays and stage or read one with your own community. Free events can present the plays royalty-free.

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ + ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: bit.ly/4ykN4IS

๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ. ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก. ๐–๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ: ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ž.

"How are we building a world where people choose to have children?"For this #๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ and a...
10/13/2026

"How are we building a world where people choose to have children?"

For this #๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ and as a finale to National Hispanic Heritage Month, we are showcasing a stunning ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐œ๐ž ๐›๐ฒ ๐•๐ข๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ. This installation is for sale and 100% of the proceeds go to the CA Latinas for Reproductive Justice fundraiser related to the art show titled โ€œImagining a Reproductive Justice Futureโ€.

In the words of the artist: "Children do not deserve the current world we live in. ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ? If you believe in โ€œlifeโ€, what are you doing to make sure people choose it today? ๐Ÿ’Œ

These are the 4 pillars of reproductive justice:

โญ๏ธThe right to personal bodily autonomy
โญ๏ธThe right to have children
โญ๏ธThe right to not have children
โญ๏ธThe right to parent in safe and healthy environments"

We appreciate you so much, Vianney! Your work reminds us that art is a powerful force in the fight for social justice.




โ€œHow do you make something invisible, visible? I created this series of photos called โ€œBeneath the Surfaceโ€ to visualize...
10/12/2026

โ€œHow do you make something invisible, visible? I created this series of photos called โ€œBeneath the Surfaceโ€ to visualize what my pain and disability feels like on a daily basis and the aids that are required for me to function. Invisible disabilities are so hard to explain, so it was healing to create something that says so much with no words.โ€

We are grateful to ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ค๐ฌ๐ข ๐’๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐ฆ๐š๐ง for speaking fromโ€”and forโ€”๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. Through our 2025 campaign, we discovered the power of celebrating art created against the odds. Discover more of Aleksi's inspiring work by following her on Instagram at momentsbyleksi.

Weโ€™re still listening. ๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐! Submit at bit.ly/46LGfE6

๐ŸŽญ ๐–๐‡๐„๐‘๐„๐•๐„๐‘ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐€๐‘๐„: ๐’๐“๐€๐†๐„ ๐€ ๐๐‹๐€๐˜. ๐’๐“๐€๐‘๐“ ๐€ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐•๐„๐‘๐’๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐.From ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘โ€“๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘, communities across all 50 states are ...
10/11/2026

๐ŸŽญ ๐–๐‡๐„๐‘๐„๐•๐„๐‘ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐€๐‘๐„: ๐’๐“๐€๐†๐„ ๐€ ๐๐‹๐€๐˜. ๐’๐“๐€๐‘๐“ ๐€ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐•๐„๐‘๐’๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐.

From ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘โ€“๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘, communities across all 50 states are invited to read or stage plays from ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง+ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ.

No theatre experience required. ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ-๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒโ€”or severalโ€”gather your people, read it at a library, your state capitol or put it onstage, and talk about what it raises. If your event is free, there are no licensing or participation fees.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ + ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ: bit.ly/4AQGcou
Then let us know about your planned Colorado event so we can announce it: bit.ly/4y4mqTK

๐๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ? On ๐๐จ๐ฏ. ๐Ÿ Athena will stage three plays on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol. Add your own performance, or come watch, talk, and ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญe. ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ All event info + donations: bit.ly/4ykN4IS to help ๐€๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐.

10/11/2026

โ€œI have been an artist since I can remember and have been performing all kinds of comedy styles since 2014. In the last few years I have been falling in love with the art of clowning.

Clowning is one of the oldest art forms and if you think about it, all genres of comedy have come from it: stand up, improv, sketch etc โ€ฆ What I like about it is that learning these skills has really improved my life and other comedy skills in so many ways. It is all about staying as present as possible with the audience, breaking down the 4th wall completely and getting people to feel all the feelings. I like that I can take a moment to make the people feel actual rage, sadness, confusion, horror and then still bring it back to humor.

As a lifelong artist, this has completed me and grounded me in so many ways. It brought me back to why we do what we do: to share real human experiences with our communities and meet each other where we are at.โ€

๐Š๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ƒ๐ž๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ง who performs all over the US, and this is a clip from her solo clown show, Bumpsy, performed at Dude, IDK studios, for Denver Fringe. ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ค๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐›๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐š๐ง.๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ฌ for events and to shop her craft items. She also hosts a local show at Sushi Hai every 1st, 2nd and last Thursday of the month called, Hai Comedy.

๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ โ€”we want to see how art is healing artists and communities everywhere: ๐’๐”๐๐Œ๐ˆ๐“ ๐š๐ญ bit.ly/46LGfE6.

Weโ€™re always on the lookout for interesting and talented women creatives. Let us know who your crush is and they just mi...
10/10/2026

Weโ€™re always on the lookout for interesting and talented women creatives. Let us know who your crush is and they just might be featured for our WomenCrushWednesday!
Use the following form to submit your ideas: https://bit.ly/3Cm9sdc or link in bio - .

โœ’๏ธโœจ Synopses Reveal!This October, two deliciously dark plays take on power, identity, tradition, and the monsters we mak...
10/10/2026

โœ’๏ธโœจ Synopses Reveal!

This October, two deliciously dark plays take on power, identity, tradition, and the monsters we make at Athena Projectโ€™s ๐…๐‘๐„๐„ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ & ๐‘๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ.

Join us on ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— | ๐Ÿ”:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ ๐Œ๐ƒ๐“ | ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐›๐ข๐ญ.๐ฅ๐ฒ/๐Ÿ‘๐“๐ฃ๐—๐‡๐ฐ๐‚

โœจ This monthโ€™s featured plays:

๐๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š ๐‹๐ฒ๐ง๐ง (๐ฌ๐ก๐ž/๐ก๐ž๐ซ): ๐‡๐˜๐ƒ๐„ (๐Ž๐ซ ๐†๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐Š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐†๐จ๐š๐ญ๐ฌ)
A bold contemporary reimagining of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, this fierce feminist twist on good vs. evil blends heightened language, poetic theatricality, and a delightfully dangerous dose of Yellowjackets energyโ€”with a vengeful goat goddess named Bernice Hyde.

๐๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐จ (๐ฌ๐ก๐ž/๐ก๐ž๐ซ): ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ!
At an elite Laredo debutante ball, a new-money mestiza girl and a legacy debutante form an unlikely friendship as class, race, colonial tradition, and ambition collide. The night grows increasingly surreal, culminating in fantastical visionsโ€”and a dress that literally begins devouring the competition.

๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ-๐ข๐ง-๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž! The evening is hosted by Athena Projectโ€™s Literary Manager, Reilly Conlon, and we are joined by Read & Rantโ€™s Resident Dramaturg, Samara Siskind.

โ€œAn erasure poem of District Attorney Matthew Van Houtenโ€™s explanation for why the Cornell Seven were not criminally pro...
10/10/2026

โ€œAn erasure poem of District Attorney Matthew Van Houtenโ€™s explanation for why the Cornell Seven were not criminally prosecuted.

According to the NY Times the condensed materials sent to the prosecutor by Cornell University campus police were missing Janeโ€™s UNEQUIVOCAL ASSERTIONS that she was r***d. What a staggering thing to omit in an investigation. In this poem, I decided to erase parts of the document to re-visibilize Janeโ€™s truth within it.

If you are as outraged and horrified as I am, consider donating to rainn.org the nationโ€™s largest anti-sexual violence organization & operator or the National Sexual Assault Hotline.
You can also contact the Cornell administration or join a solidarity protest on October 13th. Thereโ€™s so much to do, and so many ways to show up for the millions of Janes out there.โ€

We are re-sharing this ๐ฉ๐จ๐ž๐ฆ ๐›๐ฒ ๐€๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐š ๐†๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง because it seizes the power of poetry to unearth one womanโ€™s truth that speaks truth of many. ๐…๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐€๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐š ๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ ๐š๐ญ to see her original post and more of her compelling work and news.

๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง: bit.ly/46LGfE6.

๐Ÿšจ ๐€๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐š ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ž ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž โ€” ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐’๐€As details continue to emerge from the sexual assault allegations at ...
10/08/2026

๐Ÿšจ ๐€๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐š ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ž ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž โ€” ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐’๐€

As details continue to emerge from the sexual assault allegations at Cornell, many survivors are being pulled back into memories they have worked hard to carry, contain, or heal from.

The truth here is not complicated:

๐€ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ.

๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ.

Survivors: you do not owe anyone a perfect memory, explanation, or performance of pain to be believed.

In the words of one of our Athena youth artists:
โ€œWe've become so accustomed to โ€˜it's just a jokeโ€™ and to not wanting to โ€˜snitch,โ€™ and that's only allowed situations like this to continue. It's crucial that more men speak up, hold other men accountable, and intervene when they see something wrong. ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐.โ€

If this is triggering your own trauma, support is available at ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ง.๐จ๐ซ๐  and ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐›๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐›๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ก.๐จ๐ซ๐ . If you wish to show up for all the Jane Does out there, consider supporting these organizations with a donation.

๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ! The Blue Bench offers prevention education for Colorado schools, campuses, workplaces, and bars: bit.ly/3Wf3eFu

Much gratitude to Katie Godowski for permission to share her photo.

๐Ÿ’œ ๐‹๐€๐“๐ˆ๐๐€ ๐„๐๐”๐€๐‹ ๐๐€๐˜ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜: ๐‚๐Ž๐‹๐Ž๐‘๐€๐ƒ๐Ž ๐“๐„๐€๐‚๐‡๐„๐‘๐’ ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐…๐„๐„๐‹๐ˆ๐๐† ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐†๐€๐ ๐“๐–๐ˆ๐‚๐„.Latina teachers in Colorado sit at the intersection ...
10/08/2026

๐Ÿ’œ ๐‹๐€๐“๐ˆ๐๐€ ๐„๐๐”๐€๐‹ ๐๐€๐˜ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜: ๐‚๐Ž๐‹๐Ž๐‘๐€๐ƒ๐Ž ๐“๐„๐€๐‚๐‡๐„๐‘๐’ ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐…๐„๐„๐‹๐ˆ๐๐† ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐†๐€๐ ๐“๐–๐ˆ๐‚๐„.

Latina teachers in Colorado sit at the intersection of two pay inequities: ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐ฐ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ ๐š๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. In 2025, Colorado public-school teachers earned about ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ.๐Ÿ•% ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ.*

And while Latine students make up a large share of Colorado classrooms, ๐‹๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ.

๐ˆ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐š ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ณ๐ข ๐‡๐ฎ๐ญ๐œ๐ก-๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ฌ: โ€œEven though student populations across Colorado feature high linguistic and ethnic diversityโ€”when you go to a school, campus or to workshops you donโ€™t see many teachers being Latino. Art and education play a big role in bringing communities together. But it wouldnโ€™t be possible without organizations and schools recognizing the work and the value it brings to have communities served by someone that looks like them, understands their values and cultural heritage, or speaks their language. That is only possible when teachers and artists are paid fairly.โ€

๐€๐ญ ๐€๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐š, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ก: ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ. Through our ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ, we pay Latine and other Teaching Artists equitably and give them opportunities to bring their artistry directly into their own communities.

๐Ÿ”ฅ Help us keep this resource growing. ๐ƒ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ฅ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ-๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ€”๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž: bit.ly/3yYWrVx ๐Ÿ”ฅ

*Figures are based on research by the National Womenโ€™s Law Center, the Economic Policy Institute, and the Colorado Department of Education. DM us for links.

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