By Sarah Ford
On an unusually warm fall afternoon, dozens of refugees and new American citizens flock around a small stage set in a schoolyard abandoned for the weekend. They crowd into the shade, sweating under American flag hijabs and long dresses, waving small American flags in their hands for the breeze as much as a show of pride.
By Matthew Van Deventer
About five years ago Denver filmmaker and owner of Denver Film Company Gabriel Dohrn was sitting at a stop light when a homeless man came up to his window to ask him for change. Dohrn brushed him off and the homeless man said, “You just think this could never happen to you.” Today, Dohrn says, “I think I was taken aback because I think he was right.”
By Steve Anson, VOICE vendor
Well, the actual quotation was “You have a family at home, but the people you love are here.” My former bartender Geri said that. Later that night, I’m sure she said to me, “Thank you, but you gotta go. Gimme your keys.” I am truly thankful to Geri for that. I am also thankful that several years later, I finally quit drinking.
By John Alexander, VOICE vendor
I have been vending the Denver VOICE eight years. The most common remark I have heard over the years—and I still hear it—is “get a job.” Sometimes I hear a variation on this same message: “Get a real job, you bum,” or even, “Can’t you find another way to annoy people?”
Call me crazy, but I believe individual votes matter.
Wait, don’t stop reading yet. Like most Americans—me included—by now you are probably looking forward to November 8 if for no other reason than it means the end of campaigning and election coverage.