Book It: The Six Best Literary Events This Week
"Meaghan Winter is a freelance journalist who has published widely in outlets like New York, Bloomberg Businessweek, Cosmopolitan and Slate. In presenting her new book, All Politics Is Local: Why Progressives Must Fight for the States, Winter will be joined in conversation at the Tattered Cover by Senate Majority Leader Steve Fenberg, Executive Director of New Era Colorado Lizzy Stephan, and Colorado Representative Leslie Herod.” Read full article #LeslieHerod #MeaghanWinter
ON THE ROLE OF IDENTITY IN CREATING BETTER POLICY: AN INTERVIEW WITH LESLIE HEROD
"Our BlackHer Shero of the Week is Leslie Herod, a state representative for Colorado.Representative Herod is the first African American LGBTQ candidate elected to the Colorado State Legislature. Her previous political experience includes serving as deputy political director for President Obama’s reelection campaign in Colorado. She is also a co-founder of New Era Colorado, the state’s leading organization focused on the engagement of young people. Finally, she served as pr
Politics (Not) as Usual
"Leslie Herod isn’t new to the Capitol, but the Park Hill resident is emblematic of the change that’s come to the Colorado General Assembly—and to the U.S. Congress. Herod, who is black and gay, first ran for office in 2015. But, she told 5280 articles editor Natasha Gardner, “I wasn’t going to be elected despite my sexual orientation. I was going to be elected. Full stop.” As Gardner details in “State Representative Leslie Herod Has A Story To Share,” the rising Democratic s
Colorado state House committee leaders announced
"Colorado state Speaker of the House-designee Rep. KC Becker of Boulder has made her choices for who will chair 11 House committees in the 2019 and 2020 sessions." "Becker also reorganized a few committees, eliminating the Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources Committee in favor of a "Rural Affairs Committee." She also combined Transportation with Local Government." "In a Sunday statement Becker said the Rural Affairs Committee "will oversee issues of particular import
How well did Trump, Obama do on backing Colorado candidates?
"The rest of One Colorado’s endorsements included state Senate candidates Donovan, Danielson, Story and Pettersen, as well as Leroy Garcia, Pete Lee, Robert Rodriguez and Julie Gonzales." "Other House candidates endorsed by One Colorado were Bridges, Roberts, Michaelson-Jenet, Gray, McLachlan, Snyder, Caraveo, Mullica, Bird, Sullivan, Galindo, Susan Lontine, Alec Garnett, Chris Hansen, James Coleman, Leslie Herod, Edie Hooten, Jonathan Singer, KC Becker, Chris Kennedy, Tracy
Colorado state House committee chairs announced
"Colorado state Speaker of the House-designee Rep. KC Becker of Boulder has made her choices for who will chair 11 House committees in the 2019 and 2020 sessions." "Becker also reorganized a few committees, eliminating the Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources Committee in favor of a "Rural Affairs Committee." She also combined Transportation with Local Government." "In a Sunday statement Becker said the Rural Affairs Committee "will oversee issues of particular import
