Attend Our Rebel 2020 Virtual Event - Conservation Colorado

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Join us for this Special Edition of Rebel on November 12th. We will gather together virtually after an unprecedented election to thank our conservation champions, take stock of the electoral landscape, and look to the year ahead.

Join the Happy Hour at 6:00PM with elected officials from Colorado weighing in on the challenges of 2021. The main event starts at 7:00 PM and will feature conversations with an incredible cast of conservation champions. Stay tuned to this space as details are revealed!

Click here to reserve your spot at this Special Edition of Rebel.

And please contact our Development Director, Leslie Allen, if your company would like to be a sponsor or add an auction item. There’s lots of opportunities to support this event!

Speakers

Jay Inslee

Governor of Washington

Governor Inslee has firmly established the state of Washington as the national leader in fighting climate change. He created the Clean Energy Fund, a model for economic development aligned with climate change goals, creating hundreds of jobs and setting unprecedented emissions standards, making Washington state a standard-bearer for the nation. The Evergreen Action Plan that was developed from the climate-focused Inslee presidential campaign has become a go-to climate roadmap.

Julie Gonzales

Colorado State Senator

Conservation Colorado is thrilled to name Senator Julie Gonzales our Legislator of the Year.

Senator Gonzales is an inspiring leader for her community who isn’t afraid of big fights including those with corporate polluters. Despite the challenges of the 2020 legislative session, Senator Gonzales was the lead sponsor on a bill that was ultimately signed by Governor Polis to increase fees, fines, and community notification requirements on corporate polluters who release excessive air and water pollution — thus better protecting communities of color and those living on lower incomes who have also been hardest-hit by the pandemic.

Julie has dedicated her life to organizing on the front lines for justice in Colorado. Since volunteering for her first campaign in 2003, Julie has organized coalitions of low-income families, unions, students, organizations, and environmental activists to benefit Denver communities. We at Conservation Colorado are thrilled to stand with her in her fight for Colorado’s families, communities, and environment.

Happy Hour

Drink Recipe: New Fangled Old Fashion

Conservation Colorado’s Sophia Mayott-Guerrero, our Communities and Justice Advocate, put her Colorado twist on an old favorite especially for this event.

We invite you to make your own at home during our Happy Hour from 6-7. You can watch Sophia herself make up the drink if you tune in by 6:15 pm. Gather the ingredients together beforehand at your local liquor store and get ready to be wowed!

New Fangled Old Fashion

The rocky mountains are millions of years old, but they are considered ‘young’ mountains. Conservation is where protecting the old mountains, lands, water and air, are supported by new ideas, new people, and new progress. This Colorado inspired drink is to remind us to enjoy what we have, but to always be looking boldly forward.

Fill a shaker or pint glass with ice and add:

2 oz Colorado Peach Whiskey (Fireside Peach Whiskey or Leopold Brothers Rocky Mountain Peach are good Colorado Options)
3 dashes peach bitters
1/2 oz grenadine
Pinch of sugar to taste

Shake or stir with ice and pour over ice and garnish with a peach slice or a cherry

DJ Mr. Denver Spins Tunes at Rebel!

Come to our Happy Hour at 6 pm and dance out those post-election nerves!

Mr. Denver mixes the best local music from the Colorado Streets. That’s right! Only Colorado artists: All Genres, All People, Oldies and New Releases. Mr. Denver has worked in the local music industry for 10 years in music television, festival, and radio production. He brings personal stories and thematic sets to your ears. He loves to dance and that is where he finds his musical inspiration.

Mr. Denver aka Ean Thomas Tafoya is also the Colorado Field Advocate for GreenLatinos, where he works across the state and country to educate and empower local environmental justice leaders to fight to improve their health.

You can tune into KGNU for Mr. Denver’s Colorado Only edition at kgnu.org or find his archive at afterfm.com/mrdenver

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