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Want to learn how to Protest with aplomb???? Boulder
May 7th
On Saturday, May 14th, a very exciting event is going to happen in Denver – and we need your help! Young people have organized marches across the globe to take place May 7 – 14th, and the largest march is slated to happen in Denver on May 14th – sign up to march or to volunteer at the and get detailed information at: www.iMatterColorado.com
In addition, RMPJC is organizing the Marshals for the March and organizing the Recycle Crew – If you can help with either of these please call Betty ASAP at 303-444-6981.
Training for being a Marshal will happen on Saturday May 7th. 10 – Noon in Denver: AFSC Office, 901 – W. 14th Avenue (at Kalamath) This is also a retirement community, so please be respectful of the signs in the parking lot, and of the residents in the building. We will meet you at the door and go in together.
4 – 6 PM in Boulder: RMPJC Office, 3970 Broadway, Suite 105. At Broadway and Quince. Go East on Quince off of Broadway to the second parking lot on the right. pull into paring lot and park. Our door is directly in front of you as you turn into the parking lot. By bus – take skip to Quince, and follow above directions.
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Saturday, May 7 BOULDER Creative writing session for Children and Adults with Jack Collom, poet, author, teacher of children. 10 a.m. to noon at the Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe, Creekside Meeting Room.
Saturday, May 7 BOULDER Town Hall Meeting with State Senator Rollie Heath at Chautaqua Community House 10 a.m -12 noon.
Sunday, May 8 BOULDER Professor Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and Chair of Middle Eastern Studies, University of San Francisco will address the recent and ongoing struggles for democracy in Arab Countries and the power of strategic nonviolent action(s) being employed in some of those struggles. 7:00 PM at the Friends Meeting House, 1825 Upland Ave, Boulder. Please call RMPJC, 303-444-6981 for additional information. Sliding Scale $5 – $20. No one turned away for lack of funds.
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For more information on RMPJC, call us at 303-444-6981 or visit our website at www.rmpjc.org or link with our facebook page at our website.
RMPJC is located at 3970 Broadway, Suite 105, Boulder. From Quince and Broadway go east and take a right into the second driveway into the shopping center.
Carolyn Bninski
RMPJC
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Life’s most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?-Martin Luther King
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Finally! A new Boulder Public Library Director named
Apr 25th
BOULDER – The City of Boulder today announced Valerie Maginnis will be the new Boulder Public Library director effective June 13, 2011. Maginnis was selected from 78 applicants in a national search. The decision came after public presentations by the finalists and interviews with city staff and members of the Library and the Arts commissions.
“I am honored and excited to have been selected for the position,” said Maginnis. “I am very much looking forward to working with staff, volunteers, and the community to explore ways that the Boulder Public Library can be even more important and relevant to the lives of its current and future patrons.”
Maginnis is currently the director of Library and Cultural Services for the City of Mission Viejo, Calif. She has more than 20 years of experience in city and county libraries. Maginnis holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from California State University and a master’s degree in Library Science from the University of Arizona.
“The Boulder Public Library is a centerpiece of the community,” said City Manager Jane Brautigam. “This is a complex organization to lead and requires a dynamic director who can manage the business operations as well as connect with a diverse and passionate community. I believe Boulder has found such a director in Valerie Maginnis.”
Brautigam added that evaluating a national pool of highly qualified candidates was a difficult task, and community input was a significant component of the process.
“Any time an organization conducts an executive search, it is a time-consuming and challenging process,” said Brautigam. “In the case of our library director, the individual must be able to lead a traditional library system as well as manage a performing arts center. I appreciate that so many residents and staff attended the public presentations to provide feedback on the finalists, and I want to thank members of the Library and Arts commissions for participating in the interviews. It was an excellent opportunity for finalists to meet the community and for citizens to provide input.”
Maginnis fills the position vacated on July 9, 2010, by Tony Tallent. She will earn a salary of $128,000 and assumes her role as Boulder Public library director on June 13, 2011.
City Announces Library Director Finalists, Invites Public to Meet Candidates
Apr 8th
“Our extended search for a library director enabled us to consider 78 candidates. We believe these finalists are prepared to lead a complex organization like our library system and its performing arts center,” said City Manager Jane Brautigam. “Each of the finalists has significant library and management experience.”
The city will conduct a final round of interviews following a public presentation by each candidate, and a community reception for members of the public who wish to meet the candidates.
Members of the community are invited on Sunday, April 17, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. to hear the candidates’ perspectives on balancing innovation and tradition in a public library context. The presentations will be held in Council Chambers at the Municipal Building, 1777 Broadway. A public reception to meet the candidates will follow from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the lobby.
Finalists for the Boulder Public Library director are:
Ann Kling, assistant deputy director for Public Services, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Buffalo, NY
Valerie Maginnis, director of Library and Cultural Services, City of Mission Viejo, CA
Jennifer Miles, acting director, Boulder Public Library, Boulder, CO
Donna Walker, manager, Neighborhood Libraries, Outreach Services, Child and Family Library Services, Arapahoe Library District, Centennial, CO
Information about the candidates, as well as comment cards, will be available at the public presentations and reception on April 17.
The City of Boulder posted the position in November 2010 and extended the search for a library director in February 2011. The recruitment firm Peckham and McKenney assisted in the nationwide search for the Boulder Public Library director. The city anticipates announcing the selected candidate in May.