August 2022

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By Dan Burke, 30 August, 2022

Jamila leading a Privilege Walk Activity in the Gym

A while back, the Philosophy class met in the gym and student Jamila Lane led us through a “Privilege Walk.”

Jamila, from Atlanta, previously participated in Privilege Walks in both her undergraduate and graduate studies, but it was her first time leading one.

“Disability added a very interesting layer to it,” she said, “because everyone in this group is blind.”

Meaning that for questions that involved disability, almost everyone had to stand still or step back, and more than once as a result, leaving most of the staff and students clustered around the center line by the end.

By Dan Burke, 24 August, 2022

Makhai wearing parade number
Makhai proudly wears No. 43, our Western Welcome Week Parade number for this year, and led the way for us down the parade route on Littleton Blvd and Main St. He didn’t manage to spare his voice, however, as he led chants and cheers. He was already going hoarse by the time we turned off Gallup and onto the official parade route!

You know, it's not always easy to turn out our Colorado Center for the Blind students on a Saturday morning after a long week of learning and practicing the alternative skills we blind people use. Ours is a demanding program. But this year's Littleton Western Welcome Week Grand Parade was marked by high energy on the morning of August 19, and it carried all through last Saturday's event , right up to hearing the announcers at Rapp and Main announce "The Colorado Center for the Blind!"