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Today on Colorado Edition: We examine Colorado’s existing power grid and winter contingency plans to see whether a large-scale failure could be possible here. We’ll also hear how Larimer County’s reserve officers training program is addressing growing mental health issues among its ranks. Plus, we hear from Front Range Community College’s new executive director of equity and inclusion about the issues in the current system and what it will take to change them. And we hear a report on food insecurity in the Mountain West region.
Today’s guests include: Abenicio Rael, executive director of equity and inclusion at Front Range Community College; and Michael Booth, a reporter with the Colorado Sun. And today’s show features reporting from: KUNC’s mental health reporter Leigh Paterson and Mountain West News Bureau reporter Stephanie Serrano.
Front Range Community College has hired Abenicio Rael to be the school’s first executive director of equity and inclusion.
“Creating this new position will sharpen FRCC’s focus on our goals of inclusive excellence, educational equity and advancing opportunity for all,” college president Andy Dorsey said in a statement announcing the hire.
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Front Range Community College Hires First Executive Director to Focus on Equity
Front Range Community College Hires First Executive Director to Focus on Equity
Front Range Community College Fort Collins campus. Photo credits - John Young.
Abenicio Rael, M.Ed., Front Range Community College’s first executive director of equity and inclusion. Photo courtesy of Front Range Community College.
Front Range Community College has hired Abenicio Rael, M.Ed. as the school’s first executive director of equity and inclusion to provide equal opportunity for everyone.
Abenicio has held positions supporting and advocating for marginalized students at the University of Colorado (CU) Denver in his most recent role as the director of Latinx student services. In that role, he led the development of the university’s Equity plan.