Author - The Durango Herald

Good work, Colorado, but we still have a long way to go

On March 21, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill that represents one more step forward in the efforts to recognize people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as equal and contr...

DATE: Apr 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Help stop violence by recognizing contributions of people with disabilities

On March 1, communities across the country held vigils to remember the lives of people with disabilities lost to filicide. In the past five years, more than 550 individuals with ...

DATE: Mar 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Public health works to protect your water, air quality

In the Four Corners, we love our world-class mountains, deserts, forests and rivers. Most people worry about water and air quality in this context – are we protecting our rivers from the imp...

DATE: Mar 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

It’s almost Valentine’s Day: Let’s talk about intimacy

Love it or loathe it, it’s coming: Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day is a whirlwind of romance, fancy dates, chocolates, flowers. Or it’s a sad reminder of the lack of intimacy in our lives. ...

DATE: Feb 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Program strives to help La Plata County’s young people

San Juan Basin Public Health continually works to meet the community’s needs and therefore strives to be a flexible, responsive agency. What was once referred to as “Health Polic...

DATE: Feb 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

When we learn to stand up, we can make this world better

Martin Luther King once said, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” To act or speak is to be a subject, while objects are those that are acted upon. ...

DATE: Jan 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Coordinators can help navigate health care system

Until you have cared for a sick child, spouse, friend or loved one, you may not truly understand that health care is not “one size fits all.” Although a diagnosis may be the same, never is t...

DATE: Jan 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Charitable giving should come from your heart, head

While shopping downtown this holiday season, you may have noticed the “Make It Count” giving campaign organized by our Durango Business Improvement District. This campaign encourages people ...

DATE: Dec 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Many people fighting to secure civil rights for all people with disabilities

People have many associations with this time of year – generosity, family, tradition, faith, flying reindeer. One thing I believe the season encompassing Thanksgiving to the New Year can hig...

DATE: Dec 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Flu vaccine safeguards personal, community health

December through February is the typical peak for the influenza virus, and with the vaccination taking effect after about two weeks, now is the time to protect your health as well as the com...

DATE: Dec 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Remember that we are raising adults, not children

San Juan Basin Public Health is currently working on improving the well-being of youths across La Plata County through the implementation of the Communities That Care framework. ...

DATE: Nov 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Standing strong against violence in our communities

Recently, I volunteered to help with the Transgender Day of Remembrance in Durango. (Shameless plug: the event will be from 5-7 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Duran...

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Creating Community