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The Book Garden: A Woman's Store
We are an independent bookstore serving the lesbian/feminist community and local (Denver) neighborhood since 1985. We offer a diverse selection of books, gifts, music, videos, erotic toys and magazines. We also carry a wide range of pride products.
The Book Garden is located at 2625 E. 12th Avenue in Denver, CO. Now you know, so support your local feminist bookstore!
Denver Business Women's
Network
DBWN empowers businesswomen with knowledge, leadership skills, encouragement and a network of resources while building a solid foundation for personal and professional advancement.
Denver Chapter of Women in
Mining
The focus of the Women in Mining
organization is to educate the general public, as well as our members,
about mining and the mineral industries. Women in Mining welcomes everyone
interested in, or involved with any of the mining and mineral industries.
The League of Women voters of Denver, a nonpartisan organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government and influences public policy through education and advocacy. Its general objectives are to establish positions on public policy through members' participation and agreement; to take concerted actions that secure public policies consistent with League positions; to enhance citizen participation in federal, state, and local government decisions; and to increase citizen participation in the election process.
DWPC offers a range of public programs, author receptions, and writing seminars for budding and experienced writers. DWPC award scholarships to talented journalism, mass communications, and creative writing students at area colleges and universities.
www.denverwomanspressclub.orgDWC
is dedicated to building community through musical excellence. We
believe that choral music can be a passionate, meaningful and healing
experience that validates our lives and those with whom we share our song.
The Denver Women's Commission enhances
the quality of life in Denver by assisting women in the attainment of
equality and full opportunity. The Commission works with coalitions of
women's organizations to remove barriers and advocate for positive change;
monitors legislation and proposed policy changes. It informs women's
organizations who have an interest in legislative advocacy; publishes a
monthly news bulletin card outlining events and developments in the Denver
Women's Community.
DWHL promotes female ice hockey by
increasing awareness and excitement by providing the most comprehensive
and interactive website catering to female ice hockey players, coaches,
officials, rink managers, families, and fans.
We believe in contributing to the worldwide advancement of women in
sports, especially ice hockey.
DU Career Center: Women's Resources
Eating Disorder Center of Denver
Eating Disorder Center of Denver is
committed to empowering individuals
suffering with anorexia, bulimia, and related disorders to make healthy
long lasting change and experience the success of recovery.
www.edcdenver.com
Gateway Battered Women's Shelter
Gateway's mission is to work toward the elimination of
personal and societal violence against all women and children by
empowerment through education, support services, and by actually promoting
social change in the community.
Gateway offers support services to women and children who are victims of
family violence. We offer services through our 24 hour crisis line, our
two shelters ( one is an extended stay program offering services for up to
three months), through our nonresidential/counseling program, our court
advocacy program and through community education.
Gateway was started in 1979. They have continued to grow and add services
throughout the years.
Contact person: Jeneen Klippel-Worden, Director of Development and Public Relations, (303)343-1856
P.O. Box 914
Aurora CO 80040
Business #: 303-343-1856
Hotline/Crisis: 303-343-1851
Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver
Girls Inc., established in 1983, is a
non-profit organization and affiliate of National Girls Incorporated,
which is dedicated to assisting girls and young women to become
knowledgeable, resourceful and responsible citizens.
Habitat
for Humanity of Metro Denver--"Women's Build" Project
Women are teaming up to make Denver a
better place to live. During Habitat Women’s Build, a Habitat for
Humanity home is funded and built under the leadership of women. The
Women’s Build house provides a single mother and her children with a
decent, stable environment in which to live.
This
is a great volunteer project to do in honor of Mother's Day this May!
To get involved, call their HOTLINE at 303-312-3615.
Higher Education Resource Services (HERS), Mid-America, located at the University of Denver, sponsors professional development activities designed to improve the status of women in higher education. Currently the office is engaged in four programs to facilitate the professional development of women in higher education and their advancement into positions of ever-greater responsibility and authority.
The Junior League of Denver is an
organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the
potential of women, and improving the community through the effective
action and leadership of trained volunteers.
The Merle Catherine Chambers Center for the Advancement of Women
The Chambers Center will become the home and community hub for the students who attend The Women's College, as well as a regional resource for organizations and programs devoted to the advancement of women and girls and to the goals of creating pathways of economic self-sufficiency and the development of leadership skills.
MESA Moving to End Sexual Assault
MESA is dedicated to ending sexual assault and the suffering that it causes in our community. www.joinmesa.org
Mi Casa Resource Center for Women
Mi Casa Resource Center for Women, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Colorado non profit corporation located in Denver, Colorado at 360 Acoma Street. Their mission is to advance self-sufficiency for primarily low-income Latinas and youth. They accomplish this mission by offering training in traditional and nontraditional careers for women, training to help women start and grow a business and to keep youth achieving in school and making good decisions.
Northeast Women's Center
Provides social services and outreach programs.
303.355.33486
4821 E. 38th Ave
Denver CO
Denver
University Pride
303-871-6688
dupride01@yahoo.com
Pride's mission is to educate about embracing diversity and accepting differences. To comfort the confused and to challenge the comfortable. To form friendships with those of like thinking and to learn from those with different views. To strengthen the campus by strengthening and uniting ourselves and those among us.
Pride is DU's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender organization.
Rape Assistance and Awareness Program
The mission of the Rape Assistance and Awareness Program (RAAP) is to eliminate sexual violence. As the only rape crisis center serving metro-Denver since 1983, RAAP (pronounced “rap”) has served over 400,000 individuals with services that assist victims of sexual assault and programs that educate the public about preventing sexual violence.
www.raap.orgSince 1979, Boulder County Safehouse has supported the community by providing safety and support to victims of domestic violence. www.bouldercountysafehouse.org
Spinsters Ink Books, located in Denver, publishes novels and non-fiction works that deal with significant issues in women's lives from a feminist perspective: books that not only name these crucial issues, but -- more important -- encourage change and growth.
191 University
Blvd. #300
Denver, CO 80206
Direct: 303-761-5552
Orders Only: 1-800-301-6860
Email: spinster@spinsters-ink.com
Undergraduate
Women’s Council
UWC
provides a medium for discussion and support in areas that affect DU
undergraduate women. Objectives
include supporting undergraduate women at DU; making connections with
other DU women’s groups; focusing on health and safety issues; focusing
on education and classroom issues; and focusing on empowerment.
Heather Yocum
hyocum@du.edu
For 15 years, the Women's Bean Project has helped women break the cycle of poverty and unemployment. We teach workplace competencies for entry-level jobs within the context of two active businesses: production and sales (wholesale and retail) of a wide variety of soup and food mixes, and a catering service.
www.womensbeanproject.comThe
Women's College of the University of Denver
The Women's College is a unique learning community dedicated to serving a
highly diverse population of adult women undergraduates. TWC is committed to a unique
mission: the education of contemporary women.
State-wide
Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault
CCASA is a statewide coalition of individuals and organizations working together toward the elimination of sexual violence. As the collective voice of sexual assault survivors and those who support and serve them, CCASA's mission is to ensure that those impacted by sexual violence are treated with dignity and respect and have full access to quality services and resources.
CCASA has a fabulous list of resources--everything from Colorado rape crisis centers to national hotlines and resources for GLBT, Spanish and deaf communities. Follow the links to "Hotlines."
Colorado Federation of
Business and Professional Women
Colorado BPW works to elevate the
standards of women in business and in the professions; to promote the
interests of business and professional women; to bring about a spirit of
cooperation among business and professional women of the United States;
and to extend opportunities to business and professional women through
education along lines of industrial, scientific and vocational activities.
Colorado
National Abortion Rights and Reproductive Rights Action League
The mission of Colorado NARAL is to
develop and sustain a constituency that uses the political process to
guarantee every woman the right to make personal decisions regarding the
full range of reproductive health choices, including preventing unintended
pregnancies, bearing healthy children, and choosing legal abortion.
COLOR Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights
www.colorlatina.orgColoradoWoman.com encompasses Colorado Woman News, the voice of the women's community.
Colorado
Women's Agenda is a statewide network that champions economic security,
social justice and political power for all Colorado women through public
education, political advocacy, communications and grassroots activism.
Colorado Women's Bar
Association
The CWBA works
to promote women in the legal profession and the interests of women
generally.
CWF is a non-profit club formed in 1997
to encourage and support women who fly fish, who enjoy the camaraderie of
other women who delight in the sport of flyfishing, and to provide a forum
for women flyfishers to meet.
Colorado Women's Hall of Fame's mission
is to inspire by celebrating and sharing the lifetime contributions of
Colorado's extraordinary women.
Women's Integrated Health Project
WIHP's mission is to ensure the mental, physical and emotional health of both women and girls through multidisciplinary therapeutic intervention.
They have a fabulous list of local support groups and resources for Denver and Boulder areas.
The Women of the West Museum is the
nation's first devoted to tracing and interpreting the history of women of
all cultures in the American West from earliest times to the present.
Women's
Foundation of Colorado
Founded on the belief that women's success is essential to the success of the community, the Women's Foundation of Colorado is dedicated to the economic progress of women and girls throughout Colorado.
The Women's Resource Center at the University of Colorado-Boulder
The Women's Resource Center at the
University of Colorado, Boulder
serves as a resource for the university community. From a lens of gender
equity and social justice we advocate for people of all genders,
backgrounds, races, classes, ages, sexual orientations, political and
religious beliefs, ethnicities, nationalities and abilities. We are firmly
committed to building and strengthening alliances across differences and
between agencies. This site also provides links to agencies and resource
centers.
HeritageAspen, Aspen's historical
society, preserves and communicates the history of the Aspen Area for a
local and worldwide audience ensuring an understanding and appreciation
for our unique community through educational programs, research,
collections, exhibits and publications.
This
page on their site gives the history of women's suffrage in Colorado.
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Gender and Women's
Studies Program at the University of Denver
2000 East Asbury
Sturm Hall 419
Denver, CO 80208
303-871-4419 fchevill@du.edu
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