Montview and Integration of the Denver Public Schools In the 1960s and 1970s Montview Church was a leader in the efforts to create a truly integrated community in Park Hill. The people who fervently supported it wanted a diverse community where people could send their children to integrated schools, live in integrated blocks, and mix in integrated social events. The …
A Winning Cause – Correcting a Serious Injustice
The 2021 session of the Colorado Legislature saw a concerted effort by Together Colorado, whose offices are situated at Montview, and by Montview members Marilynn Ackermann and John Howell to correct an injustice. Their success is worth noting and celebrating. The injustice involves the practice of showups: delivering to a crime victim or eyewitness a “suspect” police pick up on …
Finding Hope in a Racial Equity Idea from Black Coloradans
Finding Hope in a Racial Equity Idea from Black Coloradans The Session of Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church voted unanimously on March 16 that our church become a supporting sponsor of the formal feasibility study of a unique initiative. Called the Free Lifetime Education initiative, it was developed by four activist women of Park Hill & Denver: Ms. Sade Cooper, Dr. …
Montview’s Anti-Racism Trust Team
Montview’s Anti-Racism Trust Team The image of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on the neck of George Floyd for almost 9 minutes until Floyd stopped breathing and died on May 25 is seared in my memory. With his hand tucked nonchalantly in his pocket and sunglasses perched atop his head, Chauvin was the picture of cold oppression, and it …
Can We Become Antiracist?
Can We Become Antiracist? It’s likely you’ve been hearing more at Montview about undoing racism since the Memorial Day murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Certainly, that’s when many of us white folks were awakened – or reawakened – to the systemic injustices Black people and people of color experience every day in America. But, in fact, the work that’s …