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MROHP Interviews: Elena Aranda
Elena Aranda runs the Compañeras program at El Centro AMISTAD in Boulder, which helps to empower immigrant women. She describes the activities of her program, including nutritional, health, and English classes, and the history of AMISTAD’s founding. She was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, and was the first person in her family to come to the U.S. She describes the challenges of adjusting to life in the United States. In addition to volunteering with AMISTAD, she works as a therapist with the Mental Health Center, having earned a masters degree in Mexico. She talks about maintaining her cultural identity as a Mexican and a Latina, the challenges she and her children have faced in Boulder due to discrimination, the emphasis she put on education in her family, and her pride in her children’s work.
This interview was recorded for the Maria Rogers Oral History Program. Interview conducted by Esther Blazon and filmed by Dalia Sanchez in 2013. For more oral histories, visit the online archive at
Boulder Colorado Real Estate: Boulder Creek in July
Mario Jannatpour is a Realtor with RE/MAX Alliance in Louisville, Colorado.
Mario specializes in helping Relocation Buyers and First Time Buyers. He has lived in the Boulder area most of his life.
This is Boulder Creek in front of the Boulder Public Library.
Contact Mario at movetocolo@gmail.com
MROHP Shorts: Soviet Jews Reflect on Their Immigrant Experiences
This video includes portions of interviews with Soviet Jewish immigrants who came to the United States and resettled in Boulder, Colorado, during the 1980s and 1990s. The clips were chosen for their moving stories about leaving and finding home. The interviews are part of the Maria Rogers Oral History Program's special collection about Boulder Action for Soviet Jewry. The video was created by Cat Bell. See more about this project at our blog, Listen to This! at boulderoralhistory.wordpress.com
MROHP Interviews: Maria Murillo
Maria Murillo immigrated to the United States from Venezuela eighteen years before this interview was conducted. Initially, she came to Colorado with her husband and two children so that her husband could go to graduate school at the Colorado School of Mines. Eventually, she moved to Boulder and attended the University of Colorado as a graduate student herself and now teaches high school math. She describes the great beauty of Venezuela and talks about things that she misses from her country of origin, but also comments on the safety, cleanliness and sense of welcome that she has experienced in Boulder, which she now considers her home. She discusses friendships she has made—although she finds Americans to be welcoming, as for many Boulder immigrants, her long-term friendships have mainly been with other foreigners.
This interview was recorded for the Maria Rogers Oral History Program and is part of a series in which immigrants who were members of the Boulder Public Library Outreach Program’s English conversation class interviewed each other about their home countries and their experiences since arriving in Boulder. Interview conducted and filmed byMaria Semprum in 2014. For more oral histories, visit the online archive at
MROHP Interviews: Akiko Tohno
After saving enough money to travel abroad, Akiko Tohno moved to New York City from Japan, hoping to improve her English. After marrying her husband, she moved with him to Boulder, Colorado, his hometown. In this interview she talks about how Japan differs from the United States, things she misses about Japan, and also the things she loves about Boulder, where she now feels at home. She particularly describes the way that the Boulder Public Library's English Conversation class fostered friendships and her appreciation of th positive atmosphere of the library.
This interview was recorded for the Maria Rogers Oral History Program. Interview conducted by Maria Semprum and filmed by Anne Marie Pois in 2014. For more oral histories, visit the online archive at
MROHP Interviews: Ana Casas
Ana Casas describes migrating to the United States from Mexico at the age of 11 and settling in Boulder, Colorado. She talks about the challenges of going to school initially as a non-English speaking student and the struggles that exist for undocumented students who want to attend college.
This interview was recorded for the Maria Rogers Oral History Program and the Boulder County Latino History Project. Interview conducted by Veronica Lamas and filmed by Deisy DeLuna in 2013. For more oral histories in this collection and on other topics, visit the online archive at
Ted Kooser Reading at the Boulder Library -
An excerpt from the Poets' Co-op TV Show Special Braodcast (Episode #41) with Ted Kooser reading Pearl and That Was I at the Boulder Library on March 5, 2011. The Poets' Co-op TV Show was proud to broadcast this historic free reading of and discussion with the 13th Poet Laureate of the United States. Episode 41 of the Poets Co-op TV Show is a special unedited 58 minute video filmed and produced by M. D. Friedman. This show was broadcast on CCTV 54 at Catalyst High School in Lafayette, Colorado, in March of 2011 and is made available now by the Internet Poets' Cooperative. We want to thank the Boulder Library and the Lafayette Cultural Arts Commission for making this possible. Please see videopoetry.org for more great poetry.
MROHP Videos: Irle Hernandez
Irle Hernandez was born and grew up in Louisville, Colorado, with a mother who had come from Mexico. At the time of the interview, she was between her junior and senior years in high school and had just participated in the pre-collegiate program at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She describes in detail her father's arrest and deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and her feelings about visiting him in Jail. She also talks about her education, the support of her teachers, her career plans, and what it is like to be Hispanic in the United States at the time of her interview.
This interview was recorded for the Maria Rogers Oral History Program and the Boulder County Latino History Project. Interview conducted by Linda Arroyo-Holmstrom and filmed by Veronica Lamas in 2013. For more oral histories, visit the online archive at
MROHP Interviews: Viktor and Lydia Slonim
Victor and Lydia Slonim emigrated from the Soviet Union to Boulder, Colorado, in 1989. Victor, who is Jewish, describes many aspects of antisemitism in the former Soviet Union as well as the harsh treatment of dissidents there. Lydia, whose family of origin was not Jewish, describes employment and personal discrimination she experienced in the Soviet Union as a result of marrying someone who is Jewish. They both compare Soviet and American culture and describe adjustment to life in the United States, including the role of Boulder Action for Soviet Jewry in helping them to learn English and learn about life in America.
This interview (OH 1684) was recorded for the Maria Rogers Oral History Program as part of a series about Boulder Action for Soviet Jewry. Interview conducted and filmed by Becky Rosenberg and Brandon Springer in 2010. For more oral histories, visit the online archive at
MROHP Interviews: Victor Mestas
Victor Mestas, an accomplished keyboard musician, moved to Boulder with his wife and two children in 2012 from Venezuela. He describes the geography and culture of Venezuela, explains that they moved the United States due to deteriorating conditions in Venezuela and to provide opportunities for their children, and talks about how much he loves living in Boulder and why. As a musician, he plays with many bands in the Boulder area, including Brazilian, salsa, and jazz bands, and his relationships with other musicians have made it easy for him to get to know people here.
This interview was recorded for the Maria Rogers Oral History Program.It is part of a series in which immigrants who were members of the Boulder Public Library Outreach Program’s English conversation class interviewed each other about their home countries and their experiences since arriving in Boulder. Interview conducted by Rattana Toi McDaniel and filmed by Maria Semprum in 2014. For more oral histories, visit the online archive at
MROHP Interviews: LeRoy Moore
Topics: Department of Energy (DOE), Rocky Flats contractors (Rockwell, EG&G, Kaiser-Hill), plutonium in the ductwork at Rocky Flats, Rocky Flats as Superfund site, shutdown at Rocky Flats, role of activists in closing Rocky Flats, Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, community advisory groups (Rocky Flats Citizens Advisory Board, Rocky Flats Future Site Use Working Group, Rocky Flats Local Impacts Initiative-FRLII, Rocky Flats Soil Action Advisory Panel, Rocky Flats Cleanup Agreement Focus Group), cleanup of Rocky Flats, Rocky Flats Cleanup Agreement, interviewee's role in creation of advisory groups to oversee cleanup, plutonium cleanup levels, role of citizen's groups in setting levels, contamination of site with plutonium, movement of plutonium in soil, concept of cleanup to background radiation levels, disagreements between advisory groups and DOE/Kaiser-Hill, bioturbation of soil on site, federal funding of cleanup, politics of cleanup, Wildlife Refuge at Rocky Flats site, 903 Pad contamination, advocacy of representative democracy for environmental issues, lawsuit brought by nearby landowners against Dow and Rockwell, government secrecy about nuclear accidents.
This interview was recorded for the Maria Rogers Oral History Program, interview conducted and filmed by Dorothy D. Ciarlo, 2005. For more oral histories, visit the online archive at
MROHP Interviews: Salvador Serrano
Salvador Serrano came to Colorado from Mexico at the age of 4 when his family joined his grandmother. His parents came to the United States in hopes of giving their children better education and opportunities. He talks about his parents, his education, and his experiences of living in Colorado. He hopes to go to college and become an architect.
This interview was recorded for the Maria Rogers Oral History Program and the Boulder County Latino History Project. Interview conducted by Veronica Lamas and filmed by Deisy DeLuna in 2013. For more oral histories, visit the online archive at
MROHP Interviews: David Rosdeitcher
David Rosdeitcher, aka The ZIP Code Man, reflects on his twenty-one years of performing as a busker on the Pearl Street Mall (and elsewhere). His act involves having people give him their hometown ZIP code; he then can tell each person where he or she comes from. The act also includes juggling and storytelling and is a perennial favorite of downtown mall visitors. David Rosdeitcher tells about the origins of the act, describes how he developed it, relates surprising and touching anecdotes about performances, and speaks of his love of performing, entertaining, and having a positive effect on people. The interview also includes a description of Boulder in the 1970s and 1980s, when the city was the juggling capital of the United States, and discussion about what makes Boulder unusual and an appealing place to live.
This interview was recorded for the Maria Rogers Oral History Program, interview conducted and filmed by Vicki A Murray-Kurzban, 2012. For more oral histories, visit the online archive at
Virtual Photo Walks take's a stroll through downtown Boulder, Colorado
Let's take a stroll through downtown Boulder, Colorado with volunteer photographer +Dominic Phillips . We'll start at the historic Boulder Theater and wind our way up Pearl Street Mall. Then, we'll pop over to the public library and head down the Boulder Creek path to the Dushanbe Teahouse. Join us for a great walk on a beautiful day!
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A Celebration of CU Boulder's Favorite Poems
We received more than 100 entries of favorite poems and 15 were selected to be read at this event that celebrates poetry's role in our lives---whether it be wooing a loved one or mourning a loss or just noticing the world around us!
The goal of our celebration is to take poetry out of the classroom and celebrate it as one of humanity's oldest art forms. Rather than hearing from poets or the academics who study them, our celebration features people of all ages and from all areas of study, sharing what a specific poem means to them.
The University of Colorado Boulder Libraries and Department of English would like to thank everyone who submitted their favorite poem, either online or via entry forms. We received over 120 entries, with poets from Emily Dickson to Ice Cube. There were surprising few redundancy, with the exception of Mary Oliver's Wild Geese, which received five different entries. Fifteen poems were selected to represent the diversity of the entries.
This idea was inspired by the Favorite Poem Project, dedicated to celebrating, documenting and encouraging poetry's role in our lives. Robert Pinsky, the 39th Poet Laureate of the United States, founded the Favorite Poem Project in 1997, and 20 years later, people continue to gather and celebrate poetry's role in their personal lives.
3:51 Aunt Tabitha by Oliver Wendell Holmes — Read by Leslie Reynolds, Interim Dean of the Libraries
7:35 Color of the Sky by Tony Hoagland — Read by Haley Wilhelmsen, Junior in Creative Writing
11:08 My Cup Has Overflowed by John Paul Moore — Read by Veronica Greuel, Director of Admissions and Recruitment, College of Music
14:16 Bazichach-e atfal hai dunya mira age (The world is a plaything before me) by Mirza Ghalib — Read by Aun Hasan Ali, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies
18:29 [i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] by e.e. cummings — Read by Erin Frasier, Director of Campus Communications and Engagement, Strategic Relations
21:31 Listen to the Mustn'ts by Shel Silverstein — Read by Jennifer Knievel, Associate Professor, Acting Senior Associate Dean of University Libraries
21:41 Writer's Block by Lu Ji — Read by Michael Breed, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
24:27 Daffodils by William Wordsworth — Read by Kayla Kohake, Graduate Student in Linguistics
27:25 Brand New Ancients by Kate Tempest — Read by Katie Plain, Transfer Student in English
30:48 Failing and Flying by Jack Gilbert — Read by Noel Paraan, Junior in Creative Writing & German Studies
34:03 They Knew What They Wanted by John Ashbery — Read by Genevieve Waller, Department Assistant, CMCI
37:50 The Waking by Theodore Roethke — Read by Carla L. Ho-a, Associate Vice Chancellor, Finance and Business Strategy
40:17 On Talking by Kahlil Gibran — Read by Mohd Aaquib Tabrez, Graduate Student in Mechanical Engineering
42:32 Последний тост (Last Toast) by Anna Akhmatova — Read by Colin Grushkin, Senior in Finance with a minor in Russian
44:35 Wild Geese by Mary Oliver — Read by Deirdre Keating, Communications Manager, University Libraries
Please inform us at mediaservices@colorado.edu if you need closed captioning for viewing of this video.
[PREVIEW] A Celebration of CU Boulder's Favorite Poems
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We received more than 100 entries of favorite poems and 15 were selected to be read at this event that celebrates poetry's role in our lives---whether it be wooing a loved one or mourning a loss or just noticing the world around us!
The goal of our celebration is to take poetry out of the classroom and celebrate it as one of humanity's oldest art forms. Rather than hearing from poets or the academics who study them, our celebration features people of all ages and from all areas of study, sharing what a specific poem means to them.
The University of Colorado Boulder Libraries and Department of English would like to thank everyone who submitted their favorite poem, either online or via entry forms. We received over 120 entries, with poets from Emily Dickson to Ice Cube. There were surprising few redundancy, with the exception of Mary Oliver's Wild Geese, which received five different entries. Fifteen poems were selected to represent the diversity of the entries.
This idea was inspired by the Favorite Poem Project, dedicated to celebrating, documenting and encouraging poetry's role in our lives. Robert Pinsky, the 39th Poet Laureate of the United States, founded the Favorite Poem Project in 1997, and 20 years later, people continue to gather and celebrate poetry's role in their personal lives.
Please inform us at mediaservices@colorado.edu if you need closed captioning for viewing of this video.
MROHP Interviews: Ana Gonzalez Dorta
Ana Gonzalez Dorta was born in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1994. Her mother worked for the American Embassy and her father was a successful businessman there. The family moved to the United States because of dislike of the Venezuelan government and concern about the level of violence in Venezuela. Ana describes her education in Boulder, Colorado. Although she has not experienced discrimination due to being Latina, she describes several incidents involving other people. She talks about her goals of using film to promote understanding of Latinos and of people who suffer from depression.
This interview was recorded for the Maria Rogers Oral History Program and the Boulder County Latino History Project. Interview conducted by Veronica Lamas and filmed by Deisy DeLuna in 2013. For more oral histories, visit the online archive at
MROHP Interviews: Philip Hernandez
Philip Hernandez is a Boulder native whose family immigrated to the United States from Mexico in the early 1900s. He discusses implications of immigration for his own family and for Mexican Americans in the United States in general, noting that some families have been here so long that there is a saying that we didn't cross the border, the border crossed us. The interview explores issues of inclusiveness, diversity, and discrimination, including such subjects as Latinos who fought in the Vietnam War, segregation, lynching, elitism, and working for social change. He talks about his own involvement with social change action, including representing the interests of the Latino community on non-profit boards, serving as the State of Colorado affirmative action director, and working to document Latino history.
This interview was recorded for the Maria Rogers Oral History Program, interview conducted by Euvaldo Valdez and filmed by Veronica Lamas and Deisy DeLuna, 2013. For more oral histories, visit the online archive at
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