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Bruce Durran, Development Director of HOPE Center chats with host Nikki Kayser about their early childhood education programs and vocational training for children and adults with developmental disabilities. For 45 years the center has been a part of the local community on Elizabeth Street in Denver.

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Trisha Dittrick is a psychotherapist in Boulder who is leading a monthly series of family talks for veterans, their family members and the public on topics such as PTSD, secondary trauma, suicide prevention, drug and alcohol treatment, and traumatic brain injury. More information is at Veterans Helping Veterans Now. Trisha discusses with host Nikki Kayser the specific challenges some vets face.

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Karen Worminghaus, Director of EGo CarShare lays out the advantages of complimenting your bus and bike transportation with a pay-as-you-drive vehicle. No insurance, registration or maintenance costs, even fuel is included. The fuel-efficient cars are in 12 Boulder locations and three in Denver- soon to be six. They even have a pick-up truck in the fleet for the few times a year you might need one. Loanation is a new deal. You loan your car to the fleet and they do the up-keep. You can use any car whenever you want in exchange for making yours available to others.

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Legacy of Learning provides scholarships for at-risk children in Boulder to attend Dream Catcher Direct Instruction center to achieve basic academic skills. Iris Lee, program director explains to host Nikki Kayser the principles of Direct Instruction and some of the controversy surrounding its acceptance.

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The Military Religious Freedom Foundation wants the separation of church and state to extend to all branches of our armed forces so that there is religious tolerance for service people as well as international policies for the U.S. without an ideological agenda. Michael Weinstein chats with host Nikki Kayser about his political opponents and the personal cost of defending human rights. He describes the Fundamentalist Christian’s influence in the military as a crusade that threatens our sovereignty as much as any external threat, calling them the Christian Taliban.