Stories

of progress

Your stories connect us

They reveal our similarities, honor our uniquenesses, and challenge our flaws. Your stories are revealed in art, music, and spoken word, and help us find commonality in a way that has the power to normalize our shared struggles and move our community forward. Together we have the #PowerTo turn your stories into action and impact.

Sun Valley Youth Center

Sun Valley Youth Center, a non-profit serving kids aged five to sixteen in Denver’s Sun Valley neighborhood, employs a trauma-informed, attachment-based caregiving model to foster success for our youth and families. The core pillars of their practices are connecting, empowering, and correcting.

Sun Valley Youth Center

Sun Valley Youth Center, a non-profit serving kids aged five to sixteen in Denver’s Sun Valley neighborhood, employs a trauma-informed, attachment-based caregiving model to foster success for our youth and families. The core pillars of their practices are connecting, empowering, and correcting.

Eric B.

#PowerTo Thrive https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=69&v=HecSE-MGb1A&feature=emb_logo 2 years, 3 month, 12 days April 3, 2016 – clean date In August, I will start studying to be an addiction counselor. My path to get here has been long and difficult...

Adam Lerner

#PowerTo Act https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b68Xjqyzjz4&feature=emb_logo The museum is a place of belonging, expression, where outsiders are not just welcome but celebrated. Many who are here are those who would otherwise feel alone. In fact, creative people are...

Gabrielle Rodriguez

#PowerTo Create Change 28 Years Old I have been in recovery since 2012; recovery from co-occurring disorders. After I got sober, it was amazing what I could accomplish. I went back to school, bought and sold a house, got a job, moved to Colorado for graduate school,...

A State of Flow – Darin’s Story

Six years ago, I was sleeping in a stairwell in the dead of winter. I had been on the streets of Denver for seven years. My addiction to meth had taken me from the peak of graduating at the University of Colorado Business School, to being covered up in...

Artifacts of a Storm – Kristin’s Story

Artifacts of a Storm Art installation by Kristin Smith, an interdisciplinary artist from Aurora, Colorado. Artist Statement When a raindrop hits the earth, the measurement of its impact is minuscule; a moment of respite to a dry terrain. The single drop of rain is not...