This month we honor and celebrate Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders (AAPI) and Native Hawaiians! This month (and every month), we encourage everyone celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander communities and expand their understandings of the many AAPI communities that are essential to the United States, in the past, present, and future. Poudre Libraries encourages our …
Incredible Women from Colorado’s History / Mujeres increíbles de la historia de Colorado Dr. Sumiko Tanaka Lena Archuleta Elizabeth “Auntie” Stone Madam C.J. Walker Mary Elitch Long Amache Ochinee Prowers Editha Todd Leonard Alicia Valladolid-Cuarón
Colorado Black History & Book Choices It’s Black History Month! This month, we celebrate black futures and honor the unique contributions of Black individuals who shaped Colorado and the nation. Elvin R. Caldwell Sr. (1919–2004) Elizabeth Piper Ensley (1847–1919) Rachel B. Noel (1918–2008) Five Points Neighborhood Lucile Berkeley Buchanan (1884–1989) Fannie Mae Duncan (1918-2005) Find …
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Meet Your Library Staff – Benjamin Brantley, Assistant Circulation Supervisor and Library Assistant High up in Poudre Canyon, an abandoned an abandoned B17 bomber plane ages within the towering forest. In other locations of the Rocky Mountain forest floor lie patches of endangered wild orchid species welcoming only the most adventurous to absorb their beauty. Several canyons away, …
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Meet Your Library Staff: Selena Paulsen, Development Officer In 2023, Selena, our Development Officer, raised over $227,000 of grant funding and generous donor contributions for Poudre Libraries. This represents an exponential increase in Poudre Libraries fundraising. Since she joined our organization in Fall 2022, Selena has been writing grants, building donor relationships, and creating pathways …