Black Talk: Boulder County’s Three Elected Black Officials

December 9, 2021 / Shannon Young / Black Talk, Featured

Black Talk is a one-hour monthly show bringing us news and more from NAACP Boulder County and beyond.

Hosted by Michele Simpson, it airs on KGNU on the second Thursday at 8:32am, just after the BBC News headlines.

Find out more about the work of the NAACP Boulder County chapter at naacpbouldercounty.org

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Guests for the December edition of Black Talk are Boulder County’s three (only) Black elected officials: Tim Barnes (Lafayette), Junie Joseph (Boulder), and Shiquita Yarbrough (Longmont). With the exception of Junie Joseph, these councilors are firsts — the first Black elected officials in what are, indisputably, predominantly white cities. We will talk to each about their campaigns, experiences, and priorities, as members of their respective city councils and communities.

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The April selection for the Radio Bookclub is Go As A River by Colorado author Shelley Read.

This novel introduces readers to Victoria Nash who is just a teenager in the 1940s, but she runs the household on her family’s peach farm in the ranch town of Iola, Colorado.

She is the sole surviving female in a family of troubled men.

Her life changes forever when she meets Wilson Moon, a young drifter, displaced from his tribal land in the Four Corners region.

Victoria must navigate love and loss while her home town drowns under the rising waters of the Gunnison River.

The Radio Bookclub is a collaboration between KGNU and the Boulder Bookstore and is broadcast on the 4th Thursday of every month at 9am. The entire series, including Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub, is available as a podcast.

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