By Barack Obama June 1, 2020 As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the ongoing problem of unequal justice, many people have reached out asking how we can sustain momentum to bring about…
Guest Essays & Editorials
A White Paper on Expanding Voting Options by Ronn Smith for Wyoming Rising May 20, 2020 Read the full paper here: Vote By Mail White Paper SUMMARY: The Problem: the risk of low voter turnout amidst a pandemic and rising structural barriers. As the Coronavirus continues to spread throughout the…
The ecosystem holding America’s first national park is facing whirlwind changes. The slowdown could be the wake-up call we need. by Todd Wilkinson, March 18, 2020 Republished with Permission from Mountain Journal We are a country, society and region unaccustomed to dealing with involuntary pause. We’ve been caught…
Dr. Mary Keller, Closing remarks at the January 18, 2020 March For A Better America. Cody Wyoming. Let’s begin thinking from an Indigenous perspective today. If you’d like to learn about the Crow people who were here before we, the settlers, arrived, read the book Pretty Shield about an Apsáalooke…
Open letter to Wyoming’s Statewide Elected Officials by Chair of Wyoming Rising, Ronn Smith (printed in Powell Tribune on 8/8/2019) To Wyoming’s Statewide Elected Officials: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently announced its intent to contract with a private company to build and operate an immigration detention center in Evanston….
Guest essay by Cody Petterson, Director at Sequoia Foundation. For the first time in 15 years, I sat down in my car the other day and broke down sobbing. On the side of a dirt road, surrounded by mountains. Waves of sadness, frustration, rage, and despair welling up. I’d spent…