Denver-area nonprofit lends a helping hand for Indigenous Peoples Day

The AmeriCorps members of City Year Denver spent Indigenous Peoples Day helping the underserved as part of their service. The group, which supports educational equity, usually spends service days tutoring and mentoring students in under-sourced Denver-area classrooms. For Indigenous Peoples Day, their range of service included rolling up their sleeves and getting their hands dirty. They spent the morning working with Spirit of the Sun, a local Indigenous farming nonprofit that empowers Native communities through their food share program. “We’re harvesting amaranth, we’re harvesting corn and then we’re also doing some de-weeding today,” said Caleb Zuniga, City Year Denver’s managing director of people and operations. “Today, we are serving the lands that we inhabit and so we’ll have a day of reflection after this just to think about what this meant.” Read more: https://www.9news.com/article/news/education/city-year-denver-americorps-helping-hand-educational-equity/73-8a5bcfaa-e4bc-4059-8b50-edca62fdc883 ----- Share something cool with us: Website: https://www.9news.com/next Email: next@9news.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nexton9NEWS Twitter: https://twitter.com/nexton9news Or get our attention with #HeyNext 9NEWS YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/9newsdenver