Activities
The Conflict Center - Restorative Denver Program, ongoing
Faith Based Security Network, S.O.S 24 Conference, Highlands Ranch, CO, July 2024 University of Colorado, Boulder - Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence , public awareness campaign, interview. December 4, 2023 Restorative Justice training, Denver, (private), November 28, 2023 Leaders meeting (private) Issachar Center for Urban Leadership , filling in for Sharletta Evans who was ill. November 9, 2022 Restorative Justice training, Colorado Springs, (private), May 10, 2022 Gun buyback with Denver Broncos and RAWtools, March 19, 2022 Sheepdog Coffee (private), December 18, 2021 SB20-100, Repeal the Death Penalty, Colorado Legislature Elevating Justice: Widening the Circle - National Association of Community and Restorative Justice, June 14-16, 2019; Denver, Colorado Colorado Public Radio, Thousands Of Children Die In Lesser-Known Acts Of Gun Violence; A Columbine Elegy , April 19, 2019 Getting Word 25th Anniversary - Monticello, June 14-17th, 2018 Monticello Is Done Avoiding Jefferson’s Relationship With Sally Hemings- New York Times, June 17th, 2018 Colorado Crime Survivors for Health, Safety and Justice Bill signed by Governor Hickenlooper on May 24, 2018 Testifed at Colorado State Veterans & Military Affairs Committee in support of HB18-1409, Crime Survivors Grant Program And Presumptive Parole. May 4, 2018. Bill passed, 4-1. Testifed at Colorado House Judiciary Committee in support of HB18-1409, Crime Survivors Grant Program And Presumptive Parole. April 26, 2018. Bill passed. 8-3. Co-Keynote Speaker w/ Sharletta Evans, Day of Healing. April 14, 2018. Aurora Strong Resiliency Center News Conference, Launch. April 11, 2018 Interview, Channel 7, Denver. April 10, 2018 Let Freedom Ring Challenge, February 1, 2016, First Baptist Church, Williamsburg, VA Sheepdog Seminar, August 28-29, 2015, Charleston, SC Slave Dwelling Project, August 21-22, 2015, Monticello, Charlottesville, VA 11th Annual National Church Security Conference, August 7-8, 2015, New Life Church, Colorado Springs AVDS, February 14, 2015, Hesston College, Hesston, Kansas, Break out session PeaceMaker Tour, February 8, 2015, Beth-El Mennonite Church, Colorado Springs PeaceMaker Tour, January 17, 2015, First Mennonite Church, Denver Life Safety, New Life Church, "That I May Know Him", January 11, 2015 Men's Retreat Break Out Session, New Life Church, Crooked Creek Young Life Camp, Fraser, CO, October 18, 2014 Church Security Conference, August 8-9, 2014, New Life Church, Colorado Springs Sheepdog Seminar - Wheat Ridge - February 21-22, 2014, Crossroads Church Pikes Peak Restorative Justice Symposium - May 9 & 10, 2013 Sheepdog Seminar - May 5-7, 2013 David Works, Shay Banks-Young and Julia Westerinen recieve the "Common Ground Award" on behalf of the descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings on November 11, 2010 in Washington, DC. Jefferson Descendants Reconcile Family History - CBN, February 27, 2011 "Gone in a Heartbeat" to appear in German speaking countries, 15 September 2010. "Schüsse Nach dem Gottesdienst", Brunnen Verlag. "Coming to the Table" - Tougaloo College, Jackson, MS - January 27-31, 2010 Pastor W. Douglas Banks - "Divine Nepotism" A Test of Faith - A film by Rebekah Cole Message Eastern Mennonite University, Chapel Service, Sept. 2009 2nd Anniversary - December 9, 2009
Testified at State Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, January 27, 2020
Testified at State House Judiciary Committee hearing, February 18, 2020
‘She Was Part of This Family’: Jefferson Descendants Reflect on Sally Hemings Exhibit- New York Times, June 17th, 2018
Monticello recognizes the rest of Thomas Jefferson’s children - Lucian Truscott IV (my cousin), Salon
Church shooting
cityprayer, December 29, 2007, Denver, Colorado
