We Appreciate the ICB Community Partners
Be Kind - Be a PAL
Oasis Elementary School
Twentynine Palms, California
2019 - 2021
In 2019, ICB developed the Be Kind - Be a PAL program for Grades 4 - 6 at the request of the Morongo School District. 45 Oasis students and 15 adults were trained as facilitators to conduct the workshop for other students at their school. The workshops continue in October 2021 after being halted due to the COVID lock down.
Find Your Voice - Take a Stand
Colorado Early College Middle School West
August 2020
ICB conducted the Find Your Voice - Take a Stand workshop using Zoom as students were quarantined at home. ICB provided workshop materials that students picked up at school, and 65 students and 10 staff participated from their homes. Using an delivery format, ICB teen and adult facilitators from Colorado and California were able to assist in workshop implementation.
Intercultural Community Builders received a grant from the Kristi Visocky Memorial Fund to finance the Take A Stand Anti-Bullying Workshop for middle school students. ICB partnered with the Thompson School District E.A.R.S.S. program to conduct a 2-day workshop for 15 students from each of the five Thompson Middle Schools. Brandon Harrington from the Harrington Arts Alliance in Loveland joined the ICB facilitators, E.A.R.S.S. staff Raquel Macias, Matthew Hughes and Susan DeHerrera to work with the 75 middle school students.
Find Your Voice - Take a Stand
Anti-Bullying Workshop
for Middle School Students
Thompson School District
Middle Schools
September 20-21, 2016
Thompson School District
T-Town Leadership Camps
Through a special Colorado Department of Education grant, the Thompson School District EARSS program has partnered with ICB to provide leadership workshops for middle and high school students around the themes of cultural inclusion, leadership, and empowerment. ICB will also provide a 2-day staff development workshop for Thompson School District staff in February 2015.
Photo: RamCo Coordinators: Enrique Carbajal-CSU Puksta Scholar, Tim Gold-CSU Puksta Scholar, Jose Sandoval- Lincoln MS Counselor, Salome' Cardona-ICB Board Member & CSU Access Center staff, Not Pictured: Tyler Cox-CSU Puksta Scholar, and Carol Miller, ICB Director
RamCo
RamCo is a partnership between Colorado State University, Lincoln IB Middle School, and Intercultural Community Builders, with the primary goal of empowering middle school students to pursue post secondary education. Initiated by Colorado State University Puksta Scholarship students, RamCo goals established by the CSU student mentors are:
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Promote higher education
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Provide resources to middle school mentees
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Gain mentoring skills & experience
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Strenthen community ties
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Build networks within the community
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Become involved
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Develop workshops for the middle school mentees
CSU student mentors met weekly with Lincoln Middle School 8th grade students to explore career options and post secondary school opportunities, and to develop their personal portfolios.
Pride in the Park
In 2013 and 2015, ICB hosted a booth at the Pride in the Park Fairs, to show our support for and network with the Fort Collins GLBTQ+ community and to share the ICB mission with those who attended.
Peace in the Park
ICB has hosted a booth at the Loveland, Colorado Peace in the Park Fair for two years. The youth in the photos are coloring "Feel Good" post cards to give to someone they care about.
