Jeremy Shaver, Executive Director of The Interfaith Alliance of Colorado (TIA-CO), will lead a panel of forward-thinking religious leaders at our May 3 meeting. Other panelists are Gregg Drinkwater, Director for Special Projects with Keshet; Rev. Becky Porter, on-call chaplain at Exempla Lutheran Medical Center; and Rev. Todd Smiedendorf, senior pastor of Washington Park United Church of Christ.

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A free public presentation for the broad Colorado Springs community.

 Thursday, May 3rd, 7:00 − 9:00 pm

Shove Chapel on the Colorado College campus

1010 N. Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs

Col. Gary Packard, Permanent Professor and Head of the   Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership at the USAFA.  A USAFA graduate, he has served our nation in the Air Force for close to 30 years, over ten years of that as an instructor at the Academy.  Col Packard will present on this topic for about 45 min, as he has done at various campuses.  There should be close to an hour for Q&A with the audience.

The 1950 guidebook for military officers titled “The Armed Forces Officer” states “the nature of loyalty requires that (the commissioned officer) will use his force toward the righting of those things which reason convinces him are going wrong.”  How does one “right the wrongs” with-out compromising one’s Oath?  Col. Gary Packard will share his personal journey, experiences as a writer on the DoD study of the DADT repeal, to include a summary of the process and major findings, and lessons he learned along the way to walk the walk on difficult social issues with integrity. 

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A Program of the Denver Foundation

You are cordially invited to attend an Award Ceremony honoring

Dr. Sara Winter

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