ChangeLine

Juneteenth honors the day that the last enslaved people in Texas were finally told they were free (two whole years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed). This marked not just the end of slavery in the U.S., but the ongoing pursuit of equity and justice for all.

Today, we celebrate with the Black community as we reflect on freedom, resilience, and the endurance of hope.

Learn more about Juneteenth at pbs.org/articles/learn-about-and-celebrate-juneteenth

Image description: A light yellow graphic with bold, dark green words that say: Freedom. Equality. Justice.

Want to make a difference in your community? Help make healthcare more inclusive by joining the Health Equity Community Advisory Council.

The Community Advisory Council (CAC) is a group of LGBTQ+ individuals and allies who care deeply about increasing access to quality, affirming healthcare for the LGBTQ+ community in the Pikes Peak region.

The group meets for a couple hours once a month to brainstorm ideas and solutions, share insights, strategize, and help build a better system through a lived-experience approach.

Interested? Apply by June 22 at https://impact.changeline.org/s3/Health-Equity-Community-Advisory-Council-CAC-Application-2026-27.

image description: A flyer in cream, blue, and light green advertising a call for new CAC members.

What do you want Colorado to look like 50 years from now? Your voice can help shape the future—and it only takes five minutes.

Reimagine Colorado has launched Vision 2076, an online civic engagement initiative that asks Coloradans to share their vision for the future of our state 50 years from now. As our CEO Amber Ptak said, "It's a fun exercise in dreaming, and helping pave the steps to make that dream a reality."

The goal is to hear from 10,000 Coloradans between now and the end of the July. That means anyone and everyone, regardless of age, gender, county, or political preference. The platform has built-in translation, so matter what language you speak at home, you're invited to participate.

The results from this survey will help Reimagine Colorado build a durable, community-built framework that lawmakers, planners, funders, leaders, and advocates can align around: a shared vision of where we want Colorado to go, even if we don’t agree about how to get there.

To take the survey, visit vision2076.org

What do you want Colorado to look like in 2076? - Vision 2076 Colorado is deciding its future. Add your voice to a statewide conversation about the next fifty years — it takes five minutes.

To say the Pride Month kickoff party by Prism Community Collective (in partnership with Pikes Peak Pride and The TRUST Center) was "fun" would be an understatement. Friends new and old showed up to Avenue 19 ready to laugh, connect, and celebrate what it means to be authentically yourself. It was a fabulous time with fabulous people. We'd like to thank each and every performer who dazzled the crowd all evening, as well as our Prism staff for facilitating with such grace and good energy.

📸 Finally, a very special thank you to the photographer who produced these beautiful images, Joseph Sharketti.

Images description: Various candid close-ups of attendees and performers at the kickoff party event. Many wear colorful outfits and smile before rainbow decorations.

Join Prism Community Collective , Pikes Peak Pride, and The Trust Center at Avenue 19 this Friday, June 5 from 5-8 p.m., to kick off Pride Month and share in the celebration. There will be food, live music, performances, and more that you won't want to miss. 🏳️‍🌈

Hey y'all!

Who's excited for the Prism Pride Kickoff next Friday, 6/5! From 5pm - 8pm, we will be teaming up with , and the .trust.center to bring you a fun night filled with q***r joy, drag, live music and more to help kick off the Pride Season! Make sure to go to our Facebook event and let us know that you're going!

See you on the 5th!

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 We are proud to celebrate our LGBTQ+ community now and always. Pride is an invitation to live authentically, celebrate diversity, and reflect gratefully on those who fought and continue to fight for equal rights.

Image description: A graphic with swooping rainbow lines on a dark green background, with text that says “Happy Pride Month.”

"Local storytellers play a powerful role in helping communities move from awareness to lasting change. In rural areas especially, stories shared by neighbors, veterans, parents, youth, business owners, and other community members can break through stigma in ways statistics and marketing campaigns alone cannot.

That’s why the Teller County Mental Health Alliance (TCMHA), an initiative of ChangeLine, launched the StoryTeller Project. This bold new approach to addressing stigma in rural communities shifts the narrative from “mental health problems” to shared human experiences. It reminds people that they are more than their hardest moments—and that every story told has the potential to create hope for someone else..."

Read the full piece by our incredible Teller County Transformation Manager, Ashlee Shields:

The StoryTeller Project: Reducing stigma through shared experience — ChangeLine In rural areas especially, stories shared by neighbors, veterans, parents, youth, business owners, and other community members can break through stigma in ways statistics and marketing campaigns alone cannot. That’s why the Teller County Mental Health Alliance (TCMHA), an initiative of ChangeLine,

From Colorado Springs and beyond, we are sincerely grateful to every service member, past and present, whose bravery reminds us that freedom is and always has been worth fighting for.
Thank you. 🇺🇸

Image description: a Memorial Day graphic with white text over a dark tinted photo of the American flag. The text says, "Memorial Day. Remember and Honor," then includes the text from the caption and the ChangeLine logo.

As Mental Health Awareness Month comes to a close and Pride Month parades in, we're grateful to share this guest post by Jay Mason (he/him), advocacy intern at Inside Out Youth Services. In this piece, Jay discusses the importance of community, connection, and authentic expression when it comes to the mental health of our LGBTQ+ young people.

Open up to see what fun events IOYS has coming up and why these shared experiences matter.

Mental health, Pride, and the healing power of LGBTQIA2+ joy — ChangeLine By Jay Mason (he/him), advocacy intern at Inside Out Youth Services May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to speak up and break down stigma surrounding mental health challenges. Data from the Trevor Project shows that in 2025, 84% of all LGBTQAI2+ young people wanted mental health care, bu

There are a few days left to fill out a Mental Health Crisis Experience Survey that the Su***de Prevention Collaborative of El Paso County is conducting.

Organizers are hoping for at least 400 responses – which are anonymous – to gauge how crisis care can be improved from locals who have used mental health services in El Paso County.

The survey is open through Friday to any adult ages 18 and over and is available in English and Spanish at the home page of the collaborative at spcollab.org.

It’s the first community-wide effort to collect first-hand experiences of mental health crisis care across the system, from the time someone reaches out for help through their transition back to regular life, said Cassandra Walton, executive director of Pikes Peak Su***de Prevention Partnership and chair of the Su***de Prevention Collaborative of El Paso County. 🔗 Read more: https://buff.ly/zE9KMk4