Last week, MGA's President Jeff Julin was honored to be named to the Public Relations Society of America's College of Fellows. Two other local professionals and friends, Jane Dvorak and Sydney Ayers, were also named, and we congratulate all of them! MGA's full release is available below or can be downloaded here.

Reflections on the Biennial of the Americas

By Jennifer Watson

The chicken bus rumbled as our driver floored it up the twisting mountain road. Like most busses in Guatemala, ours had a Christian name painted across the front.

"Our Savior Protects," the letters proclaimed. I hoped the name applied to traffic as well as spiritual hazards. In the United States, we have a tomb for unknown soldiers who die in combat.

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By Kip Cheroutes

This month Denver is staging the first ever 2010 Biennial of the Americas, an international collaboration of the arts, culture, ideas and music among the 35 nations of the Western Hemisphere.  The Biennial should remind us of the connection we have with 910 million other earth inhabitants to help make this side of the planet secure and economically sustainable.

Author: Sarah Rasmussen 

Each week in MGA's staff meetings, we share "lessons learned" from the prior week. At the end of last month, I shared mine: If you have someone who believes in you, and you put your mind to it, you can accomplish more than you think you can. On June 20th, I rode 100 miles on my bike as part of the Denver Century Ride. Previously, the furthest I had ridden at one time was 40 miles.