2010 Person of the Year: Judy Giovangelo

2010 Person of the Year: Judy Giovangelo
For Judy Giovangelo, 2010 was a year to help others through the nonprofit she founded after her son Ben’s death. Through Ben Speaks Louder Than Words, www.benspeaks.org, Giovangelo aims to “raise awareness and empower our youth to be the change they want to see in the world.”
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BoulderReads: About 60,000 adults in Boulder County are illiterate
Jessica Mathiesen is a native English speaker. She was raised in Boulder County and attended Longmont High School. And at age 25, she could barely read and write. It’s not that she didn’t try. She had a tutor throughout high school. But there’s something in the way that Mathiesen’s brain processes the letters that jumbles them up and prevents her from translating them into words. She still doesn …
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U.S. teen birth rate still far higher than Western Europe
The rate of teen births in the U.S. is at its lowest level in almost 70 years. Yet, the sobering context is that the teen pregnancy rate is far lower in many other countries.
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