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AARP Colorado encourages you to check out Pueblo's Annual 5 de Mayo Festival, Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 12-7 p.m. at Bessemer Park, 843 W. Northern Ave. in Pueblo.

Column by Marissa Volpe

SWEEPSTAKES RULES

Currently, one-in-six Coloradans are age 60 or older and by 2035 that proportion will have expanded to one-in-four, according to DRCOG. As the second largest county in the state, Denver plans to be prepared for this significant population shift.

Singing for Seniors kicks off another season in Larimer County.

RTD is proposing new bus fares that would go up to $2.60 for local routes, among other changes.

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AARP Colorado volunteer Irene Martinez Jordan is being honored in Miami by Hispanicize, a national recognition of Americans of Hispanic descent who have made great strides in their fields to improve the lives of other Latinos.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Colorado was at the forefront of El Movimiento, the fight to end discrimination and promote civil rights for Chicanos. The Chicano movement in Colorado was a hard-fought struggle to gain social and political power through education. Some believe it is still being fought to this day.

AARP Colorado recognizes the contributions of the late Cesar Chavez with its sponsorship of a celebration and parade in his memory to be held March 28, 2015. The march will commence at Regis University at 10 a.m. and end in celebration at Cesar Chavez Park on West 41st Avenue at Tennyson Street in Denver. Call Roberto Rey at 303-318-6763, rrey@aarp.org for more information, and please take a moment to read the article below by one of AARP Colorado’s many talented volunteers.