Jo Davis

The Jefferson County Public Health’s Women Infants and Children program has partnered with other local partners to celebrate breastfeeding. Cuenta Conmigo Coop, Mothers’ Milk Bank and Jefferson County Library helped organize a special session of their regular Mothers’ Milk Bank Baby Café. The Baby Café takes place every Monday at the Belmar Library for breastfeeding, […]

At the beginning of August, Lakewood was the kickoff site of breast cancer awareness event season in Jefferson County. The nonprofit organization Making Strides Against Breast Cancer kicked off its season on Aug. 3 at Hangar 101 in Lakewood. The well-known fundraiser, the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk, is on Oct. 5 in Denver. […]

The 40th annual National Night Out was celebrated on Aug. 6 across the U.S. Here in Jefferson County, the night became a summer celebration of the community in a few different ways. According to the National Association of Town Watch, the founding organization for National Night Out in 1984, the event is about building relationships. […]

The recent Quarry Fire has some communities in Jeffco cleaning up damage that the fire left behind. According to Jefferson County Public Health, there are some things to consider while restoring your surroundings to normal. Colorado Community Media spoke with experts with the health department — Christine Billings, who serves as the acting deputy director […]

The BLQ Disruptors panel at Cinema Q consisted of (from the left)designer, tailor and co-founder of HAUS clothing, moderator Michael Sullivan, Assétou Xango, a poet, artist, and founder of Dark Goddess Collective and Jonovia Chase, actress, activist, confounder of House Loves Matter and executive producer of “I’m Your Venus”. Credit: Photo by Jo Davis

This tale comes to you from Granada in the South of Spain, where my husband and I are serving with students in our local church and where we base ourselves while working to build Fusion as a local-church based student mission movement across Spain. We’ve been in Spain for nearly four years now, and they’ve been years of lots of learning and listening, praying and persevering. The tale of three Marys and a Martha are all recent stories of students we know that will give you a little snapshot of the trials and joys of student ministry here in Spain! So here goes…

Back-to-school is a busy time of year at the Jefferson County Health Department Clinics. Parents across the county use JCPH clinics to ensure their school-aged kids are updated on their immunizations. It’s also a busy time for vaccine misinformation. Dana Schaumberg, Jefferson County Public Health nurse supervisor, wants to arm parents with resources and tips […]

We caught up with emerging indie-folk sensation and Swiss Olympic snowboarder Pat Burgener who released his new single ‘Free’ on 30 August via Oversey Records. The single is a collaboration between Pat and his brother Max Burgener, a producer living in London who goes by Oddbox. The track is a beautiful balance of lighthearted whimsy and earnest depth, as Pat sings about freedom being a universal right for all, and not just a few. ‘Free’ premiered on tastemaker publication EARMILK, and landed a feature on the Spotify editorial playlist New Music Friday Switzerland.

Soul troubadour Alain Clark has shared his latest single, ‘Pressed Out Emotions’, on September 6th via A Sides. The single premiered on acclaimed tastemaker NOTION. Boasting over 130 million streams across platforms and counting, this soulful savant is no newcomer to the music industry. Since being signed to Warner Music UK in 2009, he has been featured by the likes of BBC Music, The Mirror, and