Local activist of the year: Liz Oster

I don’t listen to negativity. If anybody says I can’t do it, I say, “Yes, I can.” And I’ve proven that. I know I’m going to pull this off, and I know it’s going to be incredible.

Women Acting Up: Gretchen Framel, breast health navigator

“We try not to make them feel like a number, but that an important person just came in the door. And if it were your mother, or your father, or your daughter, you would want them to have that kind of treatment.”

Women Acting Up: More than books

Ghada Elturk says living in a foreign culture is like being thrown into outer space. You’re lost. You don’t know the answer to common questions, like “Paper or plastic?” You feel dumb. And you often have no one to turn to.

Mothers Acting Up

“Everybody needs to know their bra size and what the federal dollars go to.”

Women Acting Up: A local dance, dance revolution

Like most teenage girls, Jenny Gill had struggles with her body, her health and coming into her own as a woman. She vowed that someday she would help other teens through what can be a difficult and lonesome experience.

Kirsten Spielmann

Nationally, the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community smokes cigarettes at a rate of 40 to 70 percent higher than the straight community. Kirsten Spielmann is trying to put out that statistic.

Women Acting Up: Sue Anderson

As a stay-at-home mom whose youngest child was starting pre-school, Sue Anderson found herself with some time on her hands. She decided to become involved in the community.

Women Acting Up: Liz Oster

In April 2007, at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, Liz Oster, of Superior, became a victim of domestic violence. One year later, 51-year-old Oster transformed that experience into something positive.

Women Acting Up: Elva Pellouchoud

Elva Pellouchoud, of Boulder, thinks the little things add up to make a big impact, and she started a nonprofit to prove it.

Warm quilts, warmer hearts: Local business gives back

When Luana Rubin was 23 years old, she moved to Hong Kong where she designed silk textiles and dresses. Every week, her subway stop left her off in one of Hong Kong’s slums. Although she could have taken a taxi to the factory where she was working, she says she wanted to walk by the slum and see what is happening in the world. Eventually, Luana began to bring food for the residents as she got to know the different faces.

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