Pre-ALEF XIV Curatorial Convening: Build the Clean Air Summit at AFC+A & CREA Results Founders’ Home – Denver, CO

Event title
Pre-ALEF XIV Curatorial Convening: Build the Clean Air Summit

Date and time
Monday, November 16, 2026 · 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM MST

Location
AFC+A and CREA Results Founders’ Home, Denver, CO 80211. Full address, parking and arrival details are sent in your registration confirmation.

Organizer
Americas for Conservation, Health + the Arts (AFC+A) & CREA Results · Co-Produced by El Comercio de Colorado

Description

The 14th Americas Latino Eco Festival narrows to a single organ: the lungs. ALEF XIV Aire Limpio: A People’s Roadmap for Clean Air unfolds across Earth Month, April 1–30, 2027. It begins with breath. The RESPIRA community asthma academy opened October 26, and on November 16 the people this campaign is about gather to build the Summit themselves.

In three working hours, stakeholders across the four drivers of what fills Colorado lungs (ozone, oil and gas, radon, and data centers) will design the April 8th Clean Air Summit and draft proposal for the table of contents of the People’s Roadmap, the document the Summit will finish and the festival's clean air campaign will act on.

Who should come: community leaders and promotores, clinicians and researchers, teachers, environmental justice advocates, relevant city and state agency staff

Why now: nearly a million Colorado children live where the air earned a failing grade. Puerto Ricans carry the highest asthma rate of any U.S. group, 14 percent, a number the word “Latino” on a public health chart erases. In north Denver, Commerce City, and Adams and Weld counties, families breathe more toxic air than 98 percent of the state. And diesel generators for data centers are being permitted next to clinics and parks faster than a family can learn what a nitrogen oxide is. That gap is the reason this convening exists.

The Pre-ALEF weekend

• Saturday, November 14, 10:00 AM Raíces de Bienestar forest bathing hike at Walkers Ranch. Free, for the entire family. We go to the forest before we go to the table.
• Monday, November 16, 11 AM–2 PM Curatorial Convening (this event).
• Monday, November 16, 5:30–7:00 PM RESPIRA, 2nd workshop, Sanville Center, Commerce City. Register at jessica@crearesults.org or 855-CREANDO.
• Monday, November 16, evening Bosques Escolares, the $100,000 school forest fund. Founding Sponsor rate closes at midnight.

What follows: April 1 Opening Keynote and Concert · April 8 Clean Air Summit & 7th RESPIRA Workshop · April 10 LUNA IV with Rarámuri ultrarunner Lorena Ramírez · April 11 Family Festival Day · April 10, 17, 24 RESPIRA forest bathing adventures · April 16-20 School Forest Plantings · April 30 Closing Keynote and Concert.

Free. Seats are limited; please register so we can plan the room. Questions: irene@americasforconservation.org · www.afcanatura.org

Resumen en español
Convocatoria Curatorial Pre-ALEF XIV. Lunes 16 de noviembre de 2026, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Denver, CO 80211 (dirección completa al inscribirse). Tres horas de trabajo para diseñar la Cumbre de Aire Limpio del 8 de abril de 2027 y redactar el índice de la Ruta Critica del Pueblo para el Aire Limpio. Bilingüe, gratuito, cupo limitado. Contacto: irene@americasforconservation.org.