--- title: News Page | Ednium description: News | Ednium --- # EDNIUM IN THE NEWS - [![ednium-gala-2024-uncle-idi-photography-045](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/ednium-gala-2024-uncle-idi-photography-045.jpg?width=1800&height=1200&name=ednium-gala-2024-uncle-idi-photography-045.jpg) Nonprofit Ednium promotes Denver Public Schools alums as change makers with Homegrown Awards ](https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/ednium-denver-public-schools-alumni-homegrown-awards/) - [![Synique Cortez. photo cred Travis Green](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Synique%20Cortez.%20photo%20cred%20Travis%20Green.jpeg?width=1290&height=926&name=Synique%20Cortez.%20photo%20cred%20Travis%20Green.jpeg) Denver Raised Me, Now I'm Raising the Next Generation Differently ](https://www.westword.com/opinion/improving-education-for-black-brown-denver-students-40803902/) - [![cbs finlit new](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/cbs%20finlit%20new.png?width=967&height=540&name=cbs%20finlit%20new.png) Colorado High Schools Implement Financial Literacy Courses  ](https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/adulting-101-colorado-high-schools-financial-literacy-courses/?utm_source=Chalkbeat&utm_campaign=39a7c21506-Colorado+Colorado+lawmakers+eye+changes+to+Healthy&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9091015053-39a7c21506-1297460070&mc_cid=39a7c21506&mc_eid=46e77bd559) - [![edniumphoto-uncle-idi](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/edniumphoto-uncle-idi.jpg?width=2100&height=1400&name=edniumphoto-uncle-idi.jpg) We Grew Up Here, We Deserve to Thrive Here ](https://www.westword.com/news/denver-native-on-thriving-through-ednium-program-25328164) - [![cbs financial literacy](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/cbs%20financial%20literacy.png?width=1152&height=634&name=cbs%20financial%20literacy.png) All Colorado High School Grads Required to Take Personal Finance ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPymPzxfTzM) - [![cbs CoV](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/cbs%20CoV.png?width=1150&height=668&name=cbs%20CoV.png) Free Program Helps High School Students Enter Workforce ](https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/free-program-colorado-high-school-students-enter-workforce/) - [![Yazmin main pic](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Yazmin%20main%20pic.jpg?width=1536&height=2048&name=Yazmin%20main%20pic.jpg) Challenge Yourself to Transform ](https://boardhawk.org/2025/04/from-ednium-challenge-yourself-to-transform/) - [![Dawnae](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Dawnae.jpeg?width=928&height=1200&name=Dawnae.jpeg) DPS Taught Me to Dream Big ](https://boardhawk.org/2025/03/from-ednium-dps-taught-me-to-dream-big/) - [![cbs finlit](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/cbs%20finlit.png?width=1145&height=635&name=cbs%20finlit.png) Colorado Lawmakers Want Financial  Literacy as Graduation Requirement ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZKPxs6Pn9w) - [![denver7](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/denver7.png?width=849&height=477&name=denver7.png) Denver Org Pushes for Financial Literacy Requirement Bill ](https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/denver-organization-pushes-for-financial-literacy-graduation-requirement-bill) - [![Eddie Homegrown Awards photo-1](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Eddie%20Homegrown%20Awards%20photo-1.jpg?width=794&height=550&name=Eddie%20Homegrown%20Awards%20photo-1.jpg) From my Parents' Dreams to my Students' Futures ](https://boardhawk.org/2025/02/from-ednium-from-my-parents-dreams-to-my-students-futures/) - [![Richard.Maez2](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Richard.Maez2.jpg?width=2400&height=1513&name=Richard.Maez2.jpg) Students Shouldn't Keep Graduating Without Financial Knowledge ](https://www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/02/25/students-shouldnt-keep-graduating-without-financial-knowledge-opinion/) - [![cpr](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/cpr.png?width=1218&height=726&name=cpr.png) Bill Would Require Colorado Students to Take Financial Literacy to Graduate ](https://www.cpr.org/2025/02/12/financial-literacy-high-school-graduation-requirement-bill/?mc_cid=e3654d8add&mc_eid=46e77bd559) - [![StephanieLopez-1](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/StephanieLopez-1.jpg?width=1024&height=737&name=StephanieLopez-1.jpg) Sowing the Seeds of Those Who Came Before Me ](https://boardhawk.org/2025/01/from-ednium-sowing-the-seeds-of-those-who-came-before-me/) - [![ednium-gala-2024-uncle-idi-photography-034](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/ednium-gala-2024-uncle-idi-photography-034.jpg?width=1542&height=839&name=ednium-gala-2024-uncle-idi-photography-034.jpg) Homegrown Awards Celebrate Denver Public School Alumni ](https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/homegrown-awards-celebrate-denver-public-schools-alumni/) - [![david](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/david.png?width=554&height=427&name=david.png) Building a Future Where DPS Students Don't Just Survive, They Thrive ](https://boardhawk.org/2024/10/building-a-future-where-dps-students-dont-just-survive-they-thrive/) - [![bball tournament](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/bball%20tournament.png?width=1139&height=639&name=bball%20tournament.png) Community Basketball Tournament Raises Funds for Denver Students  ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUD0TV5ge0g) - [![richard BH](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/richard%20BH.jpg?width=683&height=367&name=richard%20BH.jpg) Financial Literacy, Cultural & Ethnic Studies  Courses Should Reshape Student Experience ](https://boardhawk.org/2024/09/financial-literacy-cultural-and-ethnic-studies-courses-should-reshape-dps-student-experience/) - [![shawn](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/shawn.jpg?width=683&height=585&name=shawn.jpg) Learning Through Diverse  Classrooms and Experiences ](https://boardhawk.org/2024/08/from-ednium-learning-through-diverse-classrooms-and-experiences/) - [![kiara](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/kiara.jpeg?width=768&height=553&name=kiara.jpeg) Seeing People for Who They Are ](https://boardhawk.org/2024/06/from-ednium-seeing-people-for-who-they-are/) - [![miguel](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/miguel.jpg?width=586&height=420&name=miguel.jpg) Bringing Success Back to Westwood,  My Community ](https://boardhawk.org/2024/05/bringing-success-back-to-westwood-my-community/) - [![tashan](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/tashan.jpg?width=683&height=542&name=tashan.jpg) Find Something Worth Existing For ](https://boardhawk.org/2024/04/from-ednium-find-something-worth-existing-for/) - [![A_Colorful_Path_Less_Traveled_YAMZ](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/A_Colorful_Path_Less_Traveled_YAMZ.png?width=1200&height=650&name=A_Colorful_Path_Less_Traveled_YAMZ.png) A Colorful Path Less Traveled ](https://boardhawk.org/2024/03/a-colorful-path-less-traveled-my-journey-as-a-professional-creative-after-dps/) - [![liloni](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/liloni%20bh.jpeg?width=616&height=390&name=liloni%20bh.jpeg) Lead Authentically As Yourself ](https://boardhawk.org/2024/02/from-ednium-lead-authentically-as-yourself/) - [![EOSR0945](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/EOSR0945.jpg?width=6720&height=4480&name=EOSR0945.jpg) Ednium Homegrown Award Winner Tashan Montgomery Changing the Game ](https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/ednium-homegrown-award-winner-tashan-montgomery-denver-public-schools-alum/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter) - [![Jamal](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Wres.jpg?width=1200&height=900&name=Wres.jpg) Be a Person of Value  ](https://boardhawk.org/2024/01/from-ednium-be-a-person-of-value/) - [![chalkbeat roi](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/chalkbeat%20roi.png?width=721&height=464&name=chalkbeat%20roi.png) Is College Worth It? A CO Report Aims to Answer the Question  ](https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2023/12/15/is-college-worth-it-colorado-report-return-on-investment-report/) - [![DSF Brand Image - DSF Graduating Scholar with Parents](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/DSF%20Brand%20Image%20-%20DSF%20Graduating%20Scholar%20with%20Parents.jpg?width=3072&height=2044&name=DSF%20Brand%20Image%20-%20DSF%20Graduating%20Scholar%20with%20Parents.jpg) Investment in Our Graduates Is Vital to Denver's Prosperity ](https://www.westword.com/news/investment-denver-education-graduatesprosperity-commentary-17112412) - [![cbs pdf](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/cbs%20pdf.png?width=953&height=528&name=cbs%20pdf.png) Alumni Driven Changes Coming to  Prosperity Denver Fund  ](https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/prosperity-denver-fund-facing-forced-changes-amid-challenges/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h) - [![finlit conference-1](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/finlit%20conference-1.png?width=776&height=431&name=finlit%20conference-1.png) Ednium Sponsors First Financial Literacy Conference ](https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/alumni-denver-public-schools-drive-financial-literacy-requirement-prepare-graduates/) - [![CB mayor election](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/CB%20mayor%20election.png?width=727&height=478&name=CB%20mayor%20election.png) Denver Mayor Election 2023 How Education is Showing Up  ](https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2023/3/14/23638471/denver-mayor-mayoral-election-2023-education-issues-public-schools/) - [![cbs mayoral forum](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/cbs%20mayoral%20forum.png?width=1111&height=654&name=cbs%20mayoral%20forum.png) Ednium, DPS Alums Host Forums on How  Denver Mayor Will Invest in Education  ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6cDX24i-is&t=1s) - [![Ednium-team-768x614](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Ednium-team-768x614.jpeg?width=768&height=614&name=Ednium-team-768x614.jpeg) Championing Financial Literacy is an  Investment in the Future ](https://boardhawk.org/2022/04/ednium-championing-financial-literacy-is-an-investment-in-the-future/) - [![denver7 west hs](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/denver7%20west%20hs.jpeg?width=1280&height=720&name=denver7%20west%20hs.jpeg) Dozens of States Pushing to Add Financial Literacy Classes for High School  ](https://www.denver7.com/news/national-politics/the-race/dozens-of-states-pushing-to-add-financial-literacy-classes-for-high-schoolers) - [![liloni bh2](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/liloni%20bh2.jpg?width=768&height=465&name=liloni%20bh2.jpg) Celebrating Teachers Who Look Like Me  During Women's History Month ](https://boardhawk.org/2021/03/celebrating-teachers-who-look-like-me-during-womens-history-month/) - [![perla westword](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/perla%20westword.png?width=732&height=550&name=perla%20westword.png) Becoming the Leaders We  Want to Be ](https://www.westword.com/news/learning-leaders-women-color-op-ed-11929213) - [![chalkbeat west high](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/chalkbeat%20west%20high.png?width=719&height=478&name=chalkbeat%20west%20high.png) A Step Ahead in the Economic Battle ](https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2021/4/20/22394686/denver-financial-literacy-class-west-early-college/) - [![Elijah-2-1024x819](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Elijah-2-1024x819.jpg?width=1024&height=819&name=Elijah-2-1024x819.jpg) ](https://boardhawk.org/2021/02/my-black-history-education-missed-the-true-story/) - [![Ousman BH](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Uzi-1024x819.jpg?width=611&height=480&name=Uzi-1024x819.jpg) An African Immigrant's Perspective on the Teaching of Black History ](https://boardhawk.org/2021/02/an-african-immigrants-perspective-on-the-teaching-of-black-history/) - [![gabby-1](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/gabby-1.png?width=890&height=862&name=gabby-1.png) A Love Letter to My Culture and A  Word For My Teachers  ](https://boardhawk.org/2021/02/a-love-letter-to-my-culture-and-a-word-for-my-teachers/) - [![danny](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/danny.png?width=614&height=630&name=danny.png) Financial Literacy for Every DPS Graduate ](https://www.westword.com/news/education-high-school-financial-literacy-op-ed-11910442) - [![shawn-1](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/shawn-1.png?width=888&height=619&name=shawn-1.png) DPS Glossed Over Real Black History ](https://boardhawk.org/2021/02/dps-glossed-over-real-black-history/) - [![alvaro](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/alvaro.png?width=980&height=1136&name=alvaro.png) High Schoolers Need Financial Education ](https://boardhawk.org/2021/03/627/) - [![colorado sun](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/colorado%20sun.png?width=750&height=846&name=colorado%20sun.png) Students Should See Themselves in Denver's School Curriculum ](https://coloradosun.com/2021/03/02/ethnic-studies-dps-opinion/) - [![Chalkbeat ](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/dsf.jpg?width=980&height=735&name=dsf.jpg) Reinvesting in the Brilliance in Our Backyard ](https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2021/1/8/22219573/ednium-young-denver-public-schools-alumni/) - [![DSF](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/chalkbeat.jpg?width=980&height=735&name=chalkbeat.jpg) DSF Alumni Amplify Peer Voices in Community ](https://denverscholarship.org/stories/dsf-alumni-amplify-peer-voices-in-community/) - [![ednium old photo](https://www.ednium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/ednium%20old%20photo.jpg?width=1000&height=750&name=ednium%20old%20photo.jpg) We Already Assume You're Brilliant and Have Something to Contribute ](https://coloradocommunitymedia.com/2021/02/25/we-already-assume-youre-brilliant-and-have-something-to-contribute/)