community – Diverse Fort Collins

October 2025 Community Events

Yellow flowers with hill in background at Maxwell Natural Area on Sept. 13, 2025 by Kat Valdez/Diverse Fort Collins

Flowers at Maxwell Natural Area. ©2025 Kat Valdez/Diverse Fort Collins Ready for a spooktacular October? A variety of creative projects and community events (including free and low cost) await you in Fort Collins. Here are a few. October is Hispanic Heritage Month! Books and Events to Celebrate Hispanic and Latiné Heritage Month – Poudre LibrariesOct.Continue reading “October 2025 Community Events”

FOR THE LOVE OF STRANGERS: A Variety Show To Meaningfully Connect with Others

Handmade posterboard sign and paper fliers on a table promoting For The Love of Strangers by Dr. Cori Wong

Among the 40 or so attendees, we were young and not-so-young, introverted and extroverted, white and people of color, straight and queer, but we all had one thing in common.

We yearned for community.

Community Voices: Author Teresa R. Funke

When my husband and I moved to Fort Collins in 1992, we experienced very little culture shock. Fort Collins was a lot like Boise, including a lack of diversity. After a few months here, I asked a new friend, “Why doesn’t anyone here ask me if I’m Basque?” To which she replied, “What’s a Basque?” I was shocked.

Welcome to Diverse Fort Collins

Read the Welcome message in English, Korean, Japanese, and Spanish. Thank you for visiting Diverse Fort Collins, a volunteer-driven community project advocating for antiracism and racial equity. We connect people with resources and each other. Read more about the Diverse Fort Collins Book Group below. As this website develops, you’ll see lists of community organizations,Continue reading “Welcome to Diverse Fort Collins”