Second Annual: Come Together Colorado!

It's our flagship fundraising event! All ticket proceeds will be used to cover the costs of future community activations around the state, like our trash cleanups on the Highline Canal. Come for community and connection and help us fund community events for the year! Let's help Colorado together!

ATTENDEES: MEET AT THE MAIN FIRE RING IN FRONT OF GUEST CHECK IN/THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING (LOOK FOR THE FLAGPOLE)! Arrive early, the event will start promptly at 10am!

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Join local creators and changemakers for a weekend dedicated to strengthening Coloradan resilience and celebrating the outdoors we all love! This is much more than a day in the mountains; it’s a day to build community ready to walk into the future together, with collective strength and purpose.
Hosted in the heart of the Rockies, Come Together Colorado offers a unique opportunity to engage with some of the state’s most influential digital advocates and outdoor creators - real leaders who have transformed online reach into real-world impact. Through hands-on advocacy trainings on a variety of public lands topics, this gathering will explore how collective action and effective storytelling can deepen impact and strengthen communities within our state.

We have two days planned for you. The main event, Come Together Colorado, is Sunday, May 3rd. We've planned a scavenger hunt the day before on May 2nd for anyone who wants to make a weekend of it, try their had at winning extra prizes and build even stronger friendships. YMCA is offering 20% off stays for those who want to spend the weekend in Estes Park using the 20% discount code "COMETOGETHER" for reservations between May 1-3.

The Scavenger Hunt is Saturday, May 2nd at the YMCA Of The Rockies Estes Park location from 3:30-5:30p.
Come Together Colorado! is Sunday, May 3rd at the YMCA Of The Rockies Estes Park location from 10a-4:30p, with optional group hikes afterwards from 4:30-6:30p. Here's the schedule:

After the opening rally, icebreaker, and keynote session from KWEENWERK, digital outdoor creators from the Colorado Creator Collective known for their inclusive approaches to community building will run training sessions to outfit YOU with tools and experience you can use to make your community more resilient. Including the keynote session, you can attend sessions and activies led by:
KWEEN WERK (Keynote Speaker) - @kweenwerk - ​Parker (she/her) aka KWEEN WERK believes in using social media as a tool for social change, and works as a leader at the intersection of culture and justice. KWEEN stands for Keep Widening Environmental Engagement Narratives, and KWEEN WERK is dedicated to disrupting the narrative that only white able-bodied people care about the environment and participate in outdoor recreation activities. Bodies of size, BIPOC bodies, Gender non-conforming bodies, Bodies with disabilities, etc. all deserve equal representation in the narratives we communicate about outdoor engagement, and Parker has a particular passion for equity and inclusion in conservation and outdoor recreation. Her interest in justice, accessibility, and equity issues developed from their personal experiences facing the unequal representation of people of color in the conservation movement and in outdoor recreation and environmental organizations. Parker tackles these complex issues by addressing them through head on activism and education.

Nelson Holland - @fatblackandgettinit - Outdoor creator featured by Good Morning America, Men's Health, Backpacker Magazine, NPR, CO Public Radio, The CO Sun, CO Springs Gazette and the Rocky Mountain Channel with 320k+ followers across platforms

Alex Haraus - @alex.haraus - Environmental advocate recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 and SXSW featured in Rolling Stone, NPR, Politico, Newsweek, The Washington Post and Estes Park's own Rocky Mountain Channel with 880k+ followers across platforms

Jessy Vanpo - @the.worried.wanderer - Outdoor and mental health advocate, creator and hiker with ADHD, OCD and over 250k+ followers across platforms

Teal Lehto - @westernwatergirl - Environmental creator covering Southwest American water use featured by PBS, NPR, BBC, High Country News and Mountainfilm. Presenter for the Colorado River Water Users Association and Colorado Watershed Assembly SHED Event with 100k+ followers across platforms

Alyssa Bean - @regretlyss - Lyss is a popular nomadic lifestyle and DIY content creator known for her honest, storytelling-focused YouTube channel. Her focus is self development, womxn's empowerment, navigating life & world shifts, all while breaking typical YouTube growth rules to prove the power of authenticity when facing the algorithm, with 235k+ followers across platforms

These training sessions will be followed by ticketed giveaway (every ticket gets one entry, with the option to purchase multiple entries to help support community engagement), closing ceremony, and an optional 2 hours to enjoy nearby Rocky Mountain National Park with group hikes to connect with new friends, creators and local organizers working to support public lands and better outdoor engagement in Colorado.

Everyone wanting to contribute in this moment in history is welcome to come be a part of this special day. Let's become active stewards of the land we call home while enjoying everything that makes Colorado so amazing. We can't wait to see you there!

All CCC event attendees must follow the Colorado Creator Collective and complete the waiver to be provided prior to attendance in order to participate.

As a reminder, if you want to spend the weekend in Estes Park having more adventures of your own, YMCA of the Rockies is offering a 20% discount on hotel-style lodging between May 1-3 for attendees who use the code COMETOGETHER when booking .

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