You may have expected to read another story about Colorado Access collaboration with a community partner or provider. This month we are taking a pause on that, to reflect on a whirlwind of a year – where we’ve been, where we are now, and what the future holds. Read on for a reflection from Marty Janssen, our senior director of RAE communications and programs.

These are the moments that define us. 

I’m not talking about the noted moments: those times of crises and pomp that etch names and images into our collective psyche. Rather, I’m talking about the often quiet, always significant aftermath, when we truly decide if what we’ve learned will shape who we become. Granted, this may sound a little too poetic for a blog entry about company operations, but we are truly at a unique moment in our company’s history, a point when the incidents of our time are happening directly in the space that Colorado Access is built to straddle. Our narrative will be written by how we fill that space.

In many ways, the first half of 2021 has been a time of reflection and response for our company. How do we appropriately reflect on the events of 2020, and how do we effectively respond? In other ways, the past six months have been a reiteration of our commitment to the things we signed up for when we accepted responsibility as a Regional Accountable Entity. In every way, these 180 or so days have been an opportunity to blend those things into a more whole, more understanding version of ourselves—to move purposefully between thoughts of equity and the actions that engender it, plied as support and reliance for the people and partners we serve. Click here to read more.