Coby Gould is the newest face you’ll see at the Perk. He will help us out part-time while he pursues his volunteer interests in the community. Coby is a Denver native and grew up not too far from Wash Perk. He is a food activist, facilitator, environmental educator and permaculturalist. He graduated from The University of Colorado, Boulder with a Degree in Philosophy and Peace and Conflict studies. He attended a course on Multiculturalism and Social Change in Cape Town, South Africa and did organic farming work in both India and Ireland.
Coby is particularly interested in work related to food, community food security, and the growing and distribution of sustainable foods. He has spent the past year in Boston working with an Environmental Justice Education non-profit teaching a Food Justice course for high school youth and has also worked for many years with Seeking Common Ground a local non-profit that brings together Israeli, Palestinian and American youth for dialogue and peacebuilding. Currently, Coby is volunteering for The Wild Green Yonder, a permaculture and green design collective working to bring agriculture back into the city!
Aside from food issues, Coby is also into trumpet and base guitar, mountain biking and camping, and building fantastic community! Welcome, Coby!!!
Our very own aspiring superstar, Kelly O’Laughlin attended a peace rally yesterday that marked the anniversary of the onset of major conflict in Afghanistan. She was invited to come and recite her lines from her current role in “Afghanistan in the Age of Flowers”, playing every Friday night through October at 
Yesterday was also Nerd Day at South, and this is how Austin showed up at our staff meeting last night. We all love the glasses! 
Washington Park Cares is a nonprofit organization that enhances the lives of people 55 and over in the Washington Park area and surrounding neighborhoods of Denver, with flexible boundaries. WPC was founded by residents of the community.
