Nevins is co-publisher of The Fulcrum and co-founder and board chairman of the Bridge Alliance Education Fund.
Pedro Silva, director of engagement at YOUnify, brings a wealth of cross-sector experience to the job. A veteran of the Air Force who served as both a satellite communications technician and a Mandarin Chinese language/intelligence analyst, he has cultivated the capacity to think missionally and practically — strategically and tactically — on a wide variety of concerns.
In his post-military career, Silva worked as a corporate recruiter for eight years, serving dozens of for-profit, not-for-profit, and B corporations in the areas of technology, biotech and more. In 2009, he entered Andover Newton Theological Seminary and for 10 years served as a pastor in the socially active United Church of Christ. In that role, Silva built on his passion for civic engagement.
For three years he served as the state representative for the Boulder caucus of Together Colorado, an organization of the Faith In Action Network, where he worked on a variety of issues at the local to state levels ranging from affordable housing, gun violence and voting to living wage legislation and the Family Leave Act. He also served on several committees with the local NAACP chapter and worked with the Boulder Community Foundation as an advisor in the wake of the tragic shooting in Boulder.
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In addition to these efforts, Pedro hosted numerous in-person and online conversations on race in Boulder County, has been an advocate for the homeless community, and has made a mark on the bridging movement through his volunteer work with Living Room Conversations and now as director of engagement with YOUnify.
Most recently, Silva launched The Liberation Comedy Project, an initiative to draw people closer to one another by positively exposing the comedy in the conflicts that distract us from deeper relating across differences.
Kristina Becvar, co-publisher of The Fulcrum and executive director of the Bridge Alliance had the opportunity to interview Silva a few weeks ago for the CityBiz “Meet the Change Leaders” series. Watch to learn the full extent of his democracy reform work:
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