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Serve On A Board

AROL STEELE IS, in her own words, a “retirement-age white woman who lives in a nice community in Denver.” Sammie Wicks is, as he jokingly puts it, “a 32-year-old black man who’s never going to be a white woman.” Yet Steele and Wicks have found common ground while serving on the board of Denver’s Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking (LCHT). The 10-year-old nonprofit has long worked to diversify its board and created a mentorship program that pairs people who are

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