Herrick Roth Lecture Series
The Herrick Roth Lecture Series at the School of Public Affairs was established to honor the late activist, labor leader, and founder of the Colorado Forum, Herrick Roth. Mr. Roth was deeply committed to understanding what he called “horizon issues,” which he defined as long-term public concerns that needed thoughtful reflection, discussion, and understanding in order to facilitate Colorado’s meaningful and healthy growth. Thus, the Herrick Roth Community Seminar Series on Democracy aims to support and promote discussions around issues of civic engagement, political polarization, and other complicated public policy issues amongst communities within and beyond the University of Colorado Denver.
About Herrick Roth
The Herrick Roth Community Seminar is named after and funded in honor of Herrick Roth. Roth was an educator in Denver Public Schools before serving several formal roles that advocated for labor, community, and education during the 1950s-70s, including various positions in the American Federation of Teachers for the AFL-CIO, as an elected official in both houses of the Colorado General Assembly, as an appointed labor representative on the Governor’s Advisory Council on Employment, as the labor representative and Vice Chairman of the Planning and Development Committee of the Citizens’ Conference on State Legislatures, and as a moderator on a weekly television program called “Labor’s Language.”
