Rowena Alegria

Chief Storyteller of Denver. Writer. Speaker. Consultant.

[TIME @TIME]

Two of ICE’s biggest contractors for operating detention centers hailed "new growth opportunities" as their revenues reached record levels in 2025. https://t.co/sMnMtvP6R6

[Маделейн . @normalmadeline]

ICE detained this father who was the caretaker to his severely disabled son. His son has died since his father was taken into detention. Disabled people and their families are uniquely vulnerable to ICE’s barbaric abuses

[ProPublica @propublica]

“I started screaming with everything I had, because I couldn’t even breathe,” 10th grader Arnoldo Bazan told ProPublica, showing where the agent’s hands had closed around the 16-year-old’s throat. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die.”
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[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

Leaked video from ICE detention shows 50 people crammed in cell with no beds or bathrooms—including U.S. citizens.

"They hit his face. They beat him until he can no longer stand."

"They have been here more than ten days without bathing and enduring hunger."

"Look how they have us here. Look at what kind of immigration they have us under—people who are legal, people who are not legal, people who are losing their families—they are kidnapping us."

ICE is supposed to use holding cells like this only for short-term detention to process arrests—not for long term clandestine "black sites."

This video footage was taken at the ICE Baltimore Field Office located at 31 Hopkins Plaza in Baltimore, Maryland.

[Rowena Alegria @RowenaAlegria]

@HilalIsler @northwesternup 🥳🥳🥳

[Rowena Alegria @RowenaAlegria]

@HilalIsler @meganstielstra @northwesternup Hurray!!!

[Ellis Arnold @ArnoldEllis_]

Denver metro friends — weather over the next couple days could be dangerous + even life threatening for homeless folks trying to survive on the streets. Here's our list of cold-weather shelter around the region. Please share if you can #Colorado #COwx
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[Rowena Alegria @RowenaAlegria]

@TheAtlantic @conor64 Celebrate colonization despite the consequences? No. Absolutely not. That’s not a compromise. That’s a continued refusal to acknowledge centuries of damage done.

[Rowena Alegria @RowenaAlegria]

@Experian I have been trying to temporarily lift a credit freeze since Monday and cannot get into my account or talk to a human. Phone doesn't work. Website doesn't work. I get no call or text. Was easy with Transunion and Equifax. Help?!

[Rowena Alegria @RowenaAlegria]

Adding Urban Thought Leader to the CV. 😊

[PlacemakingX @PlacemakingX]

A conversation on place & #placemaking will be happening thanks to the Rudy Bruner Center for Urban Excellence, with a stellar line up of urban thought leaders.

[ProPublica @propublica]

The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacrifice zones” where residents breathe carcinogens. ProPublica reveals where these places are in a first-of-its-kind map and data analysis. https://t.co/0fmZ9rA611

[ProPublica @propublica]

The pesticide acephate belongs to a class of compounds linked to autism, hyperactivity & reduced scores on intelligence tests in kids.

But rather than ban it, as Europe did 20 years ago, the EPA recently proposed easing restrictions on acephate. https://t.co/ECNNAWaJGN

[Rowena Alegria @RowenaAlegria]

Woot woot! So many great books. Especially cheers to @ramona_ausubel and @vauhinivara 💕

[Rowena Alegria @RowenaAlegria]

@BritezaCo I waited several weeks for delivery with high hopes. Unwrapped to see they were nothing special and sure enough, within minutes there was cheap stuffing all over the floor. Tried to get $ back. They asked for packing slip knowing they never sent one. Save your $.

[Xander Manshel @XanderManshel]

This year's jury for the National Book Award is the most diverse in the prize's history. Will that make a difference when the winner is announced next week? The answer is more complicated than you might think.
@mellymeldubs and I in @PublicBooks...
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[Rowena Alegria @RowenaAlegria]

@SenadoraJulie 🥳💕🥳💕🥳

[Rowena Alegria @RowenaAlegria]

@shelleymann @authorjesspayne Hi, Shelley. If you have a spare code, I’d much appreciate one. Thank you!

[Rowena Alegria @RowenaAlegria]

Thanks for the assist. I’m needing a code, please.

[Jessica Payne | Thriller Author 📚😈 @authorjesspayne]

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[Rowena Alegria @RowenaAlegria]

Thank you for allowing us to share this American history at CU. #IAmDenver

[University of Colorado @CUSystem]

CU's central #DEI Office screened “Chicanas: Nurturers and Warriors” yesterday, and attendees got the chance to discuss the film with its director @RowenaAlegria, chief storyteller for @CityofDenver. #HispanicHeritageMonth
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[Worth Rises @WorthRises]

Have you heard of the Texas Two-Step? It's a controversial tactic used by corporations to avoid paying legal settlements. Corizon—one of the nation's largest private correctional healthcare providers—is using it to get out of 475 malpractice suits. 🧵
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