Speaker 1: Let me go to the phones where Laurie.
Speaker 2: Every time I try to say your name, I mess
Speaker 2: up the last part. So please give me your last
Speaker 2: name one more time on the air before we start
Speaker 2: our interview.
Speaker 3: Hey, Amandy, it's Gimmelstein. Three syllables, Gimmelstein.
Speaker 2: I want to make it Gimmelstein, even though I know
Speaker 2: how it's spelled, that that's not remotely how it's pronounced.
Speaker 2: So I just wanted to let you do that so
Speaker 2: I did not destroy it. Laurie is part of the
Speaker 2: great team that is with Protect Kids Colorado, and they
Speaker 2: are doing so much to do exactly what their name says,
Speaker 2: and that is protect kids.
Speaker 1: Laurie. This is a big, big, big.
Speaker 2: Day, right, This is a huge day for three ballot
Speaker 2: initiatives that are going to protect kids in Colorado if
Speaker 2: they pass. Tell people what's happening this afternoon and why
Speaker 2: we're doing it.
Speaker 3: Yes, we're so excited, so I protect Kids Colorado. We
Speaker 3: are bringing three initiatives to the ballot hopefully in twenty
Speaker 3: twenty six. And tonight we are having a launch event
Speaker 3: at Saint Thomas More Catholic Church in Centennial and we're
Speaker 3: going to be showcasing our three valid initiatives to protect, prohibit,
Speaker 3: and punish so protect women in girls' sports for males,
Speaker 3: prohibit child mutilation from sex change surgeries on minor children,
Speaker 3: and punish child sex trafficking with life in prison. And
Speaker 3: listeners can go to our website at protect Kidscolorado dot
Speaker 3: org and they can sign up to volunteer. We need
Speaker 3: people to sign the petition to help us collect signatures,
Speaker 3: to donate so that we can make sure that these
Speaker 3: these initiatives make it to the voters in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 2: Well, I love all of these, and you have some
Speaker 2: pretty You got some heavy hitters that are joining with
Speaker 2: you to help make this happen.
Speaker 1: You've got Jennifer Say from.
Speaker 2: Xxxy sports former Levi's executive who has really just come
Speaker 2: out guns a blazing rhetorically of course when it comes
Speaker 2: to protect kids. And we also have the other gentleman's
Speaker 2: name Mark. What is Mark's last name?
Speaker 3: Guys?
Speaker 2: Thank you Mark, guys. He has an incredible story as well.
Speaker 2: How did he get connected with you, guys?
Speaker 3: Well, Oz Mark Geist many of your listeners may know
Speaker 3: him from Operation BEng Ghazzi. They may have seen his
Speaker 3: major motion picture thirteen hours based on his ordeal in
Speaker 3: Libya and os when when he came back from the Marines,
Speaker 3: he was actually a sheriff down in Teller County and
Speaker 3: he was the lead child crime investigator, and he just
Speaker 3: has a heart for protecting children, for protecting our country.
Speaker 3: And so when we were discussing these ballad initiatives, Oz
Speaker 3: just came to mind, is such a phenomenal person to
Speaker 3: share this initiative, and so we got involved with Oz.
Speaker 3: And then of course Jennifer Say, who everybody knows is
Speaker 3: just a fantastic activist for protecting girls sports and she
Speaker 3: is the chair on our Protect Girl Sports initiative. And
Speaker 3: then of course Aaron Lee, who many of your listeners
Speaker 3: I'm sure have heard, Yeah, her alarming story where her
Speaker 3: daughter was transitioned at school in an after school art club,
Speaker 3: and so she is the chair on our balid initiative
Speaker 3: to prohibit chiled mutilation from sex change surgeries.
Speaker 2: So let me ask this question, is there any polling
Speaker 2: data that you either have access to or have seen
Speaker 2: that you would like to share the shows where the
Speaker 2: average coloradin is on these issues. Because I know how
Speaker 2: I feel, and I feel passionately that I also know
Speaker 2: I live in somewhat of a bubble, right, So I
Speaker 2: know that the people in my life look at everything
Speaker 2: that you're talking about, all three of these, and go,
Speaker 2: I can't believe.
Speaker 1: That's not already a thing.
Speaker 2: Right, It's like it's such common sense that we would
Speaker 2: all agree. But what does the bigger picture look like
Speaker 2: for you?
Speaker 3: Yes, we're so grateful that we have the opportunity and
Speaker 3: the funding to extensively pull. So we did focus groups
Speaker 3: and we did pulling, and all three ballot initiatives pulled
Speaker 3: incredibly well across the political spectrum from unaffiliated Democrats, Republicans,
Speaker 3: and we had a threshold where we if we're going
Speaker 3: to run these, they have to pull it up that
Speaker 3: we know that if we get these on the ballot,
Speaker 3: the people of Colorado are going to vote. Yes.
Speaker 2: That is so good to hear. So let's talk about
Speaker 2: where we are. You just mentioned the event coming up
Speaker 2: this afternoon five to eight pm at Sir Thomas Moore
Speaker 2: in Centennial. I've got the address on the blog today
Speaker 2: if people want to join you. But today begins the
Speaker 2: active process of getting petitions, getting petitions signed, So this
Speaker 2: would be a perfect way if somebody's listening and saying
Speaker 2: how can I help? You can actually go to today's
Speaker 2: event and get petitions to have signed.
Speaker 1: Correct.
Speaker 3: Yes. So the event starts at six pm at Saint
Speaker 3: Thomas mar Church. All three of our chairs will be
Speaker 3: there so people will get to meet Jennifer, se and
Speaker 3: Oz and Aaron Lee. We will have petition packets ready
Speaker 3: to go. If you circulated a petition last year for us,
Speaker 3: we welcome you back. If you haven't, we're here to help.
Speaker 3: We're here to help, get you equipped, get you everything
Speaker 3: you need. And we're very excited this year because we
Speaker 3: have thousands of volunteers across the state already signed up
Speaker 3: and people can also sign up if they can't make
Speaker 3: the event, you know, they could be somewhere else in
Speaker 3: the state too far away. Got commitments this evening. Just
Speaker 3: go to Protect Kidscolorado dot org and right on our
Speaker 3: home page there's a volunteer button and we will get
Speaker 3: in touch with you right away. We're very fortunate, extremely organized.
Speaker 3: We have regional coordinators across the state. We have captains
Speaker 3: in each county that are going to help you, and
Speaker 3: we're ready to really make this to the ballot. And
Speaker 3: we are so excited that this is a citizen led initiative.
Speaker 1: How many days do you have to get all the signatures?
Speaker 3: We have six months. We are very excited. We were
Speaker 3: able to get all of these initiative paths that title
Speaker 3: Board we were challenged but with the title board decision,
Speaker 3: but we prevailed at that hearing as well, and so
Speaker 3: we have the full six months to collect these signatures
Speaker 3: and we are very optimistic that all three will make
Speaker 3: it to the ballot.
Speaker 2: Well, I have to tell you, I was extremely impressed
Speaker 2: that you guys somehow managed to answer the incredible difficult
Speaker 2: question of what is a woman.
Speaker 1: What is a boy? What is a girl?
Speaker 2: And what is a man fairly easily in these I mean,
Speaker 2: they're very explicit, and I do think that the simple
Speaker 2: definitions that you're giving sort of drive home the point
Speaker 2: of how like common sensus really is. And I hate
Speaker 2: the phrase common sense because my common sense may not
Speaker 2: be common sense to other people, but in the history
Speaker 2: of our world, these are all common sense definitions.
Speaker 1: So hats off to you guys.
Speaker 2: I'm super excited, and I'd love for you to stay
Speaker 2: in touch Lorie and kind of keep me posted or
Speaker 2: if you're having another big event where people can stop
Speaker 2: by and sign or get petitions. I want to keep
Speaker 2: this ball rolling in any way shape we can, So
Speaker 2: if you have anything else to report, I mean, I
Speaker 2: want to let people know how they can do this
Speaker 2: because I guarantee you if my listeners see people standing
Speaker 2: outside of a King super or a safe Way or
Speaker 2: Walmart or whatever, they are going to sign these petitions.
Speaker 1: So I want them to be signed.
Speaker 2: Make sure you're signing in the right district, you guys,
Speaker 2: make sure that you're signing it with correct information, because
Speaker 2: a bad signature is kind of weighted in a bad way.
Speaker 1: If they get too many.
Speaker 2: Bad signatures as they're certifying signatures, it can really create
Speaker 2: a huge problem. So make sure you're signing in your
Speaker 2: district to make sure you're signing with all your good
Speaker 2: information when you do sign.
Speaker 1: Is there anything else my listeners can.
Speaker 3: Do for you, LORI, yeah, So you can sign anywhere
Speaker 3: across the state of Colorado. These are all Colorado Revice
Speaker 3: Statutes initiatives, and so that's exciting. We are asking people
Speaker 3: to do three things. Sign the petition, get ten friends
Speaker 3: and family to sign, and if you can give five, ten,
Speaker 3: twenty dollars. This is a grassroots effort driven by volunteers,
Speaker 3: and we would be grateful for donations. You're printing these
Speaker 3: these petitions thousands of dollars and we just want everybody
Speaker 3: to do their part to protect Colorado's children and go
Speaker 3: to Protect Kids Colorado dot org.
Speaker 2: Protect Kids Colorado dot org. Lorie, I know the event
Speaker 2: today is going to be outstanding.
Speaker 1: Again.
Speaker 2: The information about that event is it is this afternoon
Speaker 2: for oh jeez, hang on one second. I literally just
Speaker 2: my I've never in the last ten years not turn
Speaker 2: my phone off until today and it actually just ran
Speaker 2: because someone called me.
Speaker 1: Sorry about that.
Speaker 2: It's from six to eight pm tonight at Saint Thomas
Speaker 2: Moore Catholic Parish that is at eighty thirty five South
Speaker 2: Quebec Street in Centennial. You can stop by, meet Jennifer,
Speaker 2: meet Oz, meet Aaron Lee, who has been on the
Speaker 2: show many many times. Jennifer's been on the show as well.
Speaker 2: And more importantly, get those petitions going and get take
Speaker 2: them to church this weekend, take them to your coffee
Speaker 2: club that you meet with, take it to your book club,
Speaker 2: take it wherever you go, and let's get these petitions done. Laurie,
Speaker 2: thanks so much for your time today.
Speaker 3: Thank you Mandy,