Ethiopian event celebrates culture, literacy
NW mom nurtures communities for multi-racial families. Photo: www.northdenvertr ibune.com Ethiopian event celebrates culture, literacy Sloan’s Lake—Jen Kraft builds communities. As the adopted mother of a three-year-old Ethiopian daughter, she is the hub of a group of Ethiopian-American families in Denver whose adopted children are the same age. The families stay connected to Denver’s larger community of Ethiopian immigrants. Kraft moved from Manhattan to Northwest Denver in 2004. She adopted Tali Bamlak in 2011 when she was four months old. Kraft met other adoptive parents from Denver at the orphanage in Ethiopia. “We realized our children were born at the same time and we became good friends. Our five children now attend the same preschool here in Denver. It’s important to keep Tali with her friends from Ethiopia because they share such an important history,” Kraft said. Kraft is helping to coordinate “An Ethiopian Odyssey,” a showing of work by four artists who travelle