Community Involvement
Mrs. Bates and her husband were members of organizations committed to the betterment of the community. Organizations that have benefited from their leadership, dedication, and active participation include: Northeast Park Hill Civic Association, East Denver Optimists, Denver Area Council Boy Scouts, East Denver YMCA, NAACP, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Shorter Community AME Church, CORE, Urban League, Denver Class Room Teachers Association, Colorado Education Association, Park Hill Action Committee, and Greater park Hill Community, Inc.
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“I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion. Leaving the higher matter of eternal consequences, between him and his Maker, I still do not think any man has the right thus to insult the feelings, and injure the morals, of the community in which he may live.”
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