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- Bearing Witness: A Pilgrimage to Amache, Colorado's WWII Incarceration Site
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Fee: $0.00
Oct. 10, 4-5pm (Online)/Oct. 17, 6am-6pm
Sessions: 2
Building: Offsite
Room:
Instructor: Bobbie Kite
THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
Between 1942 and 1945, the United States government incarcerated over 120,000 Japanese Americans at ten sites across the country. Amache, in southeastern Colorado, held 7000+ people at its peak, two thirds of them native-born American citizens. It is now a National Historic Site. In this Educational Journey, we travel to Amache together as pilgrims, not tourists. We will bear witness to what happened here, honor those who were incarcerated and those who served, and sit with hard questions about citizenship, shame, and what it means to remember. This is an emotionally demanding experience. Come prepared to be present and grapple with hard truths. Facilitated by Dr. Bobbie Kite, CPE certified chaplain and practicing secular pilgrim with over 350 documented NPS site visits across all 63 major national parks.
Participation Expectations: This is a full-day experience of approximately 12 hours. Participants should be comfortable sitting in a vehicle for approximately 3.5 hours each way and sustaining a full day outing. Travel and meals provided (breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack).
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- Bearing Witness: A Pilgrimage to Amache, Colorado's WWII Incarceration Site
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Fee: $200.00
Oct. 16: 3–4pm (Online) & Oct. 23: 6am-6pm
Sessions: 2
Building: Online
Room:
Instructor: Bobbie Kite
THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
Between 1942 and 1945, the United States government incarcerated over 120,000 Japanese Americans at ten sites across the country. Amache, in southeastern Colorado, held 7000+ people at its peak, two thirds of them native-born American citizens. It is now a National Historic Site. In this Educational Journey, we travel to Amache together as pilgrims, not tourists. We will bear witness to what happened here, honor those who were incarcerated and those who served, and sit with hard questions about citizenship, shame, and what it means to remember. This is an emotionally demanding experience. Come prepared to be present and grapple with hard truths. Facilitated by Dr. Bobbie Kite, CPE certified chaplain and practicing secular pilgrim with over 350 documented NPS site visits across all 63 major national parks.
Participation Expectations: This is a full-day experience of approximately 12 hours. Participants should be comfortable sitting in a vehicle for approximately 3.5 hours each way and sustaining a full day outing. Travel and meals provided (breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack).
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- Bearing Witness: A Pilgrimage to Amache, Colorado's WWII Incarceration Site
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Fee: $200.00
Oct. 22, 3–4pm (Online)/Oct. 30 6am-6pm
Sessions: 2
Building: Online
Room:
Instructor: Bobbie Kite
THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
Between 1942 and 1945, the United States government incarcerated over 120,000 Japanese Americans at ten sites across the country. Amache, in southeastern Colorado, held 7000+ people at its peak, two thirds of them native-born American citizens. It is now a National Historic Site. In this Educational Journey, we travel to Amache together as pilgrims, not tourists. We will bear witness to what happened here, honor those who were incarcerated and those who served, and sit with hard questions about citizenship, shame, and what it means to remember. This is an emotionally demanding experience. Come prepared to be present and grapple with hard truths. Facilitated by Dr. Bobbie Kite, CPE certified chaplain and practicing secular pilgrim with over 350 documented NPS site visits across all 63 major national parks.
Participation Expectations: This is a full-day experience of approximately 12 hours. Participants should be comfortable sitting in a vehicle for approximately 3.5 hours each way and sustaining a full day outing. Travel and meals provided (breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack).
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- Fossils, Fire, and Civic Courage at Florissant
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Fee: $30.00
Sept. 20, 4-5pm (Online)/Sept. 27 8am-4pm
Sessions: 2
Building: Offsite
Room:
Instructor: Bobbie Kite
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument holds one of the world's richest fossil records, and one of Colorado's great civic conservation stories. In this Educational Journey, we travel to Florissant together as a group of pilgrims, using the ancient ritual structure of pilgrimage to move through the site with intention and curiosity. The site is our teacher. Your experience, what surfaces, what surprises you, what stays with you, is the curriculum.
We'll orient, walk, sit with deep time, and close with a shared reflection. Transportation, lunch, and refreshments are included. Space is intentionally limited to six participants, so each journey remains intimate and unhurried. Come ready to notice, to wonder, and to be changed a little by a remarkable place.
Facilitated by Dr. Bobbie Kite, CPE certified chaplain and practicing secular pilgrim with over 350 documented NPS site visits across all 63 major national parks.
Participation Expectations: This is a full-day experience. Participants should be comfortable sitting in a vehicle for approximately two hours each way and sustaining a seven-hour outing.
Sept. 20, 4-5pm (Online)/Sept. 27 8am-4pm
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- Fossils, Fire, and Civic Courage at Florissant
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Fee: $150.00
Oct. 4: 4-5pm (Online) & Oct. 11: 8am-4pm
Sessions: 2
Building: Offsite
Room:
Instructor: Bobbie Kite
THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument holds one of the world's richest fossil records, and one of Colorado's great civic conservation stories. In this Educational Journey, we travel to Florissant together as a group of pilgrims, using the ancient ritual structure of pilgrimage to move through the site with intention and curiosity. The site is our teacher. Your experience, what surfaces, what surprises you, what stays with you, is the curriculum.
We'll orient, walk, sit with deep time, and close with a shared reflection. Transportation, lunch, and refreshments are included. Space is intentionally limited to six participants, so each journey remains intimate and unhurried. Come ready to notice, to wonder, and to be changed a little by a remarkable place.
Facilitated by Dr. Bobbie Kite, CPE certified chaplain and practicing secular pilgrim with over 350 documented NPS site visits across all 63 major national parks.
Participation Expectations: This is a full-day experience. Participants should be comfortable sitting in a vehicle for approximately two hours each way and sustaining a seven-hour outing.
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- Trails & Tours
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Fee: $70.00
Dates: 9/18/2026 - 11/6/2026
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: F
Sessions: 8
Building: Offsite
Room:
Instructor: Jan Friedlander
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
We don't need no stinkin' sidewalks! What better way to spend your Friday mornings than on a morning walk with your OLLI buddies in Colorado’s fall weather?! You’ll explore places like land trust properties, state parks, and maybe a private ranch.
Hikes are curated for OLLI’s population by local, nature-focused non-profits, rated easy to moderate, with some elevation changes and occasional stepping around roots and rocks. Our hikes are led by trained guides who provide a fun and educational experience. Learn about plants, wildlife, geology, history, and our environment – all this while getting in your steps! You’ll travel to places that may be familiar to you and likely some new ones. We’ll arrange meetup spots for those who want to carpool or caravan.
Wait, there’s more! A class favorite is the optional lunch after each walk, where we continue the fun and camaraderie.
This class has a $50 fee, in addition to OLLI's fees, which will be collected at registration. One hundred percent of the class fees will be donated to the non-profit organizations that provide trained guides who curate and lead our hikes and tours during this term.
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