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2025 Forum in Grand Junction!

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Join us for a day of discussing current issues that impact the future of PERA for its retirees. Lunch will be provided for free to all members of MCSPERA and provided at a nominal fee for non-members. Just make sure to RSVP so we can get it ordered!

CSPERA, Colorado School and Public Employees Retirement Association, is a non-profit organization supported by the dues and contributions of active, employed, and retired PERA participants. The organization represents over 5500 school and public employees in the state of Colorado.

CSPERA’s purpose is to promote and protect the economic well-being and quality of life for both active employed and those already retired
PERA participants.

We fulfill our purpose by offering pension representation, pension education, and personal fitness/healthy lifestyles education. It is our goal to connect generations of workers in order to make the dream of a secure retirement for all come true.

Your support will help our services for you grow bigger and stronger.

Promoting the Common Good, A Shared Responsibility


August 20, 2025

8:30a - Welcome

8:45a - Karen Wick, Secure PERA Program Manager,

Legislative Updates & Advocacy

9:30a - Andrew Roth, PERA Update, Colorado’s Pension System

10:30a - Talia Rotello, Colorado Fiscal Institute,

Updates on Tabor Bill & Key Ballot Initiatives to Watch

11:30a - 12:30p - Local Unit Breakouts and Lunch

12:30p - 1:00p - Medicare Changes and Protecting Yourself,

Andrea Wacker & Sarita Shoemaker

1:00p -Panel Discussion - Getting to a Compromise

John Brackney, Former Arapahoe County Commissioner

Stephen Tootle, History Professor, College of the Sequoias

2:00p - Media Panel - Fake vs Real News:

How to Identify the Facts

Representatives from: Colorado Sun, Denver Gazette,

Colorado News Collaborative, Aurora Sentinel

3:00p - Richard Haass, American Diplomat and Author of “The Bill of Obligations”

4:00p - Closing



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