Lauren Young Casteel (born 1953) is an African-American activist who advocates for social justice. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2014.
She has led the Denver Foundation, the Hunt Alternatives Fund and the Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation. At the Denver Foundation, she instituted the Nonprofit Internship Program and the Nonprofit Inclusiveness Project; the second project received the Council on Foundations’ Critical Impact Award.[2]
She was the first black woman to head a foundation in Colorado, the first female black TV personality in Colorado and the first female senior communications advisor to a Denver mayor.[3]
Personal lifeedit
She was married to Charles Casteel, an attorney.[4] She is the mother of painter Jordan Casteel.[5]
Referencesedit
^"Margaret B. Young, Writer of Children's Books on Blacks, Dies at 88". New York Times. December 18, 2009.
^"Lauren Young Casteel". Colorado Women's Hall of Fame.
^"10 to be inducted into Colorado Women's Hall of Fame". Gazette. March 14, 2014.
^"Review: Jordan Casteel Faces Forward at the Denver Art Museum". February 19, 2019.
January 01, 1970
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