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Colorado SunFest 2026 panel: Basic income programs in Denver and beyond

Coloradosun · · 776 words · By The Colorado Sun
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What to know about Colorado SunFest 2026 panel: Basic income programs in Denver and beyond

Colorado SunFest 2026 is a daylong event bringing Coloradans together to discuss what makes A Better Colorado.

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What happened

Colorado SunFest 2026 is a daylong event bringing Coloradans together to discuss what makes A Better Colorado.

Why it matters

Find out more about specific sessions planned for Friday, May 1, below.

Common ground

Panel Name: Basic Income Programs in Denver and Beyond Moderator: Naazneen H.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Colorado SunFest 2026 is a daylong event bringing Coloradans together to discuss what makes A Better Colorado.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Berthoud is a statutory town located in Larimer and Weld counties, Colorado, United States. The town population was 10,332 at the 2020 United States census with 10,071 residing in Larimer County and 2…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Boulder is a home rule city that is the county seat of, and the most populous municipality in, Boulder County, Colorado, United States. With a population of 108,250 at the 2020 census, it is the 12th-…
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Claim 2: “The fourth annual Colorado SunFest is scheduled for Friday, May 1, 2026, at the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs on the University of Denver campus.”
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Claim 3: “The panel 'Basic Income Programs in Denver and Beyond' is one of 11 conversations scheduled for Colorado SunFest 2026.”
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Claim 4: “Naazneen H. Barma is the founding director of the Scrivner Institute of Public Policy at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School.”
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Claim 5: “The Denver Basic Income Project is an intervention targeting homelessness.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Universal basic income in Canada refers to the debate and trials with basic income, negative income tax and related welfare systems in Canada. The debate goes back to the 1930s when the social credit …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Universal basic income and negative income tax, which is a related system, has been debated in the United States since the 1960s, and to a smaller extent also before that. During the 1960s and 1970s a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Universal basic income pilots are smaller-scale preliminary experiments which are carried out on selected members of the relevant population to assess the feasibility, costs and effects of the full-sc…
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Claim 6: “Scott Wasserman is a principal of Thinking Forward LLC and has over 20 years of professional experience in Colorado.”
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Claim 7: “Daniel Brisson is a professor of social work and director of the Center for Housing and Homelessness Research at the University of Denver.”
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Claim 8: “Dean Baquet is the keynote speaker for Colorado SunFest 2026.”
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Claim 9: “The panel 'Basic Income Programs in Denver and Beyond' is hosted by the Scrivner Institute of Public Policy at The University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Denver ( DEN-vər) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Officially a consolidated city and county, it is located in the South Platte River valley on the western edge o…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) was introduced in 1967 to identify young children, up to age six, with developmental problems. A revised version, Denver II, was released in 1992 to prov…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Guild, formerly known as Guild Education, is a private company headquartered in Denver, Colorado that is employed by Fortune 1000 companies to manage their education assistance benefits. Guild facilit…
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Claim 10: “Kaitlyn Sims is an assistant professor of public policy at the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs.”
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