Angela Marie Ogle

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Long time Boulder resident, loving wife of Scott Ogle, beloved daughter of Tobias E. Lujan & Virginia Alarid Lujan, sister of Marcia Lujan and her husband Hal Hultquist Jr. passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 9, 2008.
She was born in Espanola, New Mexico Dec.29, 1952. Angela attended school in Los Alamos, New Mexico from kindergarten through high school. She then studied at the University Of Colorado Boulder, graduating with a B.A. in 1974 and earning her Juris Doctorate in1982. As an undergraduate she studied abroad in Peru for 1 year.
Angela was an ardent social justice advocate, working for gender equity, racial justice, women's rights, access to health care, and immigrant rights. After a successful career working in the Colorado Attorney General's Office representing the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Angela left the practice of law to pursue social justice work in the community. In her work at Moving to End Sexual Assault, Angela was instrumental in developing the Latina Outreach Program and launching a Spanish hotline for Latina victims of sexual assault. Most recently, as the Legal and Social Policy Director at Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence (SPAN), Angela worked to expand legal resources for victims of domestic violence, particularly immigrant women facing both the abuse of a violent partner and the injustice of the US immigration system.
Angela's community activism and organizing work was extensive. She was a founding member and on the leadership team of Latinos United for Political Engagement (LUPE), dedicated to increasing the Latino community's access to and involvement in political decision-making. Angela also was a member of the Strategies to End Oppression Committee, the Expanding Leadership Initiative, the Blue Sky Bridge Latino Outreach Committee, and served on the University of Colorado Blue Ribbon Commission on Diversity.
In her spare time she loved to knit, work in her garden, and create Hispanic cultural art, in which she incorporated her devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Angela recently spoke of a sense of coming into her fullness. Her life had been a remarkable exploration of different parts of herself as a lawyer, an activist, an artist and her current journey was the culmination of all these parts. Whether she was knitting a scarf for a co-worker, writing an advocacy letter on behalf of a domestic violence victim, riding her bike around town, or reading an inspirational novel or legal brief, Angela reveled in life. Her quirky sense of humor, boisterous laughter, commitment to justice, and profound love for her family and friends touched all those around her. She has left all of us better people and our community a better place. She will be terribly missed.
Memorial services 3:00p.m. Friday at Crist Mortuary Chapel. In lieu of flowers, Angela's wish would be that contributions be made to M.E.S.A., 2885 East Aurora Avenue, Suite 10, Boulder Co 80303 or Safehouse, 835 North St., Boulder, CO 80304.