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Housing crisis cannot be resolved without inclusion in the solution

It could be said that the road to affordable housing is paved with good intentions. Unfortunately, those good intentions have not always...

Groups Launch ‘Clean Water For All Colorado’ to Improve Water Quality for Mobile Home Park Residents

Voces Unidas Action Fund

Mar 28, 20234 min read

Groups Launch ‘Clean Water For All Colorado’ to Improve Water Quality for Mobile Home Park Residents

Fifteen organizations that advocate for equity and some of the state’s most diverse and underresourced communities announced today the...

Testimony in support of Inclusive Language in Emergency Situations bill

Voces Unidas Action Fund

Mar 26, 20232 min read

Testimony in support of Inclusive Language in Emergency Situations bill

One of our priority bills, HB-1237 (Inclusive Language in Emergency Situations), is being heard in committee on Monday, March 27. Voces...

300+ rally at Capitol to urge lawmakers to support Latino 2023 policy priorities

Voces Unidas Action Fund

Mar 22, 20237 min read

300+ rally at Capitol to urge lawmakers to support Latino 2023 policy priorities

More than 300 Coloradans concluded the 17th Annual Latino Advocacy Day today with a rally at the State Capitol to urge lawmakers to pass...

Voces Unidas calls for accountability from Glenwood Springs High School administrators, others

Voces Unidas de las Montañas

Mar 22, 20232 min read

Press Release

Voces Unidas calls for accountability from Glenwood Springs High School administrators, others

Voces Unidas President and CEO Alex Sánchez released the following statement in response to recent events in the Roaring Fork Valley that...

Policy that works for all requires participation from all

Voces Unidas de las Montañas

Mar 14, 20234 min read

Advocacy

Policy that works for all requires participation from all

“Today we march, tomorrow we vote,” was a popular rallying cry of the 2006 U.S. immigration reform protests. At the time, those of us...

Climate & Environmental Justice Take Center Stage in Meeting with Vice President Harris

Voces Unidas de las Montañas

Mar 8, 20232 min read

Action Fund

Climate & Environmental Justice Take Center Stage in Meeting with Vice President Harris

Voces Unidas CEO Alex Sánchez was honored to be among a small contingent invited to welcome Vice President Kamala Harris as she arrived...

Aspen police chief search offers opportunity to engage and unify communities

Alex Sánchez

Mar 8, 20234 min read

Aspen police chief search offers opportunity to engage and unify communities

Aspen isn’t Memphis — or Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, or even Denver. But Aspen’s search for its next police chief serves as a timely...

Voces Unidas Action Fund

Feb 27, 20232 min read

Testimony against HB-1149

Voces Unidas is opposing HB-1149, Modify Conduct Of Elections In Small Counties, because it weakens our democracy and hurts voters in...

Give local governments the tools they need to provide housing security

Alex Sánchez

Feb 8, 20234 min read

Action Fund

Give local governments the tools they need to provide housing security

I grew up in a trailer park, like many working families in Eagle County. The preferred term is mobile home park, although neither of...

Making our valleys more equitable — for everyone

Alex Sánchez

Jan 19, 20234 min read

Making our valleys more equitable — for everyone

Like a lot of you, I grew up in Eagle County. More and more of us can say that these days, as the generations pass, although it certainly...

Action Fund's engagement contributes to important Election Day victories statewide

Voces Unidas Action Fund

Nov 9, 20222 min read

Elections

Action Fund's engagement contributes to important Election Day victories statewide

Voces Unidas Action Fund’s endorsed champions delivered big on Election Day in Colorado, with 10 of the 12 candidates backed by the...

Time to look out for nonprofits that looked out for communities

Voces Unidas de las Montañas

Apr 23, 20223 min read

Time to look out for nonprofits that looked out for communities

As leaders of two of the largest Western Slope organizations working directly with Latinos and Latinas, we’ve seen firsthand the...

Testimony in support of protections for mobile home park residents

Voces Unidas Action Fund

Mar 23, 20223 min read

Testimony in support of protections for mobile home park residents

On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Alex Sánchez testified in support of House Bill 1287, known as Protections For Mobile Home Park Residents....

Voces Unidas de las Montañas

Mar 14, 20228 min read

This is what democracy looks like

Today we concluded the 16th Annual Latino Advocacy Day with a rally at the State Capitol and dozens of individual meetings to urge...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas

Dec 20, 20212 min read

Advocacy

Justice for Rogel Aguilera-Mederos

Last Monday, Cuban-American Rogel Aguilera-Mederos (26) was sentenced to 110 years in prison for crashing a semi-truck on Colorado’s...

CMC leadership needs to reflect Latino community

Voces Unidas de las Montañas

Dec 16, 20213 min read

CMC leadership needs to reflect Latino community

Earlier this year, higher education in the central mountain region earned an important designation only achieved by 10% of colleges in...

Addressing health care access and affordability should start with those most impacted

Alex Sánchez

Dec 6, 20213 min read

Addressing health care access and affordability should start with those most impacted

Health care accessibility and affordability are a topline issue for Latinos throughout Colorado — but particularly in our mountain...

‘Yes’ on 5B will offer school support; more Latino involvement is needed

Alex Sánchez

Oct 21, 20212 min read