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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 Action Fund
Mar 23, 20223 min read
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Step up for our mobile-home park residents before it’s too late
As a child, I lived in #A20 in the Aspen Basalt Mobile Home Park between Basalt and El Jebel, off of Willits Lane. The community we...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Mar 23, 20223 min read
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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
Mar 14, 20228 min read
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Highlighting workforce transit needs with Transportation Secretary Buttigieg
This morning I was pleased to join community leaders and elected officials to meet Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in Glenwood...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Feb 25, 20222 min read
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Ode to the mobile home
Mobile home park communities subjected to the worst of the Colorado Housing Crisis

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Feb 4, 20226 min read
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Honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Today, as we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I am reminded that the fight for equality has been a long one, that we are...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Jan 17, 20222 min read
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Start of the 2022 legislative session
I was honored to be a guest of Gov. Jared Polis at today’s State of the State address, and was heartened to hear his remembrance of those...

Alex Sánchez
Jan 13, 20222 min read
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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...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Dec 20, 20212 min read
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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...

Alex Sánchez
Dec 15, 20213 min read
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Time running out — hardworking families deserve expansion of Child Tax Credit
After nearly two years of pandemic living, things have returned to something that resembles normal (or a “new normal”) for regional...

Alex Sánchez
Dec 13, 20213 min read
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Local Latinas and Latinos help identify policy and legislative priorities
More than 64 leaders from Parachute, Rifle, Silt, New Castle, Glenwood Springs, Gypsum, Carbondale, El Jebel and Basalt participated in...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Oct 5, 20212 min read
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Local Latinas and Latinos help identify policy and legislative priorities
More than 64 leaders from Parachute, Rifle, Silt, New Castle, Glenwood Springs, Gypsum, Carbondale, El Jebel and Basalt participated in...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Sep 26, 20212 min read
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Community-informed policy solutions
At Voces Unidas, we believe that those most impacted by inequitable systems should be the ones informing policy changes. This is why...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Sep 15, 20211 min read
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We need bold economic recovery
Voces Unidas joined more than 50 Latino organizations across the country in calling on Congress to enact bold economic recovery policies...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Aug 8, 20218 min read
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Our community of interest should be kept whole
Voces Unidas Executive Director Alex Sánchez today gave testimony at Carbondale's redistricting meeting. To learn more about the...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Jul 31, 20212 min read
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For Latinos, climate change is a social justice issue
As we enter the middle of summer, the unprecedented temperatures remind us of a changing climate and a changing region. Wildfires...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Jul 14, 20212 min read
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Redistricting listening tour announced
The joint Independent Redistricting Commission staff presented preliminary congressional and legislative maps for the Colorado...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Jul 8, 20212 min read
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Colorado redistricting process is underway
Published Jul. 14, 2021- The Sopris Sun By Jacqueline Argueta Nevarez Voces Unidas de las Montañas It is likely that you have been...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Jul 7, 20213 min read
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Unprecedented federal aid presents a unique opportunity
The state of Colorado is set to receive an unprecedented $6 billion in federal aid aimed at recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. State...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Jun 10, 20212 min read
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Making sure Colorado's redistricting is equitable
Every 10 years, states redraw their political boundaries to meet the needs of the population. For the first time, Colorado will use two...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Jun 10, 20212 min read
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