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Organizing around DACA and immigration issue picks up steam
The distances between communities in the central-mountain region and the prospects of wintertime driving can make in-person organizing...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Feb 7, 20233 min read


Supporting mobile home park residents in Frisco
Voces Unidas understood that we could make a difference by offering our voice in support of the Protections for Mobile Home Park...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Jan 13, 20233 min read


Making a difference in 2022
We want to take a moment to share some of the incredible accomplishments Voces Unidas de las Montañas achieved in the last 12 months....

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Dec 15, 20221 min read


Environmental justice begins with clean, safe drinking water
We can all recognize that Colorado is facing an unprecedented water crisis. In the midst of the worst megadrought in 1,200 years, we are...

Alex Sánchez
Oct 16, 20224 min read


Appeals court’s DACA decision heightens need for Congress to act now
If you need another reason to get involved in policy advocacy — and to work to motivate others to get involved as well — you need only...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Oct 6, 20222 min read


New school year. New superintendent. New opportunities.
Summer’s transition to fall is apparent in a variety of ways — whether that’s the changing colors in the aspen trees, or in our schools...

Alex Sánchez
Oct 3, 20223 min read


2022 Colorado Latino Policy Agenda release scheduled for Sept. 14
Keep an eye out next week for the release of the 2022 Colorado Latino Policy Agenda. The Colorado Latino Policy Agenda is the largest...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Sep 6, 20221 min read


Economic benefits Latinos can expect from Inflation Reduction Act
The recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 promises to lower health care and energy costs, makes record investments...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Sep 2, 20223 min read


Forum Highlights Legislation, Issues for Mobile Home Owners
As part of our organizing work, Voces Unidas de las Montañas and Voces Unidas Action Fund on July 23 hosted the first of several...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Aug 2, 20222 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...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Apr 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 Action Fund
Mar 23, 20223 min read


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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