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Testimony in support of bill to end occupancy limits due to relationship
One of our priority bills, HB24-1007 Prohibit Residential Occupancy Limits, was heard in the Transportation, Housing & Local Government...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Jan 30, 20242 min read


Will Latino issues be taken up by legislators this session?
A lot of work can be done in 120 days. But will that work be impactful to every Coloradan? Or will some of us be excluded? That’s the...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Jan 26, 20244 min read


Voces Unidas co-hosts legislative reception
Voces Unidas and COLOR hosted a legislative reception on Thursday to celebrate the start of the 2024 legislative session. Thank you to...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Jan 12, 20241 min read


Every student should be able to celebrate their culture
Voces Unidas Action Fund is pleased to announce the introduction of HB24-1070, Allowing Certain Items at School Graduation, one of our...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Jan 11, 20243 min read


What to expect at the Capitol in 2024
As legislators, staff and advocates reconvene in the second 74th General Assembly of the Colorado Legislature January 10th - we know...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Jan 5, 20242 min read


Rep. Velasco secures more resources for rural communities to better support newcomers
Today, the Joint Budget Committee approved an interim supplemental for $5 million to the Department of Public Safety to help build...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Dec 20, 20232 min read


Voces Unidas convenes leaders for federal advocacy on border, immigration policy
For the last six weeks, Voces Unidas has been convening Colorado leaders in discussions with Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Dec 19, 20232 min read


Here to Work effort offers opportunity to expand labor pool
It’s hiring season in the High Country. Winter tourism always brings an influx of visitors to the mountain resort communities of Vail,...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Dec 2, 20233 min read


Meet Kayla Frawley, Director of Policy and Advocacy
Kayla Frawley recently joined Voces Unidas as its first Director of Policy and Advocacy.

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Nov 20, 20231 min read


Voces Unidas joins thousands in march to White House for the Here to Work campaign
In a show of strength, solidarity, and commitment, Voces Unidas board members, staff, and community leaders marched to the White House...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Nov 17, 20232 min read


Another painful reminder of need for action on gun violence, culturally responsive mental health
Like everyone who calls the Roaring Fork Valley home, Voces Unidas staff and associates were shaken by the news that a 20-year-old from...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Oct 31, 20232 min read


Voces Unidas receives $1 million grant from The Colorado Health Foundation
Voces Unidas de las Montañas today announced it has been awarded an unprecedented $1 million general operating grant from The Colorado...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Oct 31, 20232 min read


Here to Work: Work Permits For All
Voces Unidas is one of many immigrant rights organizations working at the national level in the Here to Work campaign seeking work...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Oct 26, 20233 min read


Here to Work campaign kick-off seeks work permits for long-term immigrants
Colorado is among the many states grappling with workforce and immigration challenges posed by a tightening labor market, a stalled...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Oct 24, 20233 min read


Voces Unidas takes rural voices to our nation’s Capitol
Voces Unidas took its advocacy to new levels by bringing the voices of rural Latinos to the halls of Congress for the organization’s...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Sep 27, 20232 min read


Latest DACA decision disappointing, but not unexpected
Although the decision by a federal judge in Texas this week declaring the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Sep 15, 20233 min read


Third annual Colorado Latino Policy Agenda released today helps steer our course for 2023
The premise is simple: If you want to know what’s on the minds of Latino voters in Colorado, ask them. That’s been the guiding principle behind the nonpartisan Colorado Latino Policy Agenda for three years now, which quickly evolved into the largest survey of Latino registered voters in the state and the primary source for informing the direction of our advocacy and public policy work since 2021. Today we released the 2023 Colorado Latino Policy Agenda (CLPA) report, our thir

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Sep 13, 20237 min read


AG pledges to work with community to protect civil rights
Voces Unidas recently had the opportunity to host Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Deputy AG Janet Drake in Glenwood Springs to...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Sep 11, 20232 min read


Affirmative Action ruling doesn’t erase need for action on education equity
The Supreme Court’s recent decision to end affirmative action in college admissions has ignited intense debates about the role of race in...

Alex Sánchez
Aug 15, 20234 min read


Voces Unidas calls on Congress to modify inadmissibility bars
Among our nation’s catalog of outdated immigration laws, the unlawful presence bars on re-entry stand tall among the most harmful. And...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Aug 14, 20233 min read
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