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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...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Oct 16, 20224 min read


Economy, inflation, gun safety are top issues in 2022 Colorado Latino Policy Agenda
Latinos in Colorado continue to struggle financially and rank the economy, inflation and the rising cost of living among their top policy concerns, according to the second annual Colorado Latino Policy Agenda released today. Gun violence and abortion rights are also on the minds of Latino voters as the 2022 election quickly approaches. The Colorado Latino Policy Agenda (CLPA) is an annual, nonpartisan report that provides insight for elected officials, community leaders, m

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Sep 17, 20225 min read


Economy, inflation, gun safety are top issues in 2022 Colorado Latino Policy Agenda
Latinos in Colorado continue to struggle financially and rank the economy, inflation and the rising cost of living among their top policy...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Sep 14, 20225 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 Action Fund
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 Action Fund
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 Action Fund
Aug 2, 20222 min read


Covering Colorado means covering immigrants, too
When faced with a health challenge, the best approach is to address it before things get worse. Tackling health care challenges in the...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Jul 30, 20223 min read


Voces Unidas Action Fund releases Second Annual Legislative Scorecard
Voces Unidas Action Fund released its Second Annual Legislative Scorecard today, tracking the votes of five local state lawmakers...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Jul 26, 20222 min read


Decision to overturn Roe v. Wade only highlights the need for our work
The United States Supreme Court effectively gave the go-ahead to a nationwide attack on reproductive rights today with its formal opinion...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Jun 24, 20222 min read


What’s on the mind of Latino voters? Ask them.
Whether watching the price at the pump while filling up our cars with gas or looking at the receipt after shopping for groceries, the...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Jun 24, 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...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Apr 23, 20223 min read


Vote No on Issue B because we need more, not fewer, housing options
During a series of community conversations held across Colorado last year to identify top policy priorities for our elected officials, a...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Apr 14, 20223 min read


Working to deliver affordable health coverage to undocumented parents and children
Children and pregnant people with undocumented immigration status in low-income families are currently shut out of affordable — and...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Apr 5, 20222 min read


Reproductive rights are now fundamental rights
People in Colorado are now free to make their own reproductive health choices after Gov. Jared Polis on Monday signed the Reproductive...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Apr 5, 20221 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


Ode to the mobile home
What do you suppose we do with the mobile home parks of Western Colorado? The same ones with majority Latino populations living within...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Mar 1, 20226 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


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...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Jan 13, 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
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