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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


Caught in-between: How the success of DACA shows us why we must push for more
DACA brings ample opportunity for many Latinas and Latinos. Yet, it cannot welcome generations of Latino communities into the US narrative.

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Dec 14, 20217 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


Introducing the 2021 Colorado Latino Policy Agenda
Ensuring a living wage and safe working conditions and reforming immigration laws are among the top policy concerns of Latino voters and Latino leaders in Colorado, according to results of the first-ever Colorado Latino Policy Agenda released today. The annual Colorado Latino Policy Agenda will provide ongoing insight each fall for elected officials, community leaders, media, and others into the demographic makeup and views of Latinos in Colorado on pressing political, policy

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Nov 4, 20214 min read


‘Yes’ on 5B will offer school support; more Latino involvement is needed
We know access to a high-quality education is vital to every student in the Roaring Fork School District. Unfortunately, this access is...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Oct 21, 20212 min read


Our take on the 2021 ballot issues
We know ballot initiatives can sometimes be confusing or misleading. This is why Voces Unidas spends the time and energy to research them...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Oct 20, 20212 min read


Voces Unidas poll captures impact of COVID on Latino community
The COVID-19 pandemic took a significant toll on the economic well-being of Latino families across Colorado who are now looking to...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Oct 19, 20214 min read


Candidate endorsements in Roaring Fork, Garfield RE-2 school board races
Education justice is on the ballot this November. This is why Voces Unidas Action Fund has endorsed three school board candidates aligned...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Oct 18, 20212 min read
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