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Seven-in-10 Colorado Latino voters believe country is headed in wrong direction
The Colorado Latino Agenda (Voces Unidas and COLOR) and UnidosUS today released findings on where Latino voters stand one year ahead of the 2026 mid-term elections. Among Colorado latinos, there is continued economic anxiety and rising concern around immigration and law enforcement actions taking place across the country. Notably, 72% of respondents believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction. The survey is part of the national “Bipartisan Poll of Hispanic Voters

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Nov 66 min read


Voces Unidas sees near-unanimous election victories of endorsed school board candidates, healthy meals ballot issues in November election
Voces Unidas Action Fund is proud to announce and congratulate the winners we endorsed for Western Slope school board seats in Tuesday’s elections. We saw major wins across multiple school districts, with seven out of our eight endorsed candidates winning their races — a clear signal that voters across the Western Slope are rejecting political extremism and demanding leadership focused on kids and families. The most profound victories were seen in the Mesa County Valley Schoo

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Nov 52 min read


Latino voters sound the alarm ahead of 2026
Voces Unidas joined UnidosUS , the nation’s largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in a virtual national press conference today to release new findings from The Bipartisan Poll of Hispanic Voters: The Road to 2026 , the most comprehensive national survey of Latino voters ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Conducted by BSP Research and Shaw & Company Research, the bipartisan poll surveyed 3,000 registered Latino voters with oversamples in Arizona, Californi

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Nov 35 min read


Voces Unidas stands with the community of Durango
The events in Durango this week have had a profound impact on Colorado, particularly on the Western Slope. A normal school morning became a nightmare for the Jaramillo Patiño family. Early Monday, immigration officers pulled over a father driving his 15-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter to school and misidentified him as someone else. Instead of correcting the error and letting the children get to class, federal agents arrested and detained the dad and both kids. Agents

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Oct 312 min read


Voces Unidas: RFSD earns a D- on new community report card
Among the many lessons public education offers are those that come not from textbooks, but from sharing the classroom with peers from every walk of life. One lesson, often learned slowly, is that we all live our own reality. Despite appearances, not everyone’s circumstances are the same. Sharing the same hallways, classrooms and cafeterias with the same students day after day, year after year, it’s easy to assume everyone’s experience is similar. We’re all “Rams,” or “Demons”

Alex Sánchez
Oct 193 min read


Commissioners choose profits over people
County Commissioners in Garfield and Mesa counties recently sent letters urging the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to move forward with more than 300 new oil and gas leases across Colorado—covering over 13,000 acres in Garfield County and another 700 acres in Mesa County. They claim these leases will bring “economic stability” and “support local services.” But what they’re really asking for is more drilling near our homes, schools, and neighborhoods—especially in areas where

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Oct 172 min read


Meeting the moment for our community in the Western Slope
Across Colorado’s Western Slope and mountain region, immigrant families continue to live with uncertainty and fear. When ICE activity happens — often without warning — families are torn apart in an instant. People’s rights are violated, and those detained are forced to make life-altering decisions without access to legal counsel. Parents disappear on their way to work, leaving children and relatives to fend for themselves. The shock ripples through entire neighborhoods, leavi

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Oct 132 min read


Voces Unidas endorses 8 rural school board candidates, supports healthy meals for all students in November election
Voces Unidas Action Fund is proud to endorse eight education champions for school board seats along with two statewide ballot initiatives...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Oct 82 min read


Latino delegation advocates for federal policies
On Sept. 16–18, 2025, Voces Unidas, in partnership with COLOR, held our third annual Latino Advocacy Day in Washington, DC—successfully...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Sep 292 min read


Roaring Fork School District earns D- grade for Latino student achievement
Voces Unidas today released its first School District Accountability Report Card for the Roaring Fork School District (RE-1), giving the...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Sep 243 min read


Voces Unidas and COLOR lead Latino delegation to Capitol Hill
Voces Unidas and COLOR will host a delegation of 15 participants and staff during our third annual national Latino Advocacy Day (LAD) on...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Sep 132 min read


Western Slope school districts struggle with low proficiency and deep achievement gaps
The 2025 Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) results show low proficiency rates and large achievement gaps for Latino students...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Sep 103 min read


Roaring Fork RE-1 continues one of Colorado’s largest Latino–White student achievement gaps across all subjects
The recently released 2025 Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) results show the Roaring Fork School District (RE-1) again...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Sep 103 min read


Supreme Court ruling allows racial profiling, enables federal agents, diminishes constitutional freedoms
Constitutional rights suffered a major blow this week when the U.S. Supreme Court essentially legalized racial profiling by government...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Sep 102 min read


Trump’s attempt to strip birthright citizenship remains blocked by federal courts
After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month limited the power of federal district courts to order national injunctions, advocacy groups...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Jul 302 min read


Millions of Coloradans will suffer from impacts of Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill Act’
Donald Trump’s destructive policy bill recently signed into law includes many harmful provisions that disproportionately impact people...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Jul 213 min read


Data sharing by state agencies erodes trust and violates Colorado law
Voces Unidas has been following the lawsuit brought against Gov. Polis suggesting that he directed state employees to turn over personal...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Jul 12 min read


Supreme Court ruling creates confusion around birthright citizenship as Trump escalates attacks on immigrants
While last week’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court failed to directly address the constitutionality of birthright citizenship, Trump’s...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Jun 301 min read


Voces Unidas Action Fund releases 2025 Legislative Scorecard
Voces Unidas Action Fund released its 2025 Legislative Scorecard today, tracking the votes of all state lawmakers against our...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Jun 173 min read


When the system fails, don’t blame the families
Every so often, someone says the quiet part out loud. Recently, in response to our public actions in the Roaring Fork School District, I...

Alex Sánchez
Jun 133 min read
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