On Sept. 16–18, 2025, Voces Unidas, in partnership with COLOR, held our third annual Latino Advocacy Day in Washington, DC—successfully elevating the needs of Latino communities in Colorado. The next step is action from our elected officials. For the third consecutive year, Voces Unidas and COLOR mobilized a Colorado delegation consisting of Latinas and Latinos from various counties in Colorado to advance policy change through direct engagement with members of Congress. The d

Voces Unidas today released its first School District Accountability Report Card for the Roaring Fork School District (RE-1), giving the...

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

The 2025 Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) results show low proficiency rates and large achievement gaps for Latino students...

The recently released 2025 Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) results show the Roaring Fork School District (RE-1) again...

Constitutional rights suffered a major blow this week when the U.S. Supreme Court essentially legalized racial profiling by government agents in the Los Angeles area – and potentially elsewhere – until further notice. By lifting a federal judge’s order prohibiting government agents from making immigration-related stops in the Los Angeles area based on “reasonable suspicion” as arbitrary as skin color, language spoken, job type, or even speaking English with an accent. Much li

Update: Luis has since been deported to Mexico. Voces Unidas formally filed a complaint with the Attorney General. This is now the tenth case Voces Unidas has documented of possible illegal collaboration between the Garfield County Sheriff's Office and ICE. When Luis Armando Rivas Martinez thought he was being followed by a silver car, he told his family, but tried to brush it off as nothing. But on Tuesday, June 3, while walking out of the WalMart in Glenwood Springs, the si

After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month limited the power of federal district courts to order national injunctions, advocacy groups...

Donald Trump’s destructive policy bill recently signed into law includes many harmful provisions that disproportionately impact people...

Voces Unidas has been following the lawsuit brought against Gov. Polis suggesting that he directed state employees to turn over personal...

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 released its 2025 Legislative Scorecard today, tracking the votes of all state lawmakers against our...

Every so often, someone says the quiet part out loud. Recently, in response to our public actions in the Roaring Fork School District, I...

In the face of increasingly hostile federal immigration policy, the Colorado state legislature deserves credit for passing Senate Bill...

Quiero dirigirme a ustedes en un momento de gran preocupación. En los últimos días, hemos sido testigos de un aumento en la actividad policiaca relacionada con inmigración en nuestra región, afectando directamente a los condados de Summit, Lake, Eagle, Garfield y Pitkin. Hemos confirmado múltiples casos en los que personas han sido detenidas por ICE. Algunos de estos incidentes han involucrado a personas a quienes se buscaba específicamente, pero también hemos recibido inform

We hear a lot these days about Colorado’s urban-rural divide — the disconnect between the needs and values of Front Range cities and...

As President Trump approaches the 100-day mark of his presidency, pocketbook issues — cost of living, jobs, housing and health care...

We wrapped up our third annual Civic Leader Education and Advocacy Program (CLEAP) in Mexico City over the weekend, bringing the number...

After a busy Wednesday meeting with Mexican federal policymakers in the halls of Congress, CLEAP participants returned in the conference...

Civic Leader Education and Advocacy Program (CLEAP) participants put their freshly polished advocacy skills to work on Wednesday, meeting...