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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


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


Mensaje a la comunidad sobre el aumento de actividad de ICE
Quiero dirigirme a ustedes en un momento de gran preocupación. En los últimos días, hemos sido testigos de un aumento en la actividad...

Alex Sánchez
May 202 min read


Senate Bill 276 seeks to close Colorado’s anti-immigrant urban-rural divide
We hear a lot these days about Colorado’s urban-rural divide — the disconnect between the needs and values of Front Range cities and...

Alex Sánchez
Apr 293 min read


Authoritarian approach to immigration the wrong answer
Sometime in the next few days, Donald Trump will sign the first bill of his second term as U.S. president into law. That bill, the Laken...

Alex Sánchez
Jan 254 min read


A call to action for justice
As an organization established to elevate the voices of our immigrant communities in rural Colorado, today’s inauguration of Donald Trump...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Jan 202 min read


2024: Thanks for an outstanding year
As 2024 draws to a close, I want to take this opportunity to personally thank you for another outstanding year at Voces Unidas. With your...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Dec 20, 20243 min read


Rising Together: Building Resilience and Hope in Uncertain Times
Dear Community: As we reflect on the challenges that the next four years may bring, I want to acknowledge the fear and uncertainty many...

Alex Sánchez
Nov 8, 20242 min read


Project 2025 attempts to take America back to the dark ages of discrimination
Had American nativists ever endeavored to draft a “Declaration of Discrimination,” it would read a lot like the radical modern plan known...

Alex Sánchez
Aug 16, 20244 min read


Voces Unidas supports Bennet bill protecting ag workers during emergency situations
Farm workers are critical to the economy of Colorado, but they have few protections. Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and other...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Jun 14, 20243 min read


CLEAP participants visit Xochimilco
Civic Leader Education & Advocacy Program (CLEAP) participants spent a day exploring the historical site of Xochimilco. On the agenda for...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Jun 2, 20241 min read


CLEAP participants engage Mexico’s top immigration, democracy research experts
Civic Leader Education & Advocacy Program (CLEAP) participants spent their day learning from a panel of experts from Mexico’s top...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
May 31, 20241 min read


CLEAP participants meet with officials in Mexico City
Civic Leader Education & Advocacy Program (CLEAP) participants spent day three in Mexico City meeting with Mexican federal policymakers...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
May 31, 20241 min read


CLEAP participants spend first-day discussing causes of forced migration
Civic Leader Education & Advocacy Program (CLEAP) participants spent their first full day in Mexico City learning about climate...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
May 29, 20242 min read


CLEAP participants arrive in Mexico City for education and advocacy program
Civic Leader Education & Advocacy Program (CLEAP) participants arrived in Mexico City on Tuesday, May 28 to start their 7-day leadership...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
May 29, 20241 min read


‘Non-sanctuary’ resolutions are a crisis of their own making
“I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever...

Alex Sánchez
Apr 26, 20244 min read


Amplifying Latino voices in the legislative process
Luz Rios is a local leader. And she’s the consummate community advocate. Community can mean different things to different people. For...

Alex Sánchez
Mar 27, 20243 min read


What interests does a broken immigration system serve?
We’ve been hearing a lot about immigration policy in the news lately. Or at least about the immigration “crisis,” anyway. Any discussion...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Feb 21, 20245 min read


Voces Unidas opposes controversial ID bill
President and CEO Alex Sánchez testified against SB24-090 (Possess Identification While Driving) during a hearing in the Senate Judiciary...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Feb 15, 20242 min read


Our students deserve the most qualified leader
With the second half of the academic calendar now underway, we eagerly await seeing how the new Roaring Fork School District board will...

Alex Sánchez
Feb 1, 20243 min read
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