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New school boards must now deliver real results for Latino students
This past election, voters elected seven of the eight school board candidates endorsed by Voces Unidas Action Fund. Those leaders have now taken the oath of office and stepped into roles that carry enormous responsibility. They inherit school systems where Latino students continue to face deep, persistent achievement gaps compared to their white peers. Their mandate from our community is clear: move from rhetoric to results and transform our school districts into places where

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Dec 5, 20252 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 8, 20252 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 24, 20253 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 10, 20253 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 10, 20253 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 13, 20253 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


Immigrant students deserve to be safe at school
Whether from bullying, violent intruders, environmental hazards, or any other type of threat, students deserve to feel safe at school....

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Apr 7, 20243 min read


All students deserve the right to celebrate their culture at graduation
Spring is traditionally recognized as a time of new beginnings. That recognition carries extra weight for the graduating classes of 2024,...

Alex Sánchez
Apr 6, 20243 min read


Voces Unidas releases statement after RFSD announced sole finalist for superintendent
Voces Unidas President and CEO Alex Sánchez released the following statement after tonight’s announcement that Dr. Anna Cole will be the...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Mar 11, 20242 min read


Garfield RE-2 parents formally recall school board member Tony May
Garfield County’s Office of Clerk and Recorder today announced that the recall petition was ruled sufficient.

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Feb 29, 20241 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


Garfield RE-2 parents file required signatures to recall school board member Tony May
Coalition calls for May’s resignation to avoid special election at taxpayer expense

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Jan 26, 20242 min read


What to expect at the Capitol in 2024
As legislators, staff and advocates reconvene in the second 74th General Assembly of the Colorado Legislature January 10th - we know...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Jan 5, 20242 min read


Community effort leads to a win for education and diversity in Garfield school district
Voces Unidas is celebrating a big win for the Garfield RE-2 School District and the community members who stood up by knocking down...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Oct 28, 20232 min read


Voces Unidas awarded national grant to accelerate parent organizing in regional school districts
Voces Unidas de las Montañas today announced that it has been awarded an unprecedented national grant from NewSchools Venture Fund to...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Oct 5, 20233 min read


Third annual Colorado Latino Policy Agenda released today helps steer our course for 2023
The premise is simple: If you want to know what’s on the minds of Latino voters in Colorado, ask them. That’s been the guiding principle behind the nonpartisan Colorado Latino Policy Agenda for three years now, which quickly evolved into the largest survey of Latino registered voters in the state and the primary source for informing the direction of our advocacy and public policy work since 2021. Today we released the 2023 Colorado Latino Policy Agenda (CLPA) report, our thir

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Sep 13, 20237 min read


Affirmative Action ruling doesn’t erase need for action on education equity
The Supreme Court’s recent decision to end affirmative action in college admissions has ignited intense debates about the role of race in...

Alex Sánchez
Aug 15, 20234 min read


Congratulations to Naomi Peña Villasano
Naomi Peña Villasano graduated from Grand Valley High School in Parachute this morning while wearing her Mexican-American stole. We...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
May 27, 20231 min read


2023 is all about school board elections
With the November 2023 school board elections approaching, every school district in the region will have elections. This presents an...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
May 26, 20232 min read
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