Voces Unidas Action Fund

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 Latino students...

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 School District 51,...

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 held the family...