Alex Sánchez
Make your voice heard in next month’s municipal election
You’ve remembered to spring forward, you’ve probably made spring break plans, but have you made your plan to vote? That’s right. Voting....
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Alex Sánchez
- Dec 6, 2022
- 4 min
Election results show how year-round engagement is paying off for Latinos
On a crisp October Saturday, a dozen paid canvassers and a handful of local volunteers from Voces Unidas started to call, text and even...
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Alex Sánchez
- Nov 3, 2022
- 4 min
Protecting and expanding access to reproductive health care and abortion is crucial for democracy
The Latino community knows first-hand what it means for the government to marginalize our needs when it comes to healthcare. We are the...
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Alex Sánchez
- Oct 16, 2022
- 4 min
Environmental justice begins with clean, safe drinking water
We can all recognize that Colorado is facing an unprecedented water crisis. In the midst of the worst megadrought in 1,200 years, we are...
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Alex Sánchez
- Jul 30, 2022
- 3 min
Covering Colorado means covering immigrants, too
When faced with a health challenge, the best approach is to address it before things get worse. Tackling health care challenges in the...
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Alex Sánchez
- Jun 24, 2022
- 3 min
What’s on the mind of Latino voters? Ask them.
Whether watching the price at the pump while filling up our cars with gas or looking at the receipt after shopping for groceries, the...
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Voces Unidas
- Apr 23, 2022
- 3 min
Time to look out for nonprofits that looked out for communities
As leaders of two of the largest Western Slope organizations working directly with Latinos and Latinas, we’ve seen firsthand the...
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Alex Sánchez
- Apr 14, 2022
- 3 min
Vote No on Issue B because we need more, not fewer, housing options
During a series of community conversations held across Colorado last year to identify top policy priorities for our elected officials, a...
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Alex Sánchez
- Mar 23, 2022
- 3 min
Step up for our mobile-home park residents before it’s too late
As a child, I lived in #A20 in the Aspen Basalt Mobile Home Park between Basalt and El Jebel, off of Willits Lane. The community we...
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Alex Sánchez
- Jan 24, 2022
- 3 min
Let’s strive for culturally-competent mental health care
Shortly before the New Year, we were shocked and saddened to learn that a 37-year-old mother in Glenwood Springs had been charged with...
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Alex Sánchez
- Dec 16, 2021
- 3 min
CMC leadership needs to reflect Latino community
Earlier this year, higher education in the central mountain region earned an important designation only achieved by 10% of colleges in...
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Alex Sánchez
- Dec 8, 2021
- 2 min
Addressing health care access and affordability should start with those most impacted
Health care accessibility and affordability are a topline issue for Latinos throughout Colorado — but particularly in our mountain...
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