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District got it right in offering superintendent’s job to Dr. Jesús Rodríguez
When Roaring Fork Schools Superintendent Rob Stein announced he would be leaving the district, Voces Unidas pledged to monitor the hiring...
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Alex Sánchez
- May 4, 2022
- 2 min
Yes on B vote hampers our ability to address housing availability
Glenwood Springs voters on Tuesday opposed the annexation of the 480 Donegan property — slamming the brakes on a project that would have...
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Alex Sánchez
- May 3, 2022
- 2 min
Help us launch leadership journeys
Those of us who have become active in advocating for our community can point back to the key moments that launched us on our leadership...
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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 20, 2022
- 4 min
Rodríguez is our choice for superintendent of Roaring Fork School District
Any day now, the Roaring Fork School District Board of Education is expected to make a decision about which of the three finalists will...
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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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Voces Unidas
- Apr 6, 2022
- 2 min
Municipal election victories
On Tuesday, voters had their chance to weigh in, and we are pleased to report that three of the candidates we endorsed won their races....
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Voces Unidas
- Apr 5, 2022
- 2 min
Working to deliver affordable health coverage to undocumented parents and children
Children and pregnant people with undocumented immigration status in low-income families are currently shut out of affordable — and...
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Alex Sánchez
- Apr 5, 2022
- 1 min
Reproductive rights are now fundamental rights
People in Colorado are now free to make their own reproductive health choices after Gov. Jared Polis on Monday signed the Reproductive...
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Voces Unidas
- Mar 23, 2022
- 3 min
Testimony in support of protections for mobile home park residents
On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Alex Sánchez testified in support of House Bill 1287, known as Protections For Mobile Home Park Residents....
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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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Voces Unidas
- Mar 4, 2022
- 4 min
Voces Unidas Action Fund endorses 8 candidates in elections for State Legislature, Municipal Offices
Voces Unidas Action Fund today endorsed 8 candidates for the State Legislature and Municipal offices who we believe are best aligned...
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Hector Salas
- Mar 1, 2022
- 6 min
Ode to the mobile home
What do you suppose we do with the mobile home parks of Western Colorado? The same ones with majority Latino populations living within...
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Alex Sánchez
- Feb 25, 2022
- 2 min
Highlighting workforce transit needs with Transportation Secretary Buttigieg
This morning I was pleased to join community leaders and elected officials to meet Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in Glenwood...
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Voces Unidas
- Feb 18, 2022
- 1 min
Calling all interested campaigns
Our endorsement process for 2022 is now open. We are inviting progressive candidates and issue campaigns in the central-mountain region...
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Voces Unidas
- Feb 10, 2022
- 2 min
Council vacancy gives Glenwood Springs a chance to walk the talk
Elected officials and political leaders in Glenwood Springs regularly highlight it as the most progressive community in Garfield County....
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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
- Jan 17, 2022
- 2 min
Honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Today, as we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I am reminded that the fight for equality has been a long one, that we are...
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Alex Sánchez
- Jan 13, 2022
- 2 min
Start of the 2022 legislative session
I was honored to be a guest of Gov. Jared Polis at today’s State of the State address, and was heartened to hear his remembrance of those...
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Alex Sánchez
- Dec 20, 2021
- 2 min
Justice for Rogel Aguilera-Mederos
Last Monday, Cuban-American Rogel Aguilera-Mederos (26) was sentenced to 110 years in prison for crashing a semi-truck on Colorado’s...
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