Chinook Fund Timeline – Page 3

National Regression

Immigrant Justice 1996

In 1996, three major bills pass that lay the framework for the modern deportation spikes we see today. The Illegal Immigration R [...]

Worker Justice 1997

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act passes which directly affect immigrants’ abilities to obtain and [...]

Criminal Justice Reform 1999

A bill that calls for a three-year hiatus on prison building in Colorado is proposed, but proceeds to fail in Congress. Gr [...]

Disability Justice 1999

A United States Supreme Court case regarding discrimination held that under the Americans with Disability Act, individuals with me [...]

Worker Justice 2000

SIEU builds coalition nationally to hold a healthcare benefits strike. Grantee Changemakers: 9 to 5 Colorado, Action for [...]

Chinook Fund 2000

Donor activists spearhead a successful endowment campaign to ensure that Chinook Fund continues to provide necessary funding to gr [...]

Immigrant Justice 2001

The passage of the PATRIOT Act leaves immigrant communities susceptible to unjust targeting and treatment by law enforcement and [...]

After 21 years of fighting, the original inhabitants of the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant retained grazing, firewood gathering, and [...]

Chinook Fund 2002

Chinook Fund’s grantmaking program is so successful that volunteers and grantees ask for additional education from our staff [...]

Immigrant Justice 2003

More government mandates are passed that directly oppress immigrant populations in the United States, including the Real ID Act, O [...]