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 [...]
PATRIOT Act Passes Worker Justice 1997 The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act passes which directly affect immigrants’ abilities to obtain and [...]
Hiatus on Prison Building 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 [...]
Olmstead Supreme Court Case Disability Justice 1999 A United States Supreme Court case regarding discrimination held that under the Americans with Disability Act, individuals with me [...]
SIEU Worker Justice 2000 SIEU builds coalition nationally to hold a healthcare benefits strike. Grantee Changemakers: 9 to 5 Colorado, Action for [...]
Donor Activist Organizing Chinook Fund 2000 Donor activists spearhead a successful endowment campaign to ensure that Chinook Fund continues to provide necessary funding to gr [...]
PATRIOT & DREAM Acts Immigrant Justice 2001 The passage of the PATRIOT Act leaves immigrant communities susceptible to unjust targeting and treatment by law enforcement and [...]
Land Rights Environmental & Food Justice 2002 After 21 years of fighting, the original inhabitants of the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant retained grazing, firewood gathering, and [...]
Education as a Radical Act Chinook Fund 2002 Chinook Fund’s grantmaking program is so successful that volunteers and grantees ask for additional education from our staff [...]
Government Mandates Passed Immigrant Justice 2003 More government mandates are passed that directly oppress immigrant populations in the United States, including the Real ID Act, O [...]
