New Executive Director Chinook Fund 2013 Chinook Fund gets rid of the Co-Executive Director leadership model. Nora Bashir becomes the Executive Director of Chinook Fund, [...]
Alamosa River Thrives Environmental & Food Justice 2013 Fish return to the Alamosa River after the entire ecosystem was decimated in the early 1990s. Grantee Changemaker: Land R [...]
Civil Union Act LGBTQIA+ Justice 2013 Recognition and respect for the LGBTQ community in Denver emerges as Colorado adopts the Civil Union Act in 2013, establishing rel [...]
HB1355 of CDOC’s Reentry Criminal Justice Reform 2014 HB1355 is passed ensuring that a significant portion of CDOC’s reentry budget is allocated to community organizations (Including [...]
Fighting Nursing Homes Disability Justice 2014 Long term resistance and direct action leads to secured, state-funded housing vouchers for people transitioning out of nursing ho [...]
Expansion of DACA Immigrant Justice 2014 In 2012, President Obama creates a new policy for immigration, Deferred Action for Childhood arrivals (DACA). DACA functions as a [...]
Justice for Nate & Jessie Vive LGBTQIA+ Justice 2014 On March 1st, 2014, Nate Mancha defended himself against a homophobic hate crime. Nate was arrested and remained in jail for almos [...]
National ADA Symosium Disability Justice 2015 Changed policies and practices of the National ADA Symposium to include the local disability community. Grantee Changemaker [...]
Decline in Adult Prison Criminal Justice Reform 2015 A distinct decline is seen in Colorado’s adult prison population from 2010-2015. [...]
COJWJ for $12 minimum wage Worker Justice 2015 Pressure from 9 to 5 and Colorado Jobs with Justice causes the state to create a Strategic Planning Group on Aging through the Ca [...]