- An Alliance For Community Action
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2022 was huge. Help us make 2023 better yet!
2022 has been a year of growth and transformation for our Alliance. Thanks to members like you, we have not only emerged from the past two years of crisis and upheaval stronger, we are also re-energized and inspired to continue our work to build grassroots power across Western Colorado. Please help us keep up the good work with an end-of-year gift so we can hit the ground running in 2023!
With a full organizing team and volunteers across three counties, we launched our greatest outreach effort yet, knocking on thousands of doors of everyday folks to understand how these historic times have affected our neighbors and what is on their hearts and minds. We know that through genuine relationships-building and collective understanding of the issues affecting our lives, we can create shared analysis, find common-sense solutions and work together to build a brighter future.
This year we have already accomplished so much together:
- Our Grassroots Democracy Interns across Western Colorado worked with Western Slope lawmakers to pass HB 1052: Promoting Crisis Services To Students, which puts crisis hotline information on all student IDs in Colorado.
- We won new protections at the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission requiring operators to set aside the full cost of plugging and reclaiming abandoned oil and gas wells, resulting in the cleanup of 10,000 wells in Colorado alone.
- We passed Senate Bill 86: the Homestead Exemption And Consumer Debt Protection Act to raise bankruptcy and debt seizure protections for all Coloradans, protecting the most vulnerable from the predatory seizure of their assets.
- We worked with labor unions and other partners to pass state legislation and gain $15 million in new funding for the Colorado Office of Just Transition, which focuses on supporting local governments, workers and residents in communities reliant on coal mining to transition away from fossil fuel extraction.
- We organized with ratepayers and rural electrical coop boards in Montrose, Delta, and Mesa counties to bring 128 megawatts of locally produced clean renewable energy to Western Colorado.
- We turned out thousands of votes across Western Colorado this election cycle to create a statewide affordable housing fund and ensure all Colorado students have access to free, healthy, local food in their schools.
Behind each of these victories are members like you, rolling up your sleeves and doing the work to affect positive change in our communities. Through every action we take together, we build grassroots people power across the Western Slope.
Thank you for considering and end of year gift to our Alliance. We can’t wait to see what we accomplish together next year.
Emily stepped up as our staff director in 2017, but originally joined our team as a community organizer in 2013. Born and raised on the Western Slope, Emily graduated from Colorado State University and then had the privilege of learning from and working alongside organizers in Central and South America as well as Appalachian coal country. They returned to their home state to protect the land they love and work with fellow Coloradans for a healthy, just and self-reliant future for our rural communities. Emily enjoys organizing, exploring the Colorado Plateau, country music and punk concerts with equal passion.