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Building a resilient future for the Western Slope
Building a resilient future for the Western Slope
As you are a friend of Western Colorado Alliance, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for supporting us, and for being a part of our programs.
The success of any program or campaign that you care about is powered by the people who show up, roll up their sleeves, and give it their full heart. Western Colorado is nothing but full of heart, as these quotes from some of our members show.
As you are a friend of Western Colorado Alliance, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for supporting us, and for being a part of our programs.
The success of any program or campaign that you care about is powered by the people who show up, roll up their sleeves, and give it their full heart. Western Colorado is nothing but full of heart, as these quotes from some of our members show.
Western Colorado Alliance has been an invaluable help to our community since the shutdown of our coal mine and power plant. They have been instrumental in keeping us informed and in meetings with the Just Transition offices to build a new economy for Nucla. Thank you to WCA for their years of support to Western Colorado.
— Roger Carver, former coal miner and Alliance leader
Western Colorado Alliance has been an invaluable help to our community since the shutdown of our coal mine and power plant. They have been instrumental in keeping us informed and in meetings with the Just Transition offices to build a new economy for Nucla. Thank you to WCA for their years of support to Western Colorado.
— Roger Carver, former coal miner and Alliance leader
From farmers regenerating their soil health for future generations, to teachers supporting our region’s next leaders, to small business owners fighting for an economy that works for all of us — each of us contributes back to the communities where we live with our full selves.
We had heard about community-supported agriculture (CSA) projects and then the Western Colorado Alliance put on a CSA 101 class for people who were wanting to learn about it, and I attended. It answered a lot of my questions on the practicality of how it works out and we got really excited and decided to try it.
— Wendy Troyer, Mesa County grower and now CSA business owner
We had heard about community-supported agriculture (CSA) projects and then the Western Colorado Alliance put on a CSA 101 class for people who were wanting to learn about it, and I attended. It answered a lot of my questions on the practicality of how it works out and we got really excited and decided to try it.
— Wendy Troyer, Mesa County grower and now CSA business owner
From Ouray to Nucla to Rifle, Western Colorado Alliance is celebrating big wins this year for our towns:
- Connected rural electric coops with $9.7 billion of Inflation Reduction Act monies to accelerate and expand the build-out of local clean energy generation across Western Colorado.
- Passed the first in the nation legislation that allows local farmers and ranchers the right to repair agricultural equipment apart from the equipment manufacture.
- Won more precedent-setting rules to further reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, holding operators accountable for the amount of air pollution they produce.
- Organized support for new oil and gas bonding rules which will save taxpayers $838 million in clean-up costs for abandoned wells over the next decade.
- West Slope Youth Voice interns won the inclusion of a student health clinic in the construction of the new Grand Junction High School, overturning a previous school board decision and providing mental and physical health care to students.
West Slope Youth Voice and Western Colorado Alliance offers you an opportunity to get your voice heard and feel like you are actually making an impact in the community around you. Sometimes it feels kind of hopeless…but you build bonds with the other kids in the program and also adults and political leaders. It’s a way to get involved and help the future you want to build and solidify.
— Fatima, West Slope Youth Voice intern
West Slope Youth Voice and Western Colorado Alliance offers you an opportunity to get your voice heard and feel like you are actually making an impact in the community around you. Sometimes it feels kind of hopeless…but you build bonds with the other kids in the program and also adults and political leaders. It’s a way to get involved and help the future you want to build and solidify.
— Fatima, West Slope Youth Voice intern
We could not run these programs, build these teams, and organize with our full selves and values without your generous support of our work. We’re grateful to count you as a member of our team and hope that we can continue to earn your support as we forge toward a more resilient future for everyone who calls the Western Slope home.
Join with hundreds of other Alliance members today in building healthy, just, and self-reliant communities across Western Colorado!
Join with hundreds of other Alliance members today in building healthy, just, and self-reliant communities across Western Colorado!
Thank you for being here – and I’ll see you in the field in 2024.
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.