Social Justice

February 8, 2024

Legislative Update: A bill we’re hungy to see passed!

We’re one month into the 2024 Colorado Legislative Session and nearly 350 bills have been introduced so far.
October 6, 2023

Mesa County’s Just Housing team will work to get to YES!

SIGN UP FOR THE OPEN HOUSE FORUM! The members of Western Colorado Alliance of Mesa County’s Just Housing team are rolling up their sleeves. Our job […]
December 20, 2022

2022 accomplishments, recap — and THANK YOU!

Western Colorado Alliance of Mesa County has accomplished so much in 2022 and it could not have happened without your support and solidarity. We thank you […]
October 11, 2022

Our Alliance supports affordable housing and healthy meals this November

As the leaves start to turn, we know that soon we’ll also need to turn in our ballots. As a non-profit, our Alliance never suggests who […]
March 10, 2021

RECLAIM Act & Abandoned Mine Land Fund Reauthorization Introduced

Ensures Coal Communities Are Part of America’s Economic Recovery  As coal communities grapple with existing economic decline and public health risks made significantly worse by the […]
June 9, 2020

A commitment to racial justice

On May 25, 2020, the people of this country witnessed the murder of George Floyd. While handcuffed and restrained by two white police officers, a third […]
June 5, 2020

COVID relief, police reform, & the reconvening of the 2020 legislative session

As unpredictable as this year has been, the legislature reconvened last Tuesday with a seemingly solid plan to finish out the 2020 legislative session — all […]
November 19, 2019
Greta Thunberg

A hero-filled October

A trip to see Greta and an assembly with friends and allies...
April 9, 2019
Pass the RECLAIM Act

RECLAIM Act commits $1 billion to projects that clean up abandoned coal mines and revitalize local economies