Our 2024 Ballot Priorities: We envision a Colorado where everyone thrives with access to quality public schools and healthcare. This November, let’s stand against corporate interests trying to undermine our communities. Together, we stand united! #Vote #Election2024

Folks from Housekeys Action Network Denver, TogetherCO & Together Denver getting rowdy at the Den CC hearing. 🥰

Back in 1997 the City of Denver capped the number of syringe access programs to 3 total. They had no way to know then how the population would grow, nor could they predict the devastating overdose crisis we're in right now. It's time for an update. denverite.com/2024/10/29/den…

It's innaccurate to say that SSPs would be allowed closer to schools than they are now. ALL of the SSPs in Denver operate under a waiver, because there are schools/daycares that have moved in closer to them! This ordinance would simply remove the waiver requirement.

On Nov 4th, Denver City Council will vote to decide which 2025 budget amendments will be forwarded to the Mayor. If you agree that STAR deserves more funding, email council at [email protected].

In #Colorado there are currently... ➡️ 78,000 pending immigration cases ➡️ Only 50 immigration attorneys in the state ➡️ And most immigrants appear in court without an attorney. The state has a shocking lack of legal representation. There is a dire need for immigration legal

It tells you where the City's values are when the Street Enforcement Team becomes the perpetually funded sacred cow while innovative community-based programs that actually connect people to resources get little to nothing.

if your political work begins & ends with presidential elections, now's the time to change that! join an org, find your lane, learn your local political landscape, figure out who's fighting, make a plan. no matter who wins, there's going to be so much work to do.

*3* people, out of more than 1,000 eligible, voted from the Jefferson County (Denver suburbs) jail in November 2022, per the county clerk. Colorado recently passed a law forcing jails to offer in-person voting. Now, JeffCo reports hundreds of jail voters so far this cycle:

"Going to jail shouldn’t mean you lose your say in our democracy—that’s the thinking behind a new state law requiring jails to offer an in-person opportunity to vote, making Colorado the only state in the nation to require jails to offer in-person voting." cpr.org/2024/11/04/col…

"Nine years ago, Giddings was incarcerated in this very jail. In the lead-up to the 2016 election, he was talking about it with others in his pod. 'They just assumed they could never vote again.'" knpr.org/2024-11-01/col…

If you're a Denverite sporting your "I Voted" sticker today, you have an incarcerated artist to thank! CCJRC helped the Denver Election Division run a competition in the jails to design Denver's sticker for this election!

Tonight at 6pm!

We filed a brief alongside Colorado Freedom Fund in support of a defendant facing a jail sentence 36 times longer and fines nine times higher than allowed by state law.

Fatal drug overdoses in Denver and across Colorado have declined through the first half of 2024 (by 11% and 8%, respectively), a ray of sunshine after years of skyrocketing death tolls. Experts and health officials cautioned the data is preliminary. denverpost.com/2024/11/24/col…

"One of the fears is that, as overdoses decline, there will be complacency," said Dr. Brian Hurley, head of ASAM. "One of our messages is making sure there's a sustained focus." npr.org/2024/11/14/nx-…

🤯Gov wants more kids locked up in DYS to help kids get "back on track"!? Kids are getting fentanyl from DYS guards. Kids are overdosing. 1 child died in Nov. Restraints are up 30%+, along with broken bones for kids. We need services in community for kids, not more DYS beds.

Receipts: denverpost.com/2024/11/27/col…

We're at the Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for SB25-044 which would make possession, sharing, etc of any amount of synthetic opioids like fentanyl a felony. codpc.org/stop-sb25-044 Listen: leg.colorado.gov/committee/audi…