Northern Colorado Regional Program

We’re very excited to announce the opening of our newest Northern Colorado office in Greeley! Since our founding at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley in 1996, we have supported community members to end racial profiling in the city and build voter participation in local and state elections.

Our Northern Colorado office was established in Greeley in 2007 following the massive immigration raid at the Swift plant. Since then, CPC has continued as an ally group against strong anti-immigrant sentiment. In 2008, CPC gained national media attention for our protests of voter suppression of Spanish speakers on Election Day. This year we will continue our efforts to increase the police department's accountability to the community, advocate for fair and open local government and elections, and help build new leaders who are more reflective of the diverse Northern Colorado community.

We're beginning to see a change for the better in Northern Colorado! Conservative stronghold Marilyn Musgrave was taken out last year by the more progressive Betsy Markey, and in 2008 we saw an increase in voter turnout among Latinos and new citizens in the region. Northern Colorado’s population is among the fastest growing in the nation, and that growth presents many new challenges and opportunities, especially for people of color, low-income neighborhoods, and other communities too often left out of the political process.

We still have much work to do to advance progressive social change, expand access to human rights, health care, economic justice, a healthy environment, and a democracy for all of us, not just the wealthy or the well-connected.

We’re honored to have had Fort Collins State Representative John Kefalas on our staff as our first Tax Fairness and Economic Justice Program Director. John helped us to meet many of you and now we're hoping that you can help guide us as we grow! We are excited to introduce our local staff in Greeley, Nicole Hurt and Yolanda Cruz. You can reach Nicole (nicole@progressivecoalition.org) or Yolanda (yolanda@progressivecoalition.org) at (970) 378-6560.

CPC is a grassroots membership organization and we depend on your support to help us build power across the state. Please become a member today. Your contribution to CPC is tax-deductible. Thank you!

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