The Communications Officer advances the ACLU of Colorado’s strategic priorities by effectively articulating its mission through various platforms.
In this newsletter, we look back at the victory for police accountability, the twists and turns of the legislative session, our fight for unhoused Boulder residents, and the path toward justice. Hear from two East High School students on the future of reproductive freedom, reflections from our statewide listening tour, and a look ahead at our annual celebration honoring individuals and organizations who have made a profound and lasting impact in community.
Durango City leaders profess compassion toward people experiencing homelessness and a desire to “solve homelessness” in the City. City representatives have intimated that they do not wish to make homelessness itself a criminal status, but only to enforce criminal laws when behavior by unhoused people threatens the safety and welfare of the community as a whole. Yet, an analysis of twelve months of citations issued by Durango police for violations of the City’s ordinance banning camping in the city limits tells a starkly different story. Rather than policing harmful, criminal behavior, the Durango police are prohibiting unhoused people from simply sleeping in city limits.
