Colorado Poor People’s Campaign

Colorado challenges the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted morality

[Vinnie Cervantes @squashstreet]

It’s disappointing that @janinedavidson is driving disinformation to try to discredit the protest. Even including unproven speculation about who’s leading the action and community concerns in an official statement. As an alumnus of @msudenver, this is bad leadership

[DASHR @dashrorg]

DASHR states that the conversations around homelessness during the 2023 municipal elections continue to be dehumanizing and detached from the realities of our current crisis. We also share urgent concerns as it pertains to STAR’s ability to support our unhoused neighbors 🧵:

[Colorado Jobs with Justice @COJWJ]

BREAKING:

Uber says workers make $37 an hour. That's a blatant lie.

We found Denver workers for Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash merely make $5.49 after expenses.

That's 35% of the city minimum wage ($15.87) &officially puts workers below the poverty line.

https://t.co/e4KLjKVuUE

[DASHR @dashrorg]

Just now, Dani Peters with @DDPHE abruptly ended our monthly STAR meeting bc they didn’t want to hear from BIPOC folks about our issues with a pattern of racism, exclusion, and gate-keeping in the STAR program

[DASHR @dashrorg]

Denver's STAR Advisory Committee wants more distinction from Street Enforcement Team via @DenverChannel

https://t.co/O1Nz3lV67j

[DASHR @dashrorg]

Two years ago, the STAR program was launched as the result of worK from the community. Tomorrow we come together to celebrate STAR, make further demands of it, and callout the lessons from 2020 that have been ignored through the launch of programs like SET https://t.co/OGcWjrkQPQ

[DASHR @dashrorg]

Since he deleted the original and reposted with the correct spelling of “Columbia”, we’ll repost our comments.

Another interesting fact that @GovofCO should be concerned with is that Colorado also ranks 5th highest in the US for people killed by police ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[DASHR @dashrorg]

@GovofCO Paul Childs, Marvin Booker, Michael Marshall, Alonzo Ashley, Jessie Hernandez, Dion Avila, Paul Castaway, De’Von Bailey, Elijah McClain, and Alexis Mendez-Perez unfortunately won’t see this list as they were all killed by police in Colorado

[Vinnie Cervantes @squashstreet]

This is a shame that Elijah McClain’s mother is being put through all of this after everything she’s been through.

https://t.co/GVvURA2GQu

[DASHR @dashrorg]

When those deceiving the public benefit from that same disinformation: An industry built off of people in crisis has driven more resources and power to police thanks to a distorted narrative about violence and crime coming from Union Station. https://t.co/CAxiTNjvIV

[Colorado Poor People’s Campaign @colorado_ppc]

Follow: @DpsMamas

On the potential closures:

https://t.co/7URitDHC94

https://t.co/jBR4DbQkYO

[Colorado Poor People’s Campaign @colorado_ppc]

Hopefully while @DangeRussWilson was taking photo ops in Denver Public Schools, he learned about the 19 neighborhood schools the district plans to close after the trauma of a global pandemic, disproportionately impacting Latinx students and families

[Vinnie Cervantes @squashstreet]

Shame on @SagewoodMS which is my old middle school. There is no scenario where an 11 year old should go from sitting calmly with a counselor to jailed for 7 hours. I need to know which candidates for @dcsdk12 are going to address these issues

[Colorado Poor People’s Campaign @colorado_ppc]

Join this event today!

[DASHR @dashrorg]

Today, we’ll be hosting a panel with four district attorneys in Colorado to discuss alternatives to jail and punishment. Register and join us at 4pm MST: https://t.co/xDh3vJ2Ng5

[Colorado Poor People’s Campaign @colorado_ppc]

#colorado

[DASHR @dashrorg]

We know there's a lot of tension and anxiety today, and it likely won't end after tonight. Stay safe and check in on each other. Five Tips for Election Day and Its Aftermath.

*this isn’t exhaustive and the numbers are Colorado-specific

[DASHR @dashrorg]

Join us tonight as these conversations will be critical to what community support looks like after the election. Link: https://t.co/TXFHlxjii3

[DASHR @dashrorg]

Denver has a nearly $600 million public safety budget with most of that going towards policing and jail. We think there’s better things we can spend money on that translate to a real sense of safety, especially for those most impacted by systemic violence

[SAFE Boulder Ⓐ☭ 🇵🇸 #StopCopCity @safeboulder]

@jaredpolis @attyatscience Hello Governor Polis,

Have you ever considered reading a book?

Sincerely,
Your neighbors feeding the starving people outside your pent house.

[Colorado Poor People’s Campaign @colorado_ppc]

Hi friends, we’re already working on alternatives to the police. We need a local #moralbudget to fund them. Our tri-chair, @squashstreet was featured here: https://t.co/FCp5Qvmpm8 @UniteThePoor

[Colorado Poor People’s Campaign @colorado_ppc]

These failures of justice are in part on media as well as local political leadership. And on some of those in our community. How can we possibly hope to create change if we aren’t listening to the cries of hurt people around us?

[Colorado Poor People’s Campaign @colorado_ppc]

As national media picks up on the police murder of #ElijahMcClain, we ask of them and our local media, where have you been? Where were you when we held an event with BLM 5280 during the MLK march to lift Elijah’s story? @UniteThePoor https://t.co/RnOuFu9Qw3

[Colorado Poor People’s Campaign @colorado_ppc]

Where were you when community took over city council meetings to demand justice? When Elijah’s family was begging for support and action from city leaders? Why is it that only now do other stories of police violence that have been ignored for months or even years get noticed?