For this advocacy update, we wanted to focus specifically on bills that relate to the environment in light of Earth Day, April 22, 2023. For this reason, Mark Meeks and Daniel Wright, two of our Voices for Justice contributors, have provided some updates on bills that they have been tracking. We’re highlighting their expertise , […]
The Voices for Justice 2023 Mid-Session Legislative Report
It’s been an interesting few months of our legislative session, and now we’ve reached the point of the year where the House and the Senate convene to work on the “Long Bill”, Colorado’s budgeting bill. Since not much else is progressed during this time, we wanted to take this time to present to you our […]
Advocacy Update from Wesley Moncrief
This advocacy update focuses on HB23-1003 and HB23-1013 which are bills relating to mental health assessments in schools and the usage of physical restrictive practices in prisons. Our first bill, HB23-1003, “School Mental Health Assessment” would empower the Department of Public Health and Environment to administer mental health assessments to students above the age […]
Advocacy Update #3 from Wesley Moncrief
Welcome to another week of our Advocacy Update. This week, the topics are affordable housing for the future (HB23-1184), as well as better advocacy for immigrants by dismantling colluding power structures (HB23-1100). For the latter, I’m including input from Jean Demmler, a member of the Voices for Justice team who represents The Presbytery […]
Advocacy Update #2 from Wesley Moncrief
Welcome again everyone to our second weekly Advocacy Update of 2023. Last week, we looked at HB23-1154 (transparency of the ecological impact of legislation), as well as HB23-1133 (concerning the cost of phone calls for persons in custody). This week, we’re going to shift gears a bit and look at legislation centering on fair employment standards […]
Wesley Moncrief Advocacy Corner: A 2022 Colorado Election Results Highlight
Now that we are a few weeks past the always hectic election season, let’s reflect upon what changes have been made and how this will inform the future of Colorado. Because they have the greatest implications, I’m focusing on Propositions 121, 122, 123, FF and GG. To start us off, Proposition 121 passed 65%/35% and […]
Faith leaders! Please fill out this survey on your experiences with advance care planning conversations.
CCC leaders are invited to participate in a survey to support a Doctorate in Ministry research project. Dottie Mann is a student from the Iliff School of Theology researching faith leaders’ experiences having conversations about serious chronic illness, medical advance directives and/or end-of-life experiences. You are eligible to be in this study because you may […]
Opinion: The Merits of Proposition 122
By Wesley Moncrief, CCC Social Justice Fellow In the 2022 election cycle, the Colorado Council of Churches (“CCC”) took public stances on a number of statewide ballot initiatives. After some internal debate, the CCC decided to be neutral on Prohibition 122–Decriminalization and Regulated Access Program for Certain Psychedelic Plants and Fungi Initiative. Despite the CCC’s […]
Welcome Wesley Moncrief, the CCC’s 2022-23 Social Justice Fellow
Wesley Moncrief (with a friend’s dog) Hello Everyone, My name is Wesley Moncrief. I’m currently in the second year of a Master of Social Justice and Ethics degree at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver. Prior to moving to Denver in January 2021, I lived in Mississippi and earned an Undergraduate in Psychology from Mississippi State University. […]
Improving Your Physical and Mental Health with Prayer
Prayer means many different things to different people, but most agree that it involves lifting the heart and mind to a power greater than oneself. Many choose to call this power God. Studies have documented mental, physical, and spiritual benefits of prayer. Scientific studies of prayer Scientific studies of prayer are complicated by the fact […]
Final 2022 Voices for Justice Legislative Report
We thank Haley Anderson and the Voices for Justice team for all of the work that they did to track bills during the 2022 Legislative Session of the Colorado General Assembly. Here are their reports, organized by the Colorado Council of Churches public policy priorities. Environment Submitted by Mark Meeks HB22-1012 – Wildfire Mitigation and […]
Why Registering to Vote Matters
Contributed by Brian Rodriguez Deborah Richardson, Executive Director of ACLU Colorado wrote in a recent op-ed: “For over a year, we have seen incident after incident that substantiates a concentrated effort to disenfranchise Black and Brown voters. Moreover, there is continuing rhetoric, despite any proven evidence, that the 2020 elections were ‘stolen.’ In response to […]
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