LIFT Week 2023 was a transformative week of legislative education, training and mobilization centered on issues that will create long-term systemic change for those most impacted by an unjust criminal legal system and an escalating housing crisis.
July 18, 2023In the 2022–2023 legislative session, ACLU of Colorado staff, members, supporters and activists worked shoulder-to-shoulder with 86 allies and partners across Colorado on 58 bills that aligned with the key issue areas outlined in The Road Ahead: Smart Justice, Systemic Equality, and Privacy &
June 20, 2023Only a few months after launching The Road Ahead, our new three-year strategic framework, ACLU of Colorado has already started work within our three core issue areas to expand a
June 20, 2023We argue that individuals must have a right to sue federal officers for using excessive force in violation of fundamental Fourth Amendment rights.
May 12, 2023 Criminal Legal ReformWe argue that conducting warrantless long-term, continuous surveillance of a person’s home using cameras that are posted on utility poles nearby violates the Fourth Amendment.
May 10, 2023 Privacy & TechnologyWe argue that racial bias has no place in our jury system and the Colorado Supreme Court must remand this case for a new trial after a judge refused to excuse for cause a potential juror who made openly racist statements during jury selection.
April 25, 2023 Racial Justice