Movimiento Poder

Have you heard? 🗣️ Our YOUTH-led Denver Public Schools (DPS) Candidate Forum is NEXT MONDAY at 5:00 pm. We hope to see you there, make sure to RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

After over two decades of transformative leadership, our Executive Director, Elsa, will be transitioning out of her role at the end of 2025. We're grateful for Elsa’s leadership and excited to continue building on the foundation she helped shape. movimientopoder.org/mp-new-chapter/

☀️Get involved this summer!☀️ Join our Summer Academy to learn about your history, culture, and identity and explore your voice through art. Be part of something powerful! Sign up today: movimientopoder.dm.networkforgood.com/forms/youth-su…

🏳️‍⚧️ HISTORIC: Last night, the Kelly Loving Act passed the CO legislature + is headed to the Governor’s desk! A people-powered bill by and for trans & LGBTQ+ people, it strengthens protections, codifies deadnaming/misgendering as forms of discrimination, and more! #KellyLovingAct

🚨 Legislative Update 🚨 Yesterday, SB25-276 passed in the Senate! The bill is now headed to the House. SB25-276 strengthens CO laws by protecting public spaces like schools and hospitals and stopping local police from honoring ICE requests without a judicial warrant.

🚨 After passing two Senate committees, SB25-276 is heading to the final Senate vote this❗Monday❗ April 21 at 9:30 AM. 🗣️We need your presence now more than ever🗣️ Join us Monday to PACK THE SENATE gallery and show support for immigrant Coloradans! Please wear white.

Jeanette Vizguerra, a Colorado community leader + mother has been detained by ICE. 🚨 @movimientopoder calls on community support 🚨 As of March 18th, Jeanette is detained inside GEO, away from her children + grandchildren. Sign the petition NOW 🔗 secure.afsc.org/a/freejeanette

The 2025 Colorado Legislative Session starts TODAY! At Movimiento Poder, we're committed to pushing for policies that build healthier, more equitable communities for ALL. Together, we’ll continue to amplify our voices and demand real change. Let’s get to work! 💪🏽

December marks Movimiento Poder’s third anniversary! We've had an incredible journey—one that would not have been possible without the support of people like you. For our third anniversary, we’re asking for your support to keep the momentum going: bit.ly/3VkST81

"The message that you have been sending us repeatedly says we do not matter. To our youngest learners in the district, you have said we do not count. You are telling their families they do not matter."

🧵 testimonies from todays public comment on school closures 👇🏽 “I urge you to vote against Dr. Marrero’s recommendation for school closure. It's based on statistics, mathematics, projections. It's not based on the people and the human beings that go to these schools.“

POWER TO THE YOUTH ✊🏽 Today, hundreds of students, teachers, staff, parents, and community members from DCIS Baker, West MS, DSISD, and Manual HS came together to raise their voices against Denver Public Schools’ proposal to close 10 schools across the city.

Our work is possible thanks to people like you. Colorado Gives Day is December 10, but you can donate early starting today! Help us create a safe space for our community to build power. Donate now: actionnetwork.org/letters/dps-do… #ColoradoGivesDay

School closures will cause irreversible harm to our Denver students, parents, and community members, particularly for Black, Brown and low-income families. Join us in fighting against these closures: actionnetwork.org/letters/dps-do…

STOP SCHOOL CLOSURES 🗣️ Let’s keep this fight going - together, we are stronger. Make sure to click this link to tell the DPS Board of Education and Superintendent Dr. Marrero to stop closing our schools and instead start funding them! actionnetwork.org/letters/dps-do…

DPS is planning on closing our neighborhood public schools. We will not stand for that. Schools are at the heart of our community. We need your help more than ever to keep our neighborhood schools alive. Click here to send your board members an email: actionnetwork.org/letters/dps-do…

“School closures should always be the last resort, and even then, there should be some form of decision-making power that lies in the hands of students and families which stand to be most affected by closures.” - Elsa Bañuelos, Executive Director of Movimiento Poder

We've been to most of DPS' regional engagement meetings on school closures. Let us be clear: there is no community engagement at these meetings. DPS must halt this rushed process immediately and listen to what DPS student and families truly need. cbsnews.com/colorado/news/…

“The truth will come out, and it will expose how these closures are not just about budgets and performance metrics-they are about power and neglect.” -MiDian Shofner, CEO for the Epitome of Black Excellence and Partnership

Press conference starting soon! Stay tuned for updates!

“School closures disproportionately harm Black, Brown, and low-income communities, destabilizing neighborhoods and uprooting students. Our children deserve leadership that fights for their schools, not abandons them.” -Auon’tai, Former Vice President of the Denver School Board.