Colorado Freedom Fund

🌟⁠ We’re building community across platforms! ⁠ ⁠ Find us on Bluesky: cofreedomfund.bsky.social⁠ Why Bluesky? Because liberation means showing up wherever our people are. Come connect, learn, and work toward freedom together.

Today, we continued our coverage of Colorado Municiapl Courts. This time, Alison Gordon joined to talk about my hometown municipal court of Westminster, Colorado. This episode is an excellent example of the mundane, cruelty present in your average Colorado municipal court.

Things aren't right in our municipal courts, y'all. Time for change. Hope I'll be seeing you on Bluesky sooon....

Today, I spoke w/Tristan Gorman (Policy Dir @CCDBnews) and @RWallaceEsq of @FreedomFundCO to discuss the many policies, ballot initiatives, and legislative agenda items that are trying to turn the Colorado Criminal Legal System into a more punitive one.

🔥CFF Policy Counsel @RWallaceEsq on municipal court injustice.

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🌟⁠ We’re building community across platforms! ⁠ ⁠ Find us on Bluesky: cofreedomfund.bsky.social⁠ Why Bluesky? Because liberation means showing up wherever our people are. Come connect, learn, and work toward freedom together.

Regardless of who's in the Whitehouse or what party dominates in Colorado, @FreedomFundCO keeps on truckin' - doing the liberatory work to bring our neighbors home. Come get free with us. Thurs. 12/19 at 4 pm.

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Grand Junction isn't alone in violating the rights of Coloradans. To protect our neighbors, we need statewide changes to municipal courts.⁠ Join us at our 2025 Legislative Preview on Zoom this Thursday at 4pm MST. Pre-register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

CFF's 2025 Legislative Preview (virtual) is one week away– Thur. Dec. 19 at 4PM! Thanks to co-hosts @TogetherCO, @ACLUofColorado, and @BONH_Coalition. Join us to learn about CFF’s priority bills (and more!). Register to attend: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Save the date for CFF's (virtual) 2025 Legislative Preview Thur. Dec. 19 at 4PM! We’ll discuss our two priority bills and fill you in on carceral bills we expect to see. Spoiler alert: we'll be talking about municipal courts again! Register to attend: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

We filed a brief alongside @FreedomFundCO in support of a defendant facing a jail sentence 36 times longer and fines nine times higher than allowed by state law.

@Ajlark25 thanks for checking it out! CFF takes no position on judicial retention on the 2024 ballot, but our ED is going to forward you what she said, momentarily. thank you for being engaged and thoughtful about your ballot.

☀️ Denver folks! Join us tomorrow, Thur. Oct. 24 at How Sh*t Gets Done in Denver, for a rundown of the city's budget and ballot! ➡️Register to attend in person on online: bit.ly/HSGD2024

📈 The 1980s saw the acceleration of mass incarceration in the U.S., a dark period in our nation's history marked by a staggering increase in the number of people locked behind bars. We're still grappling with how to unwind it, but one thing is sure: we can't go back.

🗳️Tonight! 10/24-Join a community town hall to hear progessive perspective on ballot measures. @FreedomFundCO's own Dana Steiner will be presenting on Amend. I (Limit Constitutional Right to Bail) and Prop. 127 (Criminalize Hunting Big Cats). Register: bit.ly/HSGD2024

CFF will be there to explain why we oppose Amendment I and Proposition 127 and why we think you should too! Learn more about these two carceral measures (and others we care about as abolitionists) in CFF's 2024 Ballot Guide. ColoradoFreedomFund.org/2024ballot

Read our letter to Grand Junction officials: coloradofreedomfund.org/compliance Then, if you're as angry and heartbroken as we are , stay tune to join the fight next legislative session.

Grand Junction's municipal court is a travesty of justice. CFF is working with @ACLUofColorado to change that. denverpost.com/2024/10/17/gra…

Colorado Municipalities cannot run their courts in compliance with the Constitution. Pueblo and Rifle were giving illegal sentences Grand Junction is not appointing counsel 55 Discovery and Hundreds of Brady Letter violations in Aurora denverpost.com/2024/10/17/gra…