Losing Ground Action Opportunities

Now that you know about the growing disparity between whites and minorities in Colorado, what will you do with that information? Let us know at www.facebook.com/iNewsNetwork.

Here are just some of the possibilities you might consider:

  • Lead a discussion at your home, place of worship, school, book club, service club or other organization. Host a community forum at your public library, community center or other public gathering space.
  • Start a conversation on social media, such as Twitter or Facebook.
  • Connect with an organization that addresses issues raised in Losing Ground.

Poverty
Your local community foundation: http://bit.ly/COCommunityFoundations

Religious organizations, such as Catholic Charities: http://www.ccdenver.org/ or Thrivent Financial for Lutherans:
https://www.thrivent.com/Education

Colorado Legacy Foundation: http://colegacy.org/

Latin American Educational Foundation: http://www.laef.org/

Minority Enterprise & Education Development: http://www.meedcolorado.org/

Health

Clinica Family Health Services: http://www.clinica.org/index.php

Center for African American Health: http://www.caahealth.org/page.cfm

Colorado Health Foundation: http://www.coloradohealth.org/

Incarceration

Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives: http://opendooryouth.org/

Criminal Justice Reform Coalition: http://www. ccjrc.org/index.shtml

Race relations

Barbershop Talk: http://joinbst.com/

Aurora NAACP: http://www.auroracoloradonaacp.org/index.html

Latino Community Foundation of Colorado: http://www.rcfdenver.org/latinocfc/

Family

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado: http://www.biglittlecolorado.org/

Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado: http://www.flocritco.org/

McDonnell Family Foundation: http://www.mcdonnellfoundation.org/

Economic development

Your local Chamber of Commerce: http://bit.ly/COChambers

Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce: http://coloradoblackchamber.org/

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Denver: http://hispanicchamberdenver.org/