La historia de COLOR comenzó con un grupo con bases latinas que buscaban estrategias para superar las crecientes tasas de VIH/SIDA y otros problemas que afectan a la comunidad latina en las áreas de educación, atención médica, derechos civiles, justicia económica e inmigración. En 1998, COLOR se convirtió en una organización sin ánimo de lucro y desde entonces ha estado al servicio de las comunidades latinas de Colorado.
Cómo empezamos
Con la ayuda de una subvención del Proyecto de Coalición Estatal de Latinas Unidas para el Instituto Nacional de Salud Reproductiva, nuestras madres fundadoras comenzaron a trabajar para crear una voz y una presencia en el área de la salud y la libertad reproductiva en Colorado. En abril de 1998 crearon la Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR), la primera organización de justicia reproductiva dirigida y atendida por latinas en el estado. En diciembre de 2000, COLOR se constituyó en el estado de Colorado y recibió el estatus 501c(3) del Servicio de Impuestos Internos (IRS).
Nuestro enfoque
As a people-of-color led organization, COLOR works to advance reproductive justice for all Coloradans. COLOR’s approach centers on intersectionality with the knowledge that no person leads a single issue life. We challenge all barriers keeping communities from leading successful, self-determined lives by furthering environmental justice, economic justice, racial justice, immigrant rights, LGBTQIA+ liberation and more. We take a youth-to-elder approach, embracing the teachings of multiple generations in a cultura-centric way (meaning our work evokes and lifts up the traditions, language, and cultural identities of our communities). COLOR works to cultivate and develop our community members through a leadership ladder that authentically reflects the lives of those we serve.
COLOR hoy
COLOR represents and advocates for all Latines communities living in Colorado. COLOR’s base members or, ‘COLORistxs,’ are largely Spanish-speaking immigrants, LGBTQIA+ folks, low-income folks, and people who identify as women and people of color, including youth and young activists, as well as families. Our year-round base building efforts and programming are centered on building power for the Latinx community across Colorado.
COLOR identifies our constituencies as all Latine individuals and their families living in Colorado, all of whom we represent and advocate for. People who engage directly with our work as participants and/or donors are considered Cominunidad or COLORistes. COLOR often uses the “x” or “e” to be inclusive of all people.
