Our team, vision & mission
Our Mission
Our mission is to amplify community leadership in program and policy design in Colorado. We do this by supporting local leaders to advance systems change in their communities through consulting on projects supported by nonprofits and or governmental agencies and departments. Our strategies and expert consultation serve as a bridge and access avenue for everyday advocates who want to use their lived experience for systems change. Our mission is to one day have a state where working Coloradans can easily influence policy change and development at every stage in the process. Simply stated, our mission is to put people back in the House.
Our Vision
We envision a Colorado where working Coloradans are centralized leaders in the programs and policies that impact them the most. We envision a Colorado that is developed by those most historically oppressed and farthest from opportunity. We envision an inclusive policy process in which working Coloradans can not only engage civically but can also lead in policy ideas and creating law and programming that impacts their lives.
Meet Kayla
“I came to this work as a young single mom with no support, wanting desperately to systematically change the circumstance of families like mine at a Head Start center. Hundreds of working parents don’t have the proximity of power and the formal knowledge to influence legislation. This pushed me to dive head-first into the world of advocacy and policy with the mission to build the pipelines for real working Coloradans - that didn’t exist for me. I went off to create leadership programs for 4 local nonprofits to advance systems change advocates. “
15+ years of experience building community design with working people.
Project Expertise: Facilitation, strategic planning, program management, event planning, lobby day organizing/designing, legislation development, coalition convening, direct lobbying and organizing, designing stakeholder managing for policy design - local, state and federal.
Open for strategic planning, coalition convening, legislative & policy work
Meet Bianka
“My work as a campaign strategist has allowed me to work with the community and I want to make sure that through my work I can work with campaigns and on policy issues and make sure to include the community along the way. I have worked 15+ years in electoral politics and also I have ran statewide ballot measures. I am also a public speaker and featured at a number of programs and events as a keynote speaker.”
15+ years of experience building community design and politics with working people.
Project Expertise: Political campaigns, issue campaigns, mentoring, legislative and regulatory advocacy, electoral politics, and ballot measures.
Meet George
“By way of my own desire to make sure other parents see themselves in leadership, I have become a devoted advocate. Through years of working with my team at the Colorado State Capitol, I’ve learned that we are a city and state ripe for change. I am first and foremost - always a proud father of 2 - that expertise has driven my work. “
5+ years of community design with working people.
Project Expertise: Organizing with working parents, single fatherhood empowerment and leadership, family engagement in the criminal justice system, navigating benefit systems, and housing supports in Colorado.
Adar
“I am a queer and chronically ill cancer survivor who has lived and worked in Southwest Colorado for over a decade. Health equity and community organizing are integrally woven into how I live my life and support my community. Being intimately aware of how the healthcare system of all the ways that the healthcare system does not serve us has long-time been the inspiration that keeps me working towards system change, social justice, and compassionate, person-centered care.”
10+ years of community design with working people.
Project Expertise: 10+ years of community outreach and advocacy in the Four Corners region 6+ years of education (with adults, families, and children, in & out school settings! 4+ years of recruitment, on-boarding, staff training and facilitation 3+ years of communication, marketing, and fundraising.
Open to contracts, contact me here.
Meet Nicole
“As a Peruvian immigrant with over 15 years in Denver, I’ve been profoundly affected by policy inaction. I champion community voices and advocacy at the state capitol, striving to hold legislators accountable and enhance public education on policy issues. My vision for Colorado centers on empowering communities through informed consultancy and proactive legislative engagement.”
11 years of community design experience with working people & immigrant communities.
Project Expertise: 8+ years within immigration law, 3+ years of organizing work, 6+ years in school focused on immigration and political engagement.
Open for contracts - contact me here!
Meet Andrés
“I came to this work from seeing how people who know the rules manipulate circumstances to force working-class people to choose between two bad options every election year.
10+ years of story telling & communications/advocacy design with working people.
Project Expertise: 3+ years of Lobbying expertise, 10+ years of Podcasting and photography work, 10+ years of public speaking.
Don’t know where to start?
Every service begins with a free 30-minute consultation. Wherever you are, we’ll help you figure out your goals and develop a strategy tailored to your mission. We work with non-profits, agencies, businesses, school districts and small projects.