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COLORADO COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONS
Community resources for those who wish to continue
to explore some of the best local responses
to the challenge of mass incarceration
Published by Colorado Juvenile Defender Coalition
ACLU
The ACLU of Colorado is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to fulfilling the promise of equal justice under the law for all Coloradans. Our work is fundamentally defined by the Bill of Rights, including free speech, freedom of religion, due process, privacy and equality for all people under the law. We advocate for members of disenfranchised communities, including people of color, LGBT persons, women, immigrants, low income people, homeless, prisoners, students and the elderly. We are also an affiliate of the national ACLU. Contact: 400 Corona StreetDenver, CO 80218, Tel: (303) 777-5482, Fax: (303) 777-1773, , www.aclu-co.org.
The Black Star Project
The Black Star Project works to improve the quality of life for all children by eliminating the racial academic achievement gap in public schools. Founded in Chicago in 1996 by Phillip Jackson, the Project’s mission is to provide and advocate for educational services that involve parents, families, schools and communities in efforts to enhance students’ academic, social, emotional and physical development. Contact: 3509 South Martin Luther King Drive Suite 2B, Chicago, IL 60653, Phone: 773.285.9600, Fax: 773.285.9602, , www.blackstarproject.org
Brother Jeff’s Cultural Center
Brother Jeff’s Cultural Center, founded in 1994 is located in the historic Five Points District in Northeast Denver—a space committed to fostering growth, strength, and voice in the community. These ends are achieved through the exploration of visual and performing arts, celebrations, and programs that inform and enrich people’s lives. Contact: 2836 Welton Street, Denver, CO 80205, Phone: 303.297.0823, , www.brotherjeff.com
Center for African American Health
The Center for African American Health is dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of the African-American community. It provides culturally-sensitive disease prevention and disease management programs to African-Americans living in the metro Denver area. Contact: 3601 Martin Luther King Blvd. Denver, CO 80205, Voice: (303) 355-3423, Fax: (303) 355-1807, , www.caahealth.org
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
Guided by a vision of dance as the universal language of movement, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance provides instruction, performances and community enrichment programs that transcend boundaries of culture, class and age. Contact: www.cleoparkerdance.org or 303-295-1759.
Coloradoans Against the Death Penalty
Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (CADP), formerly Coloradans Against the Death Penalty, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making our justice system more effective by establishing smart alternatives that abolish capital punishment. We are concerned citizens, religious leaders, political leaders, criminal defense lawyers, and relatives of murder victims.P.O. Box 46123Denver, CO 80201, Phone: (303) 495-2910 Fax: (303) 830-1392 ,E-mail: , www.coadp.org
Colorado Children’s Campaign
The Colorado Children's Campaign is the leading voice for Colorado's 1.2 million children. Through our research and advocacy expertise, we work to increase access to health coverage for kids; increase access to and the quality of child care and early education opportunities for working families; reduce the state's dropout rate and improve the quality of K-12 education; and improve the state's ability to respond to children's needs through fiscal reforms. 1580 Lincoln Street, Suite 420, Denver, CO 80203, Phone: 303.839.1580, Fax: 303.839.1354, http://www.coloradokids.org
Colorado Criminal Defense Bar
The Colorado Criminal Defense Bar is a growing professional association of attorneys, investigators, and paralegals who represent persons accused of crime. CCDB was founded in 1979 and today has over 1000 members. CCDB and its members are professionals of principle dedicated to protecting the rights of the accused. CCDB supports an active professional network, excellent defense training programs, 10 chapters statewide, and numerous public member services. See our website if you need a criminal defense lawyer, paralegal, or investigator. Contact: 955 Bannock St., Ste. 200, Denver, CO 80204, Phone: 303.758.2454, Fax: 303.623.0714, , www.ccdb2.org
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
CCJRC's mission is to reverse the trend of mass incarceration in Colorado. We also strongly oppose the for-profit, private prison industry and its presence in Colorado. Our current objectives are focused on reforming criminal justice policies at the state and local level that are fueling prison expansion with a priority on drug policy and parole/reentry, halting prison expansion and ending the use of private, for-profit prisons in Colorado. 1212 Mariposa St., #6 Denver, CO 80204, phone:(303) 825-0122, fax: (303) 825-0304, email: , www.ccjrc.org
Colorado Hispanic Bar Association
The Colorado Hispanic Bar Association formed in 1977, advocates for Latino attorneys and the Latino community as a whole. It was born out of a need of a then handful of Chicano attorneys to create an organization that would champion the causes of the Latino community in and out of the profession. Contact: P.O. Box 8895, Denver, CO 80201, www.chba.net
Colorado Juvenile Defender Coalition
The Colorado Juvenile Defender Coalition is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring excellence in juvenile defense and advocacy and justice for all children in Colorado. CJDC promotes defense excellence through continuing legal education seminars, resources for juvenile defenders, and supporting indigent defense. CJDC seeks to protect the rights and improve the treatment of youth in the juvenile justice system through community organizing and non-partisan research and policy development. Contact: 670 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204, Phone: 303.825.0194, Fax: 303 825-0182, , www.cjdc.org (under construction)
Colorado Progressive Coalition
The Colorado Progressive Coalition is a statewide, member-driven organization that engages communities to advance economic and social justice since 1996. Organized around five program areas: Racial Justice & Civil Rights; Health Care for All; Economic Justice; Statewide Base Building; and Civic Engagement; CPC advocates at the local, state, and national levels on issues that affect people of color, low-income neighborhoods, immigrants, the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender community, and young people. Contact: 1029 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204, Phone: (303) 866-0908, Outside of Denver area: (866) 329-0908 www.progressivecoalition.org
The Community Reentry Project
CRP provides Education, Employment, Housing, Mental Health and Relapse Prevention services to adult Denver residents recently released from the Denver County Jail so that they can live successful and independent lives. Eligibility Requirements: 1) Denver resident; 2) 18 years or older; 3) Misdemeanor conviction; 4) Sentenced to Denver County Jail; 5) Within 1 year of release. CRP is a program of The Council on Substance Abuse and Mental Health and supported by the City & County of Denver. The goal of the project is to reduce recidivism, increase public safety, and improve the quality of life in Denver. Contact: 655 Broadway, Suite 450, Denver, CO 80203, Phone: 720.865.2329, Fax: 720.865.2335, www.denvergov.org/crp
The Conflict Center
The Conflict Center’s mission is to reduce levels of physical, verbal and emotional violence by teaching and applying skills to help people in diverse communities manage everyday conflicts nonviolently. TCC’s values include peacemaking based in justice, relationships based on mutual respect, violence prevention through education and skill building, celebration of diversity, commitment to building a peaceful community, service to persons living in poverty, practicing forgiveness, and establishing a safe space for dialogue. Contact: 4140 Tejon Street, Denver, CO, 80211, Phone: 303-433-4983, fax: 303-433-6166, ; www.conflictcenter.org
Denver African American Commission
The Commission is an advisory body to the Mayor and the City & County of Denver and is charged with advising the Mayor on issues and concerns relating to the African American community of Denver. Contact: Phone: (720) 913-8471, http://denvergov.org
Denver - Rocky Association of Black Psychologists
The Denver-Rocky Mountain Association of Black Psychologists (D-RMABPsi) was established in 1977 as a chapter of the national Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi).Since its inception in 1977, the D-RMABPsi has engaged in numerous activities in pursuit of the goals outlined by the national organization. A partial itemization of these activities include psychology student recruitment conferences, providing graduate level scholarships, conducting symposia for psychiatrists, social workers, and other mental health related professions, providing consultation to local nonprofit organizations on African American mental health issues. Contact: PO Box 3171, Denver, CO 80202, Phone: 303.534.3555, www.abpsi-denver.org
D.U. Latino Law Student Association
The DU Latino Law Students Association (LLSA) welcomes you to the Sturm College of Law. Our mission is threefold: to foster the professional development of our members, to encourage community support, and to encourage high personal integrity. We support first-year students in the transition period into law school through various programs. We also help students develop working networks with local practitioners in the legal community. Contact: University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2255 East Evans Avenue, Denver, CO 80208 Phone, 303.871.6000, www.law.du.edu.
El Centro Humanitario
El Centro Humanitario promotes the rights and well-being of day laborers in Colorado through education, job skills and leadership development, united action and advocacy. Our goals are to develop a sense of community and self sufficiency among workers and to foster worker ownership over El Centro. Contact: 2260 California St. Denver, CO 80205, 303.292.4115,
Flobots.Org
Flobots.org works to create positive social change by harnessing the power of music and those who love it. The Flobots view music as a tool for therapy, community building and leadership development and action. Contact: www.flobots.org,
Gang Rescue and Support Project
GRASP is a peer-run, intervention program that works with youth who are at-risk of gang involvement or are presently active in gangs, helps families of gang victims, and serves as a youth advocate. GRASP is effective because it is run by ex-gang members who broke free of gangs & turned their lives around. Contact: 701 South Logan Street, Denver CO 80209, Office: 303-777-3117, Fax: 303-777-0150, www.graspyouth.org
The Greater Denver Interfaith Alliance
The Greater Denver Interfaith Alliance is a faith based organization that serves as a catalyst for network developmentand coalition building across faith traditions and between community organizations, service providers and governmental entities for the purpose of coordinating and expanding resources for Denver's at risk populations. Programs addresspopulationsexperiencingdisparities due to economics, education, health, housing, mental health, substance abuse and the overrepresentation of racial/ethnic groups in the juvenile and criminal justice systems andchild welfare.We also promote interfaith education and dialogue. Contact: 3030 Downing St., Denver, CO 80205, www.greaterdenverinterfaithalliance.org
Iliff School of Theology
At the Iliff School of Theology, you will find a rich combination of rigorous academics and experiences that will help you lead in life’s journey – whether your choice is one of personal or professional growth, a stepping stone toward service helping others, or for ministries yet to be imagined. The school was named one of the top 20 engaged in multi-faith education! Contact: Iliff School of Theology, 2201 S. University Blvd. Denver, CO 80210, Phone: 800.678.3360, www.iliff.edu.
Life Fund Foundation
The Foundation is focused on increasing postsecondary completion rates because whether it is a certificate, an associate degree, or a bachelor degree, a postsecondary credential is the best path to success for under-served students. Contact: 1305 Krameria St H111, Denver, CO 80220, Tel: 702.426.4927, , http://www.lifefundfoundation.org/
Manual High School
Manual High School opened its doors in the fall of 2007 to the first class of 9th grade students since it was closed in 2006. When the doors openedin the fall of 2007, studentsfound an environment that supports their learning and development and one that is centered on high expectations and opportunities for all. Denver Public Schools believes that Manual High School will emerge as a premier high school in Denver and has made a commitment, along with the community, to support Manual students with future college and career success. Contact: 1700 East 28th Avenue, Denver, CO 80205, Tel: (720) 423-6300, Fax: (720) 423-6301, www.manual.schoolfusion.us
Math Literacy Project
The Math Literacy Project is a nonprofit organization providing a wide range of educational services to Denver-area youth, their families, schools, community centers, and youth organizations. The Math Literacy Project designs workshops and learning experiences that link mathematical conceptand skill development to real-world applications. Without a proficiency in mathematics literacy, student risk being denied full participation in today's technological society. Contact: 119 Park Avenue West Denver, CO 80205, Phone: (720) 621-5771, Fax: (303) 861-1515, www.mathliteracyproject.org
NAACP Denver Youth Council
Sponsors annual youth parent conference, community service projects, intergenerational discussions, and programs regarding historical and current events. Dr. Carolyn Phillips, P.O. Box 1234, Westminster, CO 80036, , (303) 588-7296, www.denvernaacpyouth.net.
National Alliance of Pan African Seminarians (NAPAS)
NAPAS’s mission is to provide social, spiritual, academic and professional support for Pan African Seminarians during their pursuit of theological education and vocational discernment. Contact Information www.iliff.edu, Address: Iliff School of Theology, 2201 S. University Boulevard, Denver, CO 80210, Tel: 303 744 1287
No Credits Production, Inc.
No Credit Production, Inc is based in Denver, CO specializing in film and video productions, headed by donnie l. betts. No Credits will take your project from concept to completion. donnie l. betts has over 20 years of experience in theatre, film, video and radio. He is a founding member of two theatre companies in Denver, City State Ensemble and the Denver Black Arts Company. No Credit's mission is to be a keeper of the culture, and a collector of untold stories. Phone: (720) 748-1388, Fax (720) 748-1387, Toll Free: 1-(866) 966-1390, , www.nocredits.com
Padres & Jovenes Unidos
With roots in the struggle for educational justice, Padres &Jóvenes Unidos has evolved into a multi-issue organization ledby low-income communities of color who work for educational justice, immigrant student rights,ending the school tojail track, and quality healthcare for all. We organize and build power to challenge the root cause of discrimination, racism, and inequity by developing effective strategies to realize meaningful and humane change. Contact: 3025 W. 37th Ave. Suite 206, Denver, CO 80211, Tel: (303) 458-6545, Fax: (303) 458-5635, www.padresunidos.org
Park Hill United Methodist Church
PHUMC is an inclusive congregation, embracing diversity and includes people of all ages and backgrounds, speaking over twelve languages including, Korean, Tagalog, German, French, Spanish, Edo, Efik, Hausa, Yoruba, Swahili, Kikuyu, Imeru and English. As United Methodists we embrace the words of John Wesley; “The World is my parish”. We are a connectional church that is strategically located around the world to accomplish our mission to “make disciples of Jesus Christ”. Contact Pastor John Thompson, (303) 322-1867, , 5209 Montview, Denver, CO 80207.