Updates & Action Alerts

January 24, 2012
The Denver Post endorses SB 46 and our work to end zero-tolerance discipline policies

 

January 17, 2012
The Denver Post announces the introduction of SB 46, a state-wide solution to the School-to-Jail Track!

 

September 2, 2011
Literacy is Liberation!

 

September, 2011
We Are Hiring! Click on the links below to read the job descriptions and for more information:

 

August 18, 2011
4-Foot-2, 50 Pound, 9-Year-Old Autistic Boy Handcuffed on School Bus

 

July 28, 2011
Ending the School to Jail Track Advances in CO with Launch of SB 133!

 

July 22, 2011
Padres Members Forge Unity with Key Allies for Middle School Reform

 

July 14, 2011
Invest in Youth: Sponsor the Jovenes Unidos Summer Leadership Institute!

 

July 7, 2011
Padres & Jovenes Unidos is Hiring a Planning & Program Supervisor!

 

July 5, 2011
Our Healthy Students, Healthy Minds Campaign Gets a Boost!

 

June 3, 2011
Padres & Jovenes Unidos Gets National Media Recognition for our Work!


June 3, 2011
It's a Wrap!

 

May 12, 2011
DREAM Act reintroduced but Obama, you're still not off the hook!

 

May 3, 2011
Padres Advances Platform for Middle School Reform, The Farrell 13 and other updates

 

March 21, 2011
Stories from Colorado Schools and the Criminalization of Youth

 

March 19, 2011
Padres and Allies Call for a Legislative Solution to End the School to Jail Track in Colorado!

 

March 11, 2011
Parents Demand Middle School Reform Now!

 

March 7, 2011
Jovenes Unidos Calls for an End to the School to Jail Track and the Mass Incarceration of our Communities!

 

February 25, 2011
Padres & Jovenes Unidos Educate 100,000 Coloradoans on Ending the School to Jail Track in Denver!

 

February 14, 2011
Yes to a Strong Colorado, No to AZ copycat Laws!
Jovenes Unidos Know Your Rights Workshop at La Raza Leadership Program
Close the Achievement Gap - Middle School Reform Now!
Not OK with how Colorado is Funding Education? Take Action!

 

February 2, 2011
Padres Unidos Publishes Report on Middle School Reform in Denver Public Schools!

 

December 22, 2010
Solidarity = Support. Happy Holidays!

 

December 22, 2010
DREAM Act fails, but we have not been defeated! La lucha sigue!

 

November 4, 2010
The Bad 3 are Defeated!

 

October 20, 2010
Youth Call for an End to the School to Jail Track in Colorado!

 

October 9, 2010
Historic Gathering: Padres & Jovenes Unidos Hold Youth Conference to End the School to Jail Track in Colorado!

 

September 2, 2010
VIDEO: Ending the School to Jail Track Rap by Jovenes Unidos leader, Jesus "Jay Jay" Amaya!


August 26, 2010
VIDEO: Save our Schools National Day of Action in Denver!

 

August 25, 2010
VIDEO: Your Rights Assemblies on students' rights under the new Denver Public Schools discipline policies!

 

August 19, 2010
Nine Years Later, We Are Still DREAMing. Washington, It's Time. Pass the DREAM Act Now!

 

August 6, 2010
Padres & Jóvenes Unidos a Key Partner in Denver Public Schools’ Recent Investing in Innovation (i3) Grant Win


May 14, 2010 - Boletin Update
Victory! SB 191 Passes, Ensuring Great Teachers and Leaders for All Colorado Students!


May 6, 2010 - Boletin Update
On April 30th and May 1st solidarity actions were held throughout the US. Over half a million marched nationwide for justice in Arizona and Comprehensive Immigration Reform!


April 27, 2010 - Action Alert
The Time is Now - A Declaration for a Free Arizona


April 23, 2010 - Action Alert
Padres & Jóvenes Unidos Declaration on the Passage of Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Law, SB 1070

 

January 13, 2010 - Boletin Update
Jóvenes Unidos Kicks-Off Campaign for Full Implementation of the Denver Public Schools New Discipline Policies & Pushes District to Take Action