Of the People

In this episode, we talk to Aurea Bolaños Perea, strategic communications Director for the Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR). Aurea tells us about the state of reproductive rights in Colorado, as well as an upcoming ballot measure aimed at expanding abortion access in our state. Learn more about Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Free

In this episode, two ACLU of Colorado staff members, Anaya and Laura, explain what biometrics are and why it's important for individuals to have biometric data privacy. Learn more about biometric data and what ACLU of Colorado is doing to protect it: https://www.aclu-co.org/en/bipa

The United States has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. On average, the U.S. sends people to prison more often, and for longer periods of time, than any other developed country. On this episode, we hear the story of Sean Marshall, a Coloradan who was sentenced in 2008 to 45 years in prison, for committing a series of armed robberies with a BB gun. Sean sha

In this episode, ACLU of Colorado Executive Director, Deborah Richardson talks about her introduction to civil rights and the decades-long fight she has been a part of in pursuit of justice. Deborah discusses her outlook on civil rights in Colorado and what the ACLU of Colorado has been doing to protect and expand them.

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