Colorado Progressive Coalition (CPC) was formed in 1996 by community activists and leaders who were fed up with the increasing power of conservative forces in Colorado. CPC builds coalitions, conducts research, organizes communities, gets out the vote, develops new leaders, registers thousands of new voters each year and builds a progressive future for Colorado on issues of racial, economic, environmental, and social justice. CPC is a non-profit, non-partisan grassroots organization with 5,500 members in 80 towns and cities, a staff of 16, and offices in Denver (statewide), Greeley (Northern Colorado), and Pueblo (Southern Colorado).
Dream Fund Project
The Dream Fund supported CPC's leadership and partnership with 9to5 in the Colorado Affirmative Action Base and Infrastructure Building Project. CPC and 9to5 are core partners of Colorado Unity, a coalition formed in 1995 and 1996 in response to efforts to put an anti-affirmative action measure on Colorado's ballot. Colorado Unity is a non-partisan coalition of community, civil rights, women's, business, labor, faith and student organizations which has successfully defeated every anti-affirmative action proposal in Colorado's state legislature since 1996. Colorado Unity implemented a statewide educational campaign to reach all Coloradans about the importance of a diverse society and equal opportunity for all in their state.
As a core partner in Colorado Unity, CPC received funding to support the Colorado Affirmative Action Base and Infrastructure Building Project by working in three main areas: 1) Base Building, 2) Building a Statewide Affirmative Action Infrastructure in Colorado and 3) Promoting Collaboration and Building Public Support for Affirmative Action.
Higher Education
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Denver, CO 80204
Fax: (303) 832-6416