HOW WE LEAD
IDENTIFY
Uncover and research systemic barriers to opportunity in Colorado.
ENGAGE
Build coalitions, drive discourse and increase understanding.
ADVOCATE
Formulate, propose and promote public policy solutions that lower
those barriers.
Aug 18, 2017
As part of our research on the levers driving economic opportunity, we're examining the effect of automation and artificial intelligence on jobs in Colorado. Some technologists and economists argue “robots” will take on the jobs done by real people today, while ...
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Colorado’s total state budget is $29 billion. That's right; billion with a "B." That’s a big number. It’s bigger this year than it was two years ago.
All too often, Colorado’s most extreme conservatives use these oversimplified statements as if they are some kind of thunderclap in the raging debate over our state’s finances. It'...
While at the NCSL Legislative Summit in Boston, I attended a session entitled, “What Happened to the American Dream?”
Several of the presentation’s key takeaways will help inform our work promoting economic opportunity in Colorado. Robert Manduca...
I had the honor of attending and participating in an interesting event last week at the Pueblo chapter of the NAACP. Focused on predatory lending, the meeting featured research from our friends at the...
The sun was scorching and the peaches were ripe as Scott, Rich, and I trekked to Grand Junction to spend two days talking with community leaders, health and human services organizations, and the editorial board of the Grand Junction Sentinel.
The trip served as a ...
How does inequity hold us back from ensuring all Coloradans lead healthy lives?
This was the central, challenging question at the heart of this year's Colorado Health Foundation Symposium. The annual event...
