Colorado
The Campaign for a Healthy Denver is a coalition of more than 120 community organizations, labor groups, faith leaders, public health groups, elected officials and businesses. We created the Campaign for a Healthy Denver to put Initiative 300 on the November 2011 Denver ballot because we believe that a paid sick days policy will ensure a healthy community, a productive workforce and a strong economy. Lead organizations in the campaign include: 9to5 Colorado; Colorado Progressive Coalition; FRESC: Good Jobs, Strong Communities; and Working America. The Campaign turned in over 12,000 signatures to get the paid sick days measure on the ballot – more than three times the needed number of signatures. Although the initiative did not pass, we are continuing our efforts to engage affected workers, business owners and this broad group of supporters in speaking out on the need for paid sick days.
The Colorado Paid Sick Days Coalition is led by 9to5, The National Association of Working Women. It includes most coalition partners in the Campaign for a Healthy Denver, plus additional statewide organizations.
Contact
Erin Bennett, 9to5 Colorado Director
303-628-0925
erin@9to5.org
Partners
Campaign for a Healthy Denver coalition partners
Labor
A. Phillip Randolph Institute - Denver Chapter
Colorado Young Worker Project
CWA 7777
Denver Area Labor Federation
Denver Classroom Teachers Association
International Association of Machinists Local 47
Non-Newsroom Units of CWA Local 37074
OPCMIA-Plasterers and Cement Masons Local 577
SEIU Local 105
UniteHere!
Working America
Public Health Organizations
Autism Society of Colorado
Colorado Ovarian Cancer Alliance
Colorado Public Health Association
Colorado School Nurses Association
Food and Water Watch
Public Health Nurses Association of Colorado
Harm Reduction Action Center
Business Owners and Employers
AM760 Colorado’s Progressive Talk
Aztlan Itza
Bayaud Enterprises
Blackwell Communications LLC
Boulder Psychotherapists Guild, Inc.
Brave New World
C&D Printing Inc.
Crossfit Broadway
Denver SEO Inc.
Gate City Moving
Gracie’s LLC
Gravity Sports, Inc (Bicycle Dr and Edgeworks)
Grower’s Organic
Herbs and Arts
Highland Smiles
IKON Public Affairs
Jackson and Goldstine
King & Greisen LLP
Lubner Law Office, LLC
Manitas Verdes Homekeeping Services
Mercury Cafe
Meyer Law Office, P.C.
MobilizeUS
Mutiny Now!
Orange Circle Films
P&L Printing
Park Hill Project Management
Progressive Promotions
Ripple Creek Business Solutions, Inc
Siegel Public Affairs
Sixth Sun Consulting
Train Star
Transformative Alliances, LLC
Faith Organizations
American Friends Service Committee
Comunidad Liberación/Liberation Community
Denver Urban Ministries
Interfaith Alliance of Colorado
Interfaith Worker Justice Committee of Colorado
Metropolitan Organization for People
National Council of Jewish Women--Colorado Section
Student Social Action Committee, Iliff School of Theology
Faith Leaders
Rev Jeffrey R Babb, Grace United Methodist Church
Pastor Kenneth G. Berve, Grant Avenue United Methodist Church
Rev Bonita Bock, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
Rev. Nadia Boltz-Weber, Pastor, House For All Sinners and Saints
Rev. Nancy Bowen, District Executive , Mountain Desert District of Unitarian Universalist Congregations
Rev. Dr. Betty Bradford, Highlands United Methodist Church
Rev. Bill Calhoun, Presbyterian minister, honorably retired
Rev. Ryan Canaday, Associate Pastor University Park United Methodist Church,
Rev. Paul Carlson, Pastor, Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Rev. Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre, Professor of Social Ethics and Latino/a Studies, Iliff School of Theology,
University of Denver
Superintendent Rev. Patrick. L. Demmer Jr., Graham Memorial Church of God in Christ
Rev. Dr. Michael Dent, Senior Pastor, Trinity United Methodist Church
Rev. Mary Ann Dimand, Church and Society Network Advocating for Peace with Justice, Rocky Mountain
Conference, The United Methodist Church
Rev. Anne Dunlap, Pastor, Comunidad Liberación/Liberation Community
Rev. Todd Everhart, Elder, Rocky Mountain Conf. of the United Methodist Church
Rabbi Brian Field, Judaism Your Way
Rev. Diana J. Flahive, Interfaith Minister, Community Minister for Capitol Hill United Ministries
Rev. Dr. James E. Fouther, Jr., Pastor, The United Church (UMC, UCC, PCUSA) of Montbello
Br. David Kieran Garner, O.S. B., Abbot, St. Dunstan's Benedictine Abbey
Reverend Linda Gertenbach, Peace with Justice Facilitator, Rocky Mountain Conference of The United Methodist
Church
Rev. Kerry Greenhill, Associate Pastor, Highlands United Methodist Church
Rev. Mariah Hayden, Warren United Methodist Church
Rev. Deborah Holder, Minister of Beloved Community Formation, Mountain Desert District of the Unitarian
Universalist Association
Pastor Paul Howard, Montclair United Methodist Church
The Rev. Rebecca Jones, Jubilee Officer, Episcopal Diocese of Colorado; deacon at the St. Francis Center, Denver
Rev. Dr. Cathie Kelsey, Iliff School of Theology
Rev. Bill Kirton, United Methodist Minister, Retired
Rev. Daniel Klawitter, FRESC: Good Jobs/Strong Communities
Rev. Paul Kottke, Senior Pastor, University Park United Methodist Church
Rev. James R. Laurie, Presbyterian minister, honorably retired
Rev. Dale Morris Lee, University Park United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi, Minister for Christian Faith Formation Research, United Church of Christ
Rev. Inga Oyen Longbrake, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Rabbi Evette Lutman, B'nai Havurah, Denver's Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation
The Rev. Dr. Kevin R. Maly, St. Paul Church (ELCA)
Rev. Linda C. Marshall, Minister of Nurture, Trinity United Methodist Church
Rev. Mark Meeks, Capitol Heights Presbyterian Church
Rev. Amy Mendez, Pastor for Church Development and Multiracial Ministries, Presbytery of Denver
Rev. Tan Nguyen, Senior Pastor, Brentwood United Methodist Church
Rev. Jessica Rooks, Pastor, Cameron United Methodist Church
Rev. Nancy Rosas, Washington Park United Church of Christ, El Centro Humanitario para los Trabajadores
(Humanitarian Center for Workers)
Rabbi Joel Schwartzman, Leadership Team, Interfaith Worker Justice Committee of Colorado
Rev. Andrew L. Simpson, Jr., Rocky Mountain District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Denver
Rev. Miriam H. Slejko, Minister of Discipleship, Trinity United Methodist Church
Rev. Eric Strader, Crosspoints UMC Parish
Prof. Tink Tinker, Ph.D. (wazhazhi / Osage Nation), Iliff School of Theology; traditional American Indian spiritual
leader, Four Winds American Indian Council
Corbin Tobey-Davis, Associate Pastor , Parkview Congregational Church UCC
Rev. Julie Todd, United Methodist, Iliff School of Theology
Krista Ullestad, M. Ed., Executive Director, Urban Servant Corps
Rev. Dr. Dana Wilbanks, Professor Emeritus of Christian Ethics, Iliff School of Theology, Denver
Rev. Gregory Young, Christ Church United Methodist
Elected Officials
Senator Irene Aguilar, Senate District 32, Denver
State Representative Daniel Kagan, House District 3, Denver
Robin Kniech, Denver City Council Member At-Large
State Representative Jeanne Labuda, House District 1, Denver
State Representative Beth McCann, House District 8, Denver
State Representative Joe Miklosi, House District 9, Denver
Susan Shepherd, Denver City Council Member, District 1
Women’s Organizations
9to5, National Association of Working Women – Colorado
American Association of University Women - Denver
CWEE - Center for Work Education and Employment
Denver Women’s Commission
Girls, Inc.
Project WISE
The White House Project
Women’s Collaborative for Colorado
Women’s Lobby of Colorado
Reproductive Health and Justice
NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado
COLOR - Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights
Policy and Legal Groups
ACLU of Colorado
Bell Policy Center
Colorado Center on Law and Policy
Senior Advocates
Colorado Alliance for Retired Americans
LGBT Organizations
One Colorado Education Fund
Immigrants’ Rights Groups
Coloradans for Immigrant Rights, a project of the American Friends Service Committee
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition
El Centro Humanitario
Disability Rights Organizations
Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition
Economic Justice Organizations
Colorado Jobs with Justice
FRESC: Good Jobs, Strong Communities
Advocates against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Other Community Organizations
All Families Deserve a Chance Coalition (Poverty, welfare, economic security)
Colorado Progressive Coalition (Economic, Racial and Health Justice)
Free Speech TV (Media)
Let Us Rise
Mi Familia Vota (Latina/o organization)
New Era Colorado (Youth civic engagement)
National Association of Social Workers--Colorado Chapter
NEWSED Development Corporation (Affordable housing)
Prax(us) (Human trafficking)
ProgressNow Colorado