Over 300 leaders of Coloradans for the Common Good (CCG) celebrated 5 years of organizing for the common good. Leaders shared stories of how this work helped them grow and develop, celebrated numerous achievements in improving conditions for working families, and committed to continue working together in the future.

"I remember when there were just a few of us around a table," B'nai Havurah member and CCG leader Zeik Saidman, "and to see all those people and institutions in the room together makes me very proud."

Some of the wins highlighted included expanding pandemic workplace protections to 50,000 grocery store and meat packing workers, obtaining $29 million in rental assistance funding in the 2024 Denver city budget, and raising wages for hourly school employees to some of the highest in the country.

"Through this organization I have been able to stand as equals with the people who run my school district," said JESPA President and CCG leader Zander Kaschub; "that is something I never thought I could do as a food service worker who was angry about what I was seeing happen to students and my colleagues."

[Photo Credit: Simone Schiess Photography]