Our Mission

CLLARO’s mission is to help Latino communities to empower themselves politically, socially, and economically, to strengthen Colorado.  

We focus on public policy issues affecting Latinos across the State of Colorado.

Our strategies for doing so are

• A Capitol Fellowship Program that increases the number of Latino civic leaders who know how to influence legislation.
• Public policy advocacy in coalition with other advocates promoting Latino community interests in Colorado.
• Rigorous and credible research and analysis providing factual evidence about policy issues affecting vulnerable or oppressed Latino populations in Colorado.
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CLLARO works with the community, policymakers, and advocacy groups to accomplish this mission.

Successes Over 60 Years

In this time of political change, CLLARO continues working to make democracy more inclusive of Latinos.  We are proud of CLLARO's 60 years of successes at

• Increasing Latino participation in the U.S. Census.
• Increasing U.S. citizen Latino voters' political influence through legislative redistricting.
• Increasing U.S. citizen Latino voter registration and turnout.
• Advocating for policies benefiting Colorado's growing Latino communities, especially those who are most vulnerable.
• Conducting research on neglected needs and aspirations in Latino communities in Colorado.
• Developing new generations of civic leaders through the CLLARO Capitol Fellowship Program.

CLLARO stands ready to coalesce and cooperate with others who share our commitment to human rights and decency, and our constitution’s promise of equality before the law.