Thank You Sponsors!
15th Annual Voices for Justice Fundraiser
Tickets and Sponsorships available June 1, 2024
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
530pm – 8pm
Mile High Station in Denver, Colorado
On Wednesday September 11, 2024, we will celebrate our fifteenth annual night of fun and fundraising with an open bar, delicious food, and a magnificent silent auction at Mile High Station in Denver, Colorado. We would like to invite you to attend and/or become a sponsor of this event. More details will be available soon!
CCJRC has been successfully advocating for sensible criminal justice reform in Colorado for almost two decades. We were founded in 1999 when Senator Dorothy Rupert, in alliance with Representative Penfield Tate, introduced legislation calling for a three-year halt on prison expansion and the creation of a task force on sentencing reform.
The Rupert Tate Game Changer Award honors its two co-founders and their prescience in challenging the criminal justice status quo in Colorado. This year’s award is being presented to two incredibly deserving recipients.
Mari Newman, Civil Rights Attorney
For her many years of defending and litigating on behalf of people whose rights have been violated by police, jails, courts, and prisons.
and the
Office of the Respondent Parents Counsel
For their tireless advocacy to change the child welfare system to better support incarcerated parents and their children.
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Thank You Sponsors!
Platinum Sponsor
Rocky Mountain Health Plans
Game Changer Sponsors
Latino Coalition for Community Leadership
Colorado Access
Supporting Sponsors
Johnson & Klein Law, PLLC
Mile High Behavioral Healthcare
Recht Kornfeld
The Noble Law Firm, LLC
The Reentry Initiative
Joe Mauro
Contributing Sponsors
Signal Behavioral Health
Maxted Law, LLC
Second Chance Center
Steadman Group
Tribe Recovery Homes
Hazelbrook Sober Living
Advocate Sponsors
Freedom Fighter Sponsors
Norm Mueller and Christine Murphy
Whole Body Harmony
Rustin Tonn
Korey Wise Innocence Project
Center for Trauma and Resilience
Jim Laurie and Jane Vennard
Rupert – Tate Sponsor
Stephen Raher
Phil Cherner and Laurie Schoder
Justice Sponsors
Common Cause
Lorez Meinhold
Alliance for Community and Justice Innovation
Hans Meyer Law Firm, LLC
Empowerment
Joanne Belknap
Michael Frank
Becca Butler-Dines
Sara Marsden
Hannah Seigel Proff
Pete Lee
A HUGE thank you to all those who donated to the Silent Auction!
Help make a difference! Become a supporter of CCJRC.
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Incarceration Crisis in Colorado
Over the past 35 years, the state prison budget has exploded by almost 1288% and we’ve seen an unprecedented growth in the prison population.
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People Impacted
When you combine the closing of mental health facilities with a war on drugs, you get an enormous ripple effect across our communities.
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Public Safety That Works
We’re often ignoring alternative strategies that do work to prevent crime. For example, research shows that higher levels of household income are associated with lower rates of intimate partner violence against women.
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Compromising Our Children’s Futures
The unprecedented growth in prison spending is one of the reasons that Colorado ranks at the bottom of states for public investment in education.