Me, my former students, the principal of my new school who hired me, and the Union (@denvercta ) did this Denver Post story to capture the experiences we have had in @denverpublicschools . They’re not pretty. Teachers of color are being ran out of DPS with no end in sight, and DPS is labeling people who name their failures as “ ostracizing“ and “overshadowing their equity work.” Shame on DPS. This IS equity work. Power to the students. Power to BIPOC teachers. La Lucha Sigue. ✊🏽
Link (in stories and bio): nverpost.com/2022/08/24/tim-hernandez-denver-aurora-public-schools/
Last year we started a book club for the homies; we call it foos who read. Every month we connect, discuss the world, and dive into books. Some of us read every day— some of us hadn’t read a book since we were in school— but we go to book club because we believe two things: 1. any foo can read and 2. change in our communities starts with ourselves. Specifically, while we believe “foo” is a gender neutral term, we found that space for Black and Brown men to connect, be vulnerable, and challenge each other through learning was impactful for all of us. Every month, we reflect on a book, ourselves, and the world around us to try and be better teachers, artists, organizers, writers, fathers, brothers, sons, and people. We’re just foos who choose to pick up a book and read— one page at a time, one foo at a time. c/s
We’ll have more information coming soon about our upcoming meetings, book selections, etc. For now, follow @fooswhoread . Pa’lante.👊🏽
📸: @fotos_kiko@anthonymvze@spacejunc
El Pueblo Unido, 1 - El Grito
A voice. Every community has a voice. To be vocal in the face of oppression is to carry on the legacy, the fire of our ancestors and our leaders who refused to be silent. Their courage, their scream, their rallying cry—it is our inheritance. La Raza Park reminds us of this truth, the place where we gathered, resisted, and reclaimed space when the city of Denver tried to erase us. Its history echoes in every chant, every song, every shout for justice we raise today.
We rise in that spirit alongside organizers like Tim Hernández, who fight at the frontlines of immigrant justice, defend our trans and queer familia, demand freedom from cages, protect our neighborhoods from displacement, and vocally decry systems that harm us.
From La Raza Park to the streets to picket lines, and our classrooms, Latine voices are still shaking the ground. Being vocal is not a choice—it is a matter of survival, resistance, and love for our people. We will not be silenced. We will not be erased. We are here, we are powerful, and together, we can see the future, the liberation our ancestors dreamed for us.
Denver went cruising Dolores Huerta style ✊🏽🪧📢 @doloreshuertafd
The 2006 Colorado immigrant rights movement birthed Latino/a Advocacy Day because we knew then that our community’s progress would not be handed to us by politicians— it would be a victory secured by organized people. 19 years later, this year’s Latino/a Advocacy Day was rooted in that same legacy of struggle. Briefly, the power we felt— the same power that once boycotted grapes, won union contracts, and created DACA— was real. Yet, on this same day we protested and marched against ICE and immigration crackdowns, where we yelled and chanted “ICE out of Colorado,” Jeanette Vizguerra was unlawfully detained and has remained in a cage since. Free Jeanette and free them all. One person, one protest, one march, one day of advocacy won’t save any of us, but organized people just might free us. Until then, see you in the streets. ¡Si Se Puede!
Video by: @robcocacreative
Drone footage by: @lensoflazy
Music by: @chavasegura_
Photo by: @spacejunc
STAND WITH IMMIGRANTS 3/17!✊🏽 On Monday, March 17th, join us to “Stand With Immigrants” in Colorado. We will also be joined by labor organizing legend Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, and we will march to the Colorado State Capitol to support Latino/a Advocacy Day. BE THERE! ✊🏽
📢Stand with Immigrants March and Rally
⏰ 3/17, 11:00am
📍1750 Welton St., Denver, CO.
Latine Futures Month: Tim Hernández is a radical, a radical dreamer, thinking of worlds and a future that’s possible for kids from the Northside. Tim’s fight to end fossil fuels? That’s about making sure we still have a planet for the next generation—his students, my family, our community. Radical.
Watching him grow as both a teacher and a politician has been nothing short of inspiring. Tim is the kind of person who pours his heart into everything he does, whether he’s in the classroom making sure every student feels seen or at the Capitol fighting for the things we all deserve but too often have to beg for. Radical.
When he talks about fully funded public schools, it’s not just policy for him—it’s personal. He sees how underfunded education hurts the kids who need it most because he’s been there, in the thick of it, trying to make up for a broken system every single day. And his fight for housing as a human right? That comes from knowing people who work two, sometimes three jobs and still can’t afford a place to live in this city. It shouldn’t be radical to say that no one should be homeless in a place filled with so much wealth.
He believes every worker deserves a union because he’s seen firsthand how people are exploited without collective power.
None of these things should be seen as radical. They’re basic rights, the kind of care we all should be able to count on.
Tim has never shied away from pushing back against a system that says otherwise, and that’s why I stand with him—because he fights for us all.
He’s the type of radical dreamer I want to be when I grow up.
I gave my final remarks as an appointed State Representative yesterday. Proud to have voted against the “Property Tax Relief” Bill pushed by the wealthiest governor in CO history. Giving $250 Million in tax breaks to the wealthiest Coloradoans who took out ballot measures that defunded public schools is immoral— poverty exists for so many in our state. Poverty is a policy choice, and as lawmakers we do nothing about it. You can’t give rich special interests a bullshit special session/laws and then act like we’re helping anybody but the rich. Tax the Rich forever.
