NEW ENDORSERS FOR JUDY! Rollie Heath, Stan Garnett, Andrew Shoemaker, and more . . . The reason I’m passionate about improving mental health resources in Colorado is personal for me. My son has a serious mental illness that started in his teenage years. I’ve learned firsthand how terribly difficult it is to get effective mental health care in my own community. Through this journey, I’ve seen what can happen to families …
Big Success
Thanks everyone! We had a great turnout for our candidate forum & ice cream social. My campaign sponsored this event to engage, inform and energize our community…. Click to see pictures
Honoring the Call of Freedom
I happened to find a photo from the Denver Post Archives of three smiling Vietnamese refugees at work at the Aspen Meadows kitchen: Si Quoc Ngo, Vinh Cam Hua, and Cung Lien Me. In 1978 my mother, Ann Amabile, decided to help with the refugee crisis created by the war in Vietnam. After the fall of South Vietnam in 1975, 130,000 Vietnamese fled their homeland by boat or foot and landed in …
Why I Fight for LGBTQ Equality
The end of Pride Month got me thinking about my Uncle Billy. He was so much fun to be with. On Sundays he made brunch and we gathered around the table singing Irish ballads and reciting poetry. Billy was gay. Being gay was illegal then. One night he was arrested for sodomy. After that he was fired from his job as a social worker. It upended his life, but it …
Fiercely Defend Your Reproductive Rights, Colorado!
June 4th marked the 100-year anniversary of women’s right to vote in the US. This milestone stands in stark contrast to the regression we’re seeing in women’s reproductive rights… Click to read the complete post.
Mental Health Progress – And More Work To Do
Mental health advocates notched significant wins during the 2019 legislative session. Now that the General Assembly has wrapped up its work for the year, here’s a roundup of the key behavioral health bills that lawmakers passed: