What We Work On

For over three decades, Western Colorado Alliance for Community Action (formerly Western Colorado Congress) has been bringing people together to build grassroots power through community organizing and leadership development.

Through our Alliance's organizational and leadership skills training, people are able to: build community groups, develop leadership, plan strategically, and organize effectively on issues of concern in their community. It’s about working together to bring about meaningful, long-lasting change.

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Oil & Gas

Our alliance works to protect landowner rights and human and environmental health in the face of OIL AND GAS development -- ensuring that people have a fair say in where and how drilling occurs, and that development is balanced with long-term community interests.

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Local Foods & Agriculture

Healthy communities depend on sustainable and thriving family farms, ranches and food production. Western Colorado’s economy, land and people are able to thrive through good LOCAL FOOD AND AGRICULTURE systems.

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Public Lands

The responsible management of our PUBLIC LANDS protects our communities’ heritage, supports healthy wildlife and their habitat, sustains a strong and self-reliant economy, and preserves our quality of life for generations to come.

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Homegrown Prosperity

Western Colorado Alliance for Community Action is committed to its vision of HOMEGROWN PROSPERITY where the Western Slope is home to diverse and resilient local economies that work for all of us.

Grassroots Democracy

We believe that our democracy should be about improving people’s lives – not about who has enough money to make their voice heard the loudest. Western Colorado Alliance practices community organizing, which is all about GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY – each one of us having the right and opportunity to impact public decisions that affect our lives.

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Clean Energy

Colorado is a leader in renewable energy in the US, and the Western Slope can play a pivotal role in developing a CLEAN ENERGY economy. Not only does the Western Slope have world-class solar access, but we also can lead the way on energy and water efficiency projects that work for rural communities.