Denver

Denver Nonprofit Moves Homeless Youth To Permanent Housing Faster

May 16, 2026 Robert Davis, Next City. Educate! Denver, Homelessness, Housing, Youth

When 19-year-old C.J. Kesner moved into The Mothership six months ago, he had already cycled through multiple relatives’ homes across three states. Disagreements and broken trust had left him without a stable place to live. Now living at The Mothership, a youth homelessness shelter model that opened two years ago in Denver, Kesner has a bed to sleep in. He also sees a therapist, joins group activities with other residents, can access medical care, and has a case manager who placed him on a waitlist for housing serving people with autism.

Drivers Are Challenging Uber With Their Own Denver Startup

May 3, 2026 Zachary Shell, Denverite. Create! Cooperatives, Denver, Drivers, Worker Rights

Ahmed Eloumrani was already a veteran of the ride-share industry. He’d given thousands of rides through Denver and knew the city’s streets like the back of his hand. But on a Thursday in September 2024, parked outside Denver International Airport, he felt like a beginner again. He pulled out his phone and opened an app. But it wasn’t Uber or Lyft — it was Drivers Cooperative, the ride-share co-op he helped to create. And then he panicked. “When I got my first ride,” he recalled recently, “I couldn't even control my emotion. I got lost.

Denver Community Rallies Against Deportation Flights

March 3, 2026 Claire Gray, Fight Back! News. Resist! Abolish ICE, Denver, Deportations, ICE

Englewood, CO – On Saturday, February 21, about 50 community members joined Aurora Unidos Community Service Organization (AUCSO) at Centennial Airport for a car protest with one clear message: no more deportation flights taking off from our backyard. The action called on Key Lime Air and JetCenters of Colorado to end their roles in supporting ICE transfers and deportation flights. When it comes to family separation, AUCSO says “business as usual” just doesn’t fly. Before the car rally began, Alfredo Carbajal, an organizer with AUCSO stated, “These companies want you to think they are just local businesses.

Starbucks Workers Rally As National Strike Draws To A Close

February 23, 2026 Katherine Draken, Fight Back! News. Resist! Colorado, Denver, Starbucks, Strikes, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

Denver, CO – On February 21, Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) organized a Strike Day of Action at the unionized Starbucks store on 16th Street in Denver, Colorado, to rally workers and supporters to demand the company stop stonewalling contract negotiations and bargain a decent contract with their unionized workers. “I got this job for the benefits, which are being eroded away. I love this job enough to want to make it better for myself and all my coworkers,” said a striking Starbucks barista. SBWU and Starbucks have been in negotiations for the first Starbucks contract since 2021, with Starbucks CEO Bryan Nichols facing mounting pressure from the striking workers.

Denver Continues To Demand ‘Palantir Out!’

February 7, 2026 Fight Back! News. Resist! Denver, ICE, Palantir, Palestine, Surveillance

Denver, CO – On January 31 over 100 protesters gathered at James Manley Park in Denver for a rally against the tech and AI surveillance company Palantir, which has been headquartered in the state since leaving their Silicon Valley location in 2020. This spring, the company plans to move from their downtown Denver office to the Cherry Creek Financial House just four miles away. Crowds began gathering at the park around 10 a.m., rallying with signs demanding “No AI for war crimes!” and “No AI for ICE!” Palantir has been involved closely in contracts and deals with both the Israeli Defense Force and ICE.

Denver Anti-War Protests Target New Palantir Headquarters

December 31, 2025 Lucy Blick, Fight Back! News. Resist! Colorado, Denver, ICE, Israel, Palantir, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity

Denver, CO – On December 21, protesters gathered at the Cherry Creek Financial House in Denver for a noise rally to protest at the new headquarters of Palantir. The tech and AI surveillance company has plans to move into the new Cherry Creek location after months of community organizing have made their downtown headquarters untenable. Palantir, whose technology is widely used by ICE to track immigrants and by Israel to facilitate genocide in Gaza, was invited to place its headquarters in Denver by Colorado Governor Jared Polis, after protests drove them out of California in 2020.

Denver Community Stops Expansion Of Deportation Flight Operation

December 23, 2025 Fight Back! News. Resist! airplanes, Denver, Deportations, ICE, Immigrant Rights

Denver, CO – Organizers in Denver are continuing the fight against local airline Key Lime Air, responsible for deportation flights. Over the last week, the campaign to stop Key Lime Air from operating deportation flights has expanded. Organizers from Aurora Unidos CSO, Immigrant Partnership Teams, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, and Casa de Paz gathered outside of the Denver City Council meeting on December 15. The city councilors were scheduled to vote on Key Lime Air’s presence at Denver International Airport. If passed, the bill would expand Key Lime Air’s contract with the airport by increasing its operating space there.

Mass Opposition To Flock Surveillance Grows In Denver

October 29, 2025 Natalia Marques, People's Dispatch. Resist! City Council, Democracy, Denver, Surveillance

Hundreds packed a conference room in Denver, Colorado on the evening of Wednesday, October 22, after the city’s Mayor Mike Johnston renewed a contract with surveillance company Flock without a public process or City Council vote, according to activists. Just weeks after Denver’s City Council unanimously voted down a two-year, USD 666,000 extension with Flock in May, Johnston’s office approved a shorter-term deal worth USD 498,500, which is narrowly under the USD 500,000 threshold that would have triggered council oversight. “Instead of joining us here at this town hall tonight, the mayor announced this morning that he is again unilaterally extending the city’s contract with Flock,” Katie Leonard, an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, told the crowd.

United Airlines Flight Attendants’ Day Of Action Held In Denver

March 20, 2025 Fight Back! News. Resist! Airlines, Colorado, Denver, Flight Attendants, Picket, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

Denver, CO – On March 19 at the Denver International Airport, the United Airlines union, the Association of Flight Attendants, held a day of action. About 50 picketers gathered outside the airport to show support for a new contract for United Airlines flight attendants. Attendees included United flight attendants, United pilots, flight attendants from other airlines, family members and community members from the Teamsters union. There were even travelers who were passing by through the airport who stopped and joined in to support.

Denver Transit Workers March For A Decent Contract

March 1, 2025 Salem Chadwick, Fight Back! News. Resist! Denver, Strikes, Transit Workers, Unions, Worker Rights

Denver, CO – On February 25, members of the Amalgamated Transit Union local 1001 (ATU 1001) joined together at Denver’s Union Station to march on the Regional Transportation District headquarters demanding livable wages and a decent contract. Along the march, workers chanted, “Without transit workers, transit doesn't work!” and “Who moves this city? We move this city!” Rank-and-file ATU member Joseph Carriere states, “The 5, 4 ,4% pay scale doesn’t cover inflation, doesn’t cover cost of living, and is essentially a pay cut every year!”

Activists Demand Denver Divest From Investments In Israel

January 14, 2025 Alex Binder, Unicorn Riot. Resist! BDS Movement, Ceasefire, Colorado, Denver, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Protests

Denver, CO — The first Denver City Council meeting of the new year on January 6 was met with dozens of activists calling for the city to divest from Israel and pass a resolution demanding a permanent and enforceable Gaza ceasefire. During the 30-minute public comment session, the activists used two three-minute allotted times to concurrently read aloud the demands within the resolution they were seeking. This was not the first time pro-Palestinian activists have asked for a ceasefire resolution from the city. In January 2024, council members Shontel Lewis and Sarah Parady, in collaboration with their constituents, co-sponsored a resolution which ended up being voted down the next month.

Denver Flight Attendants Rally For Higher Pay

December 19, 2024 Fight Back! News. Resist! Airlines, airplanes, Colorado, Denver, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

Denver, Colorado – On December 11, members of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) at Frontier Airlines held a rally outside of the Frontier headquarters in Denver. Flight attendants have been in mediation with the companies that refused to meet members' demands. American and Southwest Airlines flight attendants got their contracts, while Alaskan Airlines attendants voted down their proposed contract. Frontier and United have been in mediation with the AFA for more than six months. There were two chief demands raised at the rally: increased wages, and a shift back to the old business model.

Pro-Palestine Campaign Challenges Lockheed Martin With All-Day Picket

June 3, 2024 Fight Back! News. Resist! Colorado, Denver, International Solidarity, Israel, Lockheed Martin, Palestine, weapons

Littleton, CO – On Wednesday, May 29, the Denver Anti-War Action (DAWA) continued their pro Palestine actions against weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin with another all-day picket at the corporation’s Colorado headquarters. Around 50 protesters engaged in direct action throughout the day, forcing Lockheed employees to take fact sheets that laid out their location’s specific role in the ongoing genocide in Palestine, attached with explicit imagery of carpet bombing and the brutal effects of white phosphorus. The fliers pointed out the connections between Lockheed Martin and Israel, included graphic imagery of war crimes, and the specifics of the activity that Lockheed Martin is engaged in in Colorado.

‘The People’s Graduation’ Celebrates Dozens In Denver

May 18, 2024 Alex Binder, Unicorn Riot. Resist! Campus Movement, Denver, Direct Action, Palestine, People's Graduation, Student Activism

Denver, CO — On Sunday afternoon, more than 100 people gathered on the Tivoli Quad at the Auraria Campus to witness and celebrate the dozens of graduates and student activists who participated in “The People’s Graduation” organized by the campus’ pro-Palestine solidarity encampment that’s been ongoing since April 25, 2024. The commencement ceremony honored “both the people who have been offered degrees by the institutions here as well as the students who made this camp possible,” according to Z Williams with Bread and Roses Legal Center, who kicked off Sunday’s event.

Denver Police Department Brutalizes Student Encampment For Palestine

April 27, 2024 Fight Back News!. Resist! Campus Movement, Colorado, Denver, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Police, police brutality, Repression, Student Activism

Denver, CO – On Friday, April 26, the Denver Police Department (DPD) attacked an encampment for Palestine set up by Students for a Democratic Society. The encampment was set up on Thursday, April 25 as a part of the growing wave of student encampments across the country. The organizers are demanding their universities completely divest from Israel and corporations that are helping Israel carry out a genocide against the Palestinian people. Around noon, April 26, university officials called DPD, which then descended upon the encampment and started arresting protesters.

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