For the past year, parents and family members complained that a judge in Arapahoe County was biased against them because they were Black. I know this because they complained to my office – the Office of Colorado’s Child Protection Ombudsman. I would learn in time that the judge in question was entrusted with overseeing the […]
Stephanie Villafuerte
Special to The Colorado Sun
Email: svillafuerte@coloradocpo.org
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: An open letter to child protection and human services staff everywhere
Thank you for coming to work today. Like many of us, you woke up this week and saw a tragedy unfolding. The world as we know it altered – off course – leaving thousands of people without basic food, shelter and health care. Like many of us you were scared. But you showed up anyway […]