‘Is This What Dead Is Like?’ Colorado Woman Survives The Coronavirus After 10 Days On A Ventilator
State Rep. Leslie Herod, a Democrat from Denver, pointed out that African Americans make up 35 percent of RTD bus drivers and 22 percent of rail operators. Public transportation has been deemed an essential service. “They are out there every single day ensuring that the buses are continuing to run,” Herod told Colorado Matters. “We've seen some of the lack of personal protective equipment that they have.” Read full article
Biden Helped Make LGBT History—Will That Be Enough?
“The Biden team does not just have people of color and LGBT people up front, as a kind of figurehead,” Herod told The Daily Beast. “There are so many folks who are behind the scenes, working on the policy, who will be directly impacted by the policies, which is why I think they’re so solid.” Read full article
Colorado House and Senate Democrats criticize anti-Semitic language, House Minority Leader
"Young black men are being followed in stores, especially when wearing a bandanna or face covering," said Rep. Leslie Herod of Denver. "We have to understand the unique situation faced by people of color" in the COVID-19 pandemic." Read full article
Advocacy groups request administration take equity steps in pandemic response
“To address the impact that generational oppression has had on the health of black, brown and immigrant communities,” said Rep. Leslie Herod, D-Denver, “we need to expand the data collected on race and ethnicity, allow patients to report health disparities to a centralized hotline, and provide financial support to Coloradans callously left out of the federal COVID-19 response.” Read full article
How lobbyists and panicked Denverites kept liquor stores and marijuana dispensaries open during coro
“I was watching the press conference and when he said that, I knew it was the wrong decision and it was a decision that was made on the fly without enough consideration,” Herod said. Read full article
State Rep. Leslie Herod Wants Colorado To Start Looking For Racial Disparities In Coronavirus Outcom
“They're more likely to be in low wage jobs They're more likely to be in positions where they don't have the option of staying home,” she said. “And we have health disparities that combined, make a very bad situation worse. For instance, I have asthma. African Americans have higher rates of asthma, higher rates of respiratory illness.” Read full article
Caring for Denver Foundation opens "alternatives to jail" applications for $7 million
“When we don’t adequately fund mental health and substance misuse, we pay for it in the criminal justice system, the child welfare system, in the ER and schools,” said Rep. Leslie Herod, D-Denver, who chairs the board. “We cannot incarcerate ourselves out of this.” Read full article
Criminal justice advocates call for pause of court costs during COVID-19 outbreak
“Colorado families are already struggling to put food on the table amidst the worst economic downturn since the Great Recession,” said Herod. “Suspending these punitive fees will give the most vulnerable Coloradans a better chance to stabilize and recover.” Read full article
