by advocates-admin | Feb 3, 2025 | News
Watch the video interview on YouTube now. Advocates of Lake County recently sat down with Elsa Tharp — a Lake County Commissioner as well as mom, wife, daughter, sister, friend, and two-time rape survivor — to talk about how Lake County’s proposed emergency...
by advocates-admin | Jan 30, 2025 | News
My name is Diana Simpson, and I am a Senior Attorney at the Institute for Justice, a national pro bono law firm dedicated to protecting people’s ability to use their property as they see fit. I write this open letter regarding the city of Leadville’s consideration of...
by advocates-admin | Jan 28, 2025 | News
Last night, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released memo M-25-13, titled “Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs.” This memo announces a freeze on federal grants and loans, effective at 5 p.m. ET on...
by advocates-admin | Oct 2, 2024 | News
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, our friends at Leadville Exchange are donating 5% of all proceeds to Advocates of Lake County. Want to help? Shop ’til you drop at Leadville’s only high-end consignment shop. Everything you buy adds to our...
by advocates-admin | Aug 3, 2024 | News
After an overwhelming response to our recent call for Board member applications, ALC is thrilled to welcome two new members to our Board of Directors. Welcome, Andy Hofer! Andy was born in Maryland and went to school in Boston where he received a bachelor’s...
by advocates-admin | Aug 1, 2024 | News
Abuse isn’t just physical violence. Abuse is also isolation and control. Individuals living in rural areas like Lake County may be even more isolated by distance, lack of transportation, and limited communication — especially if they don’t have independent access to...
