Metro Caring organizers, volunteers, and staff stand on the steps inside the Colorado State Capitol looking down at the camera. People's expressions are a mixture of happy and serious. Some folks are holding signs related to "Housing for all."

Community Organizing

Our community does not often see people in positions of leadership who share their experiences and relate to their challenges. At Metro Caring, we offer high-quality training on leadership development, civic engagement, advocacy, media and storytelling, and organizing. When we equip leaders who have experienced hunger with the confidence to use their voice and the space to be heard, our community can be a strong base of advocacy and change.

Our Work

Rosa stands at a podium ready to deliver a speech.

Voices at the Table

This multi-week workshop prepares community leaders with lived experience of hunger to harness their own story into a compelling narrative. Participants learn how to relate their personal experiences to their community, identify the root cause systems that impact their lives, and connect their story to actions people can take now. Graduates of this program have gone on to testify at the Capitol, write letters of support to legislators, collect petition signatures from their community, and speak with members of the media.

Group of Metro Caring staff, volunteers, and interns hold up signs inside the Colorado Capitol that read "Homes for All" and "Safe Homes" and "Housing is a Human Right."

Coalitions & Partnerships

Ending hunger in Colorado won’t happen if we work alone. Throughout history, we have won more civil rights and freedoms by working together, from the Civil Rights Movement to marriage equality. We partner with other organizations focused on ending hunger and addressing the root causes to build our movement across the state.

Community leaders sit at the testimony table in the Old Supreme Court room of the Capitol.

Policy Work

In Colorado, we’ve seen how good policy can improve everyone’s lives, especially people from historically marginalized communities. Healthy School Meals for All makes sure no child goes without lunch at public schools. Double Up Food Bucks supports local farmers by giving SNAP recipients twice the amount of money to spend at a farmer’s market. Joining our community in the fight for better policies like these is a direct path to ending hunger at its root.

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Community Stories

"We do have power. We do have voices."

Cinthya sees her skills as an interpreter and translator as a way to make sure everyone’s voices are heard, especially by policymakers and local leaders. She grew her business—and her own voice—at Metro Caring. 

 

 

 

Finding Community and Championing Change

From volunteering to community organizing, Rosa is a leader at Metro Caring and a champion of the movement to end hunger at its root in our community.

 

 

 

The voices we need at the table

The voices we need at the table

Mar 27, 2025

Our Community Organizing program trained and supported 12 community leaders in using their stories to create change in our new Voices at the Table program.

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Brizai Gomez Cortes
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Lead Community Organizer
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Juanita Luevano
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Community Organizer
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Naomi Lin
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Community Organizer
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