New Latino Organization Requests Consistent Translation, Inclusive Aid and Healthcare Access

KDNK | By Raleigh Burleigh

Published May 8, 2020 at 8:00 AM MDT

A public letter penned to Garfield County Commissioners asks that county resources be made more inclusive during times of crisis and otherwise. Beatriz Soto, founding board member of Voces Unidas de las Montañas, explains the new organization's purpose and their requests of local government.

Voces Unidas recently developed a texting hotline to help non-English speakers navigate accessing aid. Within 24 hours of launching, more than 250 Latinos from Parachute to Aspen reached out for help. This campaign is currently accepting volunteers and donations.

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Raleigh Burleigh

Raleigh Burleigh was raised in the historic floodplanes of Satank. The Carbondale Rotary Club sponsored him as a youth ambassador to Chile the year before his graduation from Roaring Fork High School. He studied International Affairs and Journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder then applied those studies traveling throughout South America the following year. Returning to Carbondale thereafter, Raleigh acquired an internship with KDNK News which led to the opportunity to serve as News Director from 2017 to 2019. After another trip to South America in early 2019, Raleigh Burleigh drew deeper into the confluence as Program Director at KDNK. Raleigh now serves on KDNK's board of directors and as editor of Carbondale's weekly newspaper, The Sopris Sun.

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