Take Action! at the Colorado State Level

Click here for AAUW Colorado 2025 Priorities

Click here for AAUW of Colorado 2025 Legislative Update

Interested in keeping on top of what the Colorado legislature is doing and how you can get involved?  Check out the tools and resources below:

  • Click here to Navigate the Colorado Legislative process
  • Click here to learn how a bill becomes law 
  • Click here to learn how to testify virtually at the Legislature
  • Click here for Colorado General Assembly Bills and here for Legislators
  • Click here for information on Colorado Redistricting

Guidelines for AAUW of Colorado Members Regarding Voting Related Activities

Endorsing Candidates – AAUW does not endorse candidates for partisan office, nor any political party.

Testifying on an Issues – AAUW members frequently provide expert and interested party testimony at legislative committee hearings, school board meetings, and other forums at which the issues being discussed are related to AAUW’s mission.

Participation – AAUW members are also active in voter registration drives, voter education efforts, panels, committees, seminars, letter-writing campaigns, and virtually every other means by which citizens can participate in the democratic process.

Use of Name – AAUW members are urged to support local, state and national measures that implement AAUW priorities. Members may choose not to support such measures, but they may not use the name of AAUW in public opposition to those measures. As individuals, AAUW members are encouraged to be active in the political and legislative process.

Ways to Take Action!

  • Contact your congressional members using the following links: House.gov and Senate.gov

  • Call Your US Elected Officials using 5Call App

AAUW members wanting an EASY way to contact their U.S. Senators and Representatives can use www.5calls.org . 5 Calls Civic Action is a non-profit that helps the public make their voices heard on numerous critical issues. Here’s how:

  1. Go to 5calls.org. Set your location. This step brings up photos, names, and phone numbers (D.C. and local) of your U.S. Senators and Representatives.
  2. Click on an issue from the list displayed on the left. The system displays a summary of the issue and where the issue currently stands in Congress.
  3. Dial the phone number of the elected official displayed below the summary. (If you do not want to contact that person, click the blue SKIP button to go to the next official in the list.)
  4. When the call is answered, speak to the person or leave a voicemail. A brief script is provided by 5 Calls. You may read the script verbatim, or customize it. If you leave voicemail, provide your full street address to ensure your call is tallied.
  5. When finished, click the blue button that represents the result of your call (Unavailable, Voicemail, Contact, or Skip). The system now displays the phone number for the next elected official. Continue until you have finished all your contacts.

That’s all there is to it!  Research has shown that elected officials pay attention to phone tallies on issues.  As the 5Calls website explains, congresspeople use call tallies and personal stories from constituents to support their positions when talking to colleagues.  Congresspeople get regular call tally reports, letting them know how strongly their constituents feel about an issue.

You can also sign up to receive email updates from 5 Calls Civic Action.  They also have an app you can download on your mobile phone.