JWJ S2, Ep. 4: Election 2024 - Board of El Paso County Commissioners Dist. 3 Dem Candidate Naomi López

The journey continues on Season 2 of the Justice with Jax Podcast to chronicle the journey of the historic Civil Rights case Armendariz & Chinook Center v. City of Colorado Springs, et al. (2023), which is now in the U.S. District 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Episode four of this season meet Naomi López, the Democrats' candidate running for El Paso County Commission District 3 in the 2024 General Election. She'll make history as the first the Commission's first ever elected Chicana & the first Dem to be elected to the Commission in more than 50 years! Note: Dr. Detra Duncan is also running for the Commission this November & will become the first Black woman elected to the Board. Your host Jacqueline Armendariz Unzueta, aka Jax, invites community to discuss the experience of going through the legal system, as well as local current events because knowledge is power y cultura cura. Armendariz & Chinook Center v. City of Colorado Springs, et al. is the first case in U.S. history to provide undeniable evidence that federal and local law enforcement unconstitutionally spied on Black Lives Matter social justice protestors in retaliation to their political speech & actions. Info links for this episode: https://www.votenaomilopez.com/ https://www.detraforcountycommissionerd4.com/ https://neighborsfored.org/ https://coloradoea.org/ News about the El Paso County BOCC & recent Colorado public sector union legislation: "Most Colorado county workers win right to unionize under new state law" - Denver Post, May 27, 2022: https://www.denverpost.com/2022/05/27/unions-collective-bargaining-colorado-counties/  "El Paso commissioners sue to stop public sector unions law" - CPR News, May 16, 2023: https://www.cpr.org/2023/05/16/el-paso-commissioners-sue-to-stop-public-sector-unions-law/ Episodes are recorded with Studio 809 Podcasts at The NeXt Us community co-working space in Colorado Springs. Follow the JWJ Podcast on YouTube, or your favorite podcast app! https://linktr.ee/justice.with.jax DISCLAIMER: This episode was recorded Oct. 15, 2024. The views, thoughts, & opinions expressed via this content are solely held by the speaker and DO NOT represent any other organizations or efforts — unless explicitly stated otherwise.