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highlighted some regressive moments in Colorado's recent history with the progressive politicians, advocates and government workers who'd gathered there.
After two years of Zoom meetings, the return of the Local Progress convention to an in-person format was an opportunity for progressives such as Kniech to share what they've accomplished with people who'd flown in from across the country, including Teresa Mosqueda with the Seattle City Council, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander andLocal Progress, which was founded in 2012, describes itself as a"movement of local elected officials advancing a racial and economic justice agenda...
"We were preempted from local minimum wages, inclusionary housing, lots of other things," said Kniech, who'd lobbied for the convention to come to Denver during her last year as an at-large council rep. "We were really clear that $12 an hour was not enough. We also knew that $15 was not going to do in a state like Colorado," Chacon said."We made a commitment that we actually needed to continue the fight."
Throughout the years, state preemption has been used to prevent progressive achievements, according to Courtnee Melton-Fant, an assistant professor in the Division of Health Systems Management and Policy at the University of Memphis."It’s being used to maintain the tool that’s already there," Melton-Fant said of state preemption being employed to maintain homophobia and racism.
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