Expunge Colorado is a women/BIPOC-led 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to providing education, training and access to record sealing legal services. Through continued education, advocacy efforts and community events we are working to increase the number of eligible sealed criminal records in the state.

Expunge Colorado provides a solution to restoring justice and impacts lives and communities through offering record sealing legal services pro bono. Since 2018, our team has executed 6 annual record sealing clinics free to the community, serving over 550+ Coloradans sealing over 140+ eligible cases and counting. We hosted our 6th annual clinic on Nov. 4th, 2023 and it was the best clinic to date! We are in the process of filing 60+ petitions, the most number of petitions to seal in our six years of hosting an annual event.

We are the only nonprofit in Colorado that provides record sealing legal services, trainings and education-- free to the community directly to those that need them the most! Hosting annual clinics serves the overwhelming need for access to record sealing services.

What started as a volunteer-led effort has evolved into a fully functioning non-profit organization on a mission to educate and empower individuals negatively affected by a criminal record. In addition to hosting record sealing clinics we have also trained 100+ lawyers/law students, partnered with 20+ partner organizations and helped craft policy language for Colorado Clean Slate Law that passed in 2022. We are on the steering committee of the Colorado Clean Slate Coalition to ensure that automated record sealing is implemented successfully in June 2024.

Our Ask

We are raising funds and seeking charitable sponsorships to cover the costs of our 2023 Record Sealing Clinic held on Nov. 4th and support the work that continues weeks and months after the clinic.

Our nonprofit is at a pivotal point of growth. We are part-time team of 3 women who wish to have the means and funding to serve the community full-time. We wish to host a record sealing event more than once a year and to also have dedicated office hours to be able to take cases on an on-going basis.

By donating to Expunge Colorado you can provide necessary funding to support our work in restorative justice and criminal justice reform through record sealing. Our fundraising goal is 15K by the end of 2023. If we can surpass this goal, we will continue to fundraise to reach our 25K raised by the end of Q1 2024.

Why Expunge Colorado's record sealing work matters?

A criminal record has devastating lifelong consequences that can affect an individual and their families for multiple generations. A criminal record can keep a person from gainful employment and housing -- necessities for having a healthy life. This affects children, their families, communities and generations that follow.

Per Clean Slate Colorado data, there are over 1.3 Million Coloradans with a record eligible for record sealing within state law. Unfortunately only 5% successfully get their record(s) sealed because the process is complex and costly. Here's additional incarceration statistics in Colorado:

You can download Expunge Colorado's 2022-2023 Annual Impact Report to learn about our impact and results in the community.

If you would like to explore additional ways to support or highlight our work in reparative justice, please reach out to Melanie at melanierose@expungecolorado.org.

Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season ahead!

In gratitude,
Rosalie, Kelsey, Abbey & Melanie
The Founding Team @ Expunge Colorado
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Expunge Colorado's End of Year Giving Campaign 2023

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