Colorado Springs Equal Opportunity Ordinance
Investing in Our Future
An initiative to update the City of Colorado Springs' citywide nondiscrimination policy in order to update the city's current laws, secure equal rights for all
Colorado Springs residents, and promote economic success for residents of Colorado Springs, and the city as a whole. The Colorado Springs Equal Opportunity
Ordinance will:
P Prohibit discrimination based on, race, creed, economic condition, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, resident immigrant status, gender, age, sexual
orientation, gender identity, marital status, military or veteran status, political affiliation, organizational membership, or physical or mental disability in
matters employment, housing and commercial space, public accommodations, education and health and welfare services within the City of Colorado
Springs.
P Create an enforcement mechanism by establishing the Office of Equal Opportunity within the city’s administration, including a Director of the Office of
Equal Opportunity who will be responsible for investigating claims of discrimination.
P Ensure broad-based community participation by establishing the Equal Opportunity Commission as an oversight board for the Office of Equal Opportunity
with the power to administer penalties, such as fines. The EOC will also specifically include representatives of diverse communities, and half will be
appointed by the Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity, and half by the City Council.
I/My Business/Organization formally support(s) and endorse(s) the proposed Colorado Springs Equal Opportunity Ordinance, and expressly authorize my name
and/or my organization’s name to be publicly associated with the Equal Opportunity Ordinance and the efforts to pass such. By signing below, I certify, under
penalty of perjury, that I am a citizen of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and that I am signing on behalf of myself. If signing for a business, I certify, under penalty
of perjury, that I am an authorized representative of the Business/Organization listed herein, and that I have the authority to sign on behalf of said
Business/Organization. (Note: You may be contacted by one of our partners to verify your signature before it can be counted in the endorsement campaign.)

An initiative of Pikes Peak Gay & Lesbian Community Center, in partnership with the Pikes Peak Equality Coalition.
For additional information, please call (719) 471-4429 or visit www.YourPrideCenter.org.

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