Healthcare Activists Hold Candlelight Vigil: “Care is Critical”

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MEDIA ADVISORY

For Planning Purposes: TOMORROW, Friday, June 5, 2026

Contact: Jenny Davies, 720-296-9545, [email protected]

Priya Telang, 313-820-2428, [email protected]

TOMORROW at 7 PM at the Capitol: Healthcare Activists Hold Candlelight Vigil: “Care is Critical”

Activists Demand Republicans in Congress Protect Healthcare for Constituents

Denver, CO – On Friday, June 5, at 7 pm at the State Capitol, advocacy groups and activists will protest the healthcare cuts by the Trump administration and Republican Congress that put Colorado families at risk of financial ruin and risk their health, all to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. The Protect Our Care Coalition (POCC) is organizing the event in partnership with “Seven Days in June,” a national grassroots effort to protest the impact of health funding cuts and policy changes.

This powerful evening of action will bring our community together to raise our voices against cuts to healthcare, demand equitable access to lifesaving care and treatment, and honor those whose lives have been impacted or lost due to barriers in our healthcare system. Speakers will highlight intersectional community healthcare access challenges and hold a candlelight vigil to remember, reflect, and recommit to fighting for accessible, affordable, and compassionate care for all at sunset.

Republicans in Congress have made deep cuts to Medicaid that will strip coverage from hundreds of thousands of Coloradans, including as many as 300,000 people in CD8, including over 36% of children in Rep. Gabe Evans’ district.

WHAT: Rally/Candlelight Vigil: “Care is Critical”

WHO: Protect Our Care Coalition advocacy groups and activists; speakers to include:

• Jack Teter, Planned Parenthood Rocky Mountains
• Jax Gonzales, One Colorado
• Adam Fox, Protect Our Care Colorado/Colorado Consumer Health Initiative
• Barb Cardell, Colorado Organizations and Individuals Responding to HIV/AIDS (CORA)

WHEN: TOMORROW, Friday, June 5, 2026, 7:00 – 8:45 p.m. (speaking begins at 7:30 p.m.)

WHERE: West Steps of Colorado State Capitol, 200 E. Colfax, Denver, CO

The Protect Our Care Coalition includes the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, the Harm Reduction Action Center, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, One Colorado, Colorado Organizations and Individuals Responding to HIV/AIDS, the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, and others.

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