What I Saw at Brittany Pettersen’s Westminster Resource Fair
Colorado’s working families and nonprofits are in crisis
Watch my video here:
Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen’s “Westminster Resource Fair”
As someone who has served on multiple nonprofit boards, stewarding strategy, budgets, and community partnerships, I have seen firsthand the structural fragility of the sector and the daily realities of the families it serves.
Colorado’s nonprofits are in crisis, operating in survival mode, underfunded and overstretched, quietly subsidizing public systems without the stable capital and policy alignment required to meet rising demand, even as the cost of survival for my constituents continues to rise.
Which is why I attended Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen’s “Westminster Resource Fair” and interviewed every single organization there so you can hear directly from the people doing the work, watch the video below.
Inside the Westminster City Park Recreation Center, dozens of frontline agencies were gathered in one room, giving families immediate access to healthcare, food, legal guidance, workforce support, and public benefits without having to navigate a fragmented system alone.
The event featured:
AARP: https://www.aarp.org
AARP Colorado: https://states.aarp.org/colorado
Connect for Health Colorado: https://connectforhealthco.com
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: https://www.cms.gov
Community Table: https://communitytable.org
Broomfield FISH: https://broomfieldfish.org
17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office: https://www.da17.state.co.us
Hunger Free Colorado: https://www.hungerfreecolorado.org
Elevations Credit Union: https://www.elevationscu.com
Jefferson County Business & Workforce Center: https://www.jeffco.us/1316/Business-Workforce-Center
Colorado Attorney General’s Office: https://coag.gov
STRIDE Community Health Center: https://stridechc.org
University of Denver Low Income Taxpayer Clinic: https://www.du.edu/law/low-income-taxpayer-clinic
Jefferson County Public Health: https://www.jeffco.us/1422/Public-Health
Benefits in Action: https://benefitsinaction.org
Veterans Benefits Administration: https://www.benefits.va.gov
Westminster Public Library: https://www.westminsterco.gov/library
Watch the full video here:
Don’t forget to submit your ideas here: Westminster Affordability Survey
About Obi Ezeadi
Obi Ezeadi is a first-generation American, first responder (EMT) and City Councilor who champions economic, democratic, and personal freedoms for all of Westminster. He was recently re-elected to Westminster City Council with a record-breaking vote total and is prioritizing affordability in this final term. In his first 4 years, Obi came in as an outsider and delivered:
Expanded open space and parks
Expanded housing options (condos, townhomes, housing people can afford)
Made water more affordable and secured clean water for generations
Increased Mental health support
First-ever gun violence proclamation
First-ever Collective Bargaining Agreements for Police
Enhanced Collective Bargaining Agreement for Fire
Led the establishment of free transport service for seniors & disabled residents
Drove police vacancies down from a region-worst 13% to an area-leading 1%
Cut car thefts by 50%
Invested to solve unhoused crisis
Elevated transparency and accountability with our residents