Naquetta Ricks was a young child when strangers stormed her house and held her family at gunpoint in their driveway. It was 1980, and the armed dissidents were part of a bloody military coup unfolding in her home country of Liberia.
Representative Ricks Inspired to Serve as a Voice for Immigrants
Black Woman Makes Colorado Black History and Where are Blacks in the Immigration Conversation?
COVID in Aurora: Pop-Up Vaccine Clinic at Church Helps Sooth Uncertainties
A pop-up coronavirus vaccine clinic aimed to get Aurora’s immigrant community immunized. By now you may have heard that Black, Hispanic and indigenous communities have been hit hard by the pandemic. Many people of color are hesitant to get vaccinated, but one group within those communities is especially struggling.
“We have a lot of people who live in intergenerational households, and so we’ve had deaths in the community,” said State Rep. Naquetta Ricks.
Lawmakers want legal representation fund for immigrants housed in detention centers
Biden executive order brings hope and memories to one Liberian immigrant
Naquetta Ricks Could Be the First Liberian-American Elected to a US State Assembly
Ricks takes lead in House District 40 Democratic primary
We did it!! Naquetta Ricks is on the June Ballot
Thank you House District 40.
APS Corona Virus Resources
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Tri-County Health issues "Stay-at-Home" order due to CoVid-19
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