Our Mission
The Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center (CREEC) is a nonprofit legal organization that fights for liberation through the lens of intersectional disability justice with a combination of education, legal advocacy direct services, and impact litigation.
Select CREEC Awards and Honors
- In 2022, CREEC’s IDAP program was awarded the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) Pro Bono Service Award
- In 2020, CREEC was honored to receive the Health Equity Champion Award from the Center for Health Progress
- In 2017, CREEC was recognized by The Center on Colfax, Colorado’s largest LGBTQ community center with the Visionaries in Action Award
- In 2016, CREEC received the Fair Housing Leadership Award from the Denver Metro Fair Housing Center
Recent News
CREEC Staff in the News: Service Animals and Airlines
CREEC’s own Staff Attorney Al Elia is in the Washington Post! Read the article to learn how Department of Transportation rules are making it more difficult for blind people who are guide dog users to fly: “The agency acknowledged that…
Protecting Public Protest is Critical to Disability Advocacy
Written by Aviance Brown, CREEC Staff Attorney Public protest is one of the most effective methods of disability advocacy. This was one of the prime messages which dynamic speaker and longtime disabled advocate Anita Cameron shared during the Protect Dissent…
CREEC Signs Amicus Brief for Acheson Hotels v. Laufer
Acheson Hotels v. Laufer is a case that will be heard by the Supreme Court to determine if “testers” (in this case, people who research businesses to see if they comply with the federal rules requiring that businesses publish information…