As an abolitionist, Elisabeth believes people deserve to be safe, healthy, and free. So she focuses on policy solutions that give people the opportunities and resources to be safe, healthy, and free. Elisabeth is a survivor of intimate partner violence as well as police violence, sexual assault, and multiple incidents of property crime. She wants to be safe in her home and in her community, so she is fully committed to protecting the safety of all Coloradans.

Her personal experiences of enduring harm, along with a lifetime of advocacy, shaped her commitment to advancing abolitionist reforms. Elisabeth knows the best way to reduce future harm is by building safe, healthy communities where people have their basic needs met, and she has been doing that work for years.

Abolitionists understand that we cannot arrest our way out of homelessness and we cannot prosecute people into stopping the drug use that underlies so much criminal activity. We all deserve to be safe—and abolition is a commitment to doing the brave bold work of ensuring real safety. For Elisabeth, abolition does not mean immediately disbanding all law enforcement and decriminalizing all offenses—of course not.