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G.W. Petteway knew education would change life for Black people During Black History Month, I frequently think about my great-grandfather who was born a slave in North Carolina in 1834. I think of how he made education such a vital part of his life, as he was allowed to read when reading was against the law for most Blacks. He shared the word of the Bible with the community, and founded the first school in the area for newly freed slaves. Chion Wolf :: Connecticut Public Radio Gary A. Franks The  one-room Edney Chapel (School) Primitive Baptist Church founded in 1870 not only helped to educa...

The Access Community Action Agency Mobile Food Pantry. For nearly 60 years, community action agencies (CAAs) have worked to address and reduce the causes and conditions of poverty by providing comprehensive case management services and application assistance for social service programs to the state’s poorest residents. CAAs connect low- and moderate-income people of all ages, in all 169 cities and towns, with resources that stabilize and improve lives and communities. These services and resources include, but are not limited to, food, shelter, heating assistance, employment and training, a...

Build public housing in the suburbs to improve population health The Eastview Terrace II property in New Haven, operated by the New Haven Housing Authority. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought renewed attention to a pre-existing and severe affordable rental housing crisis throughout the U.S. and here in Connecticut. Prior to the pandemic, there was no state in this country where a full-time minimum wage job was sufficient to affordably rent a one- bedroom apartment. Here in Connecticut, nearly two full-time jobs were needed. Danya Keene and Andrew Fenelon Today, after 11 months of pandemic rela...

Cloe Poisson :: CT Mirror.org A sign was taped to a car window calling for the freeing of prisoners at York Correctional Institution in Niantic, Monday, April 13, 2020, during a car protest by community organizers and prison advocates in a park next the womenÕs prison. They were calling for the release of prisoners who are at risk on infection from the Covid-19 virus. In April, former Commissioner of Department of Correction (DOC) Rollin Cook issued a department-wide memorandum requiring staff “to wear protective face-masks while on duty whenever social distancing is not possible.” Chand...

Gov. Lamont, why the silence on racism as a public health crisis? Cloe Poisson :: CTMirror.org Rev. A.J. Johnson, an organizer with the Center for Leadership and Justice, speaks at a rally in front of Hartford City Hall following a march organized by the Greater Hartford Interfaith Action Alliance (GHIAA) to demand police accountability and transparency in response to the recent death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. The 2020 DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey confirmed that death rates, job loss/reduction, food insecurity and financial hardships due to COVID-19 were high...