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Featured Blog Posts – August 2022 Archive (15)

Artspace New Haven Fall Exhibition Openings

Join Artspace New Haven for the opening of our fall exhibitions and continued free and public programming throughout the semester. These exhibitions continue our yearly 2022–2023 theme exploring complex systems exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, these exhibitions address the varying scales and arenas in which extractive…

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Added by Laurel McLaughlin on August 31, 2022 at 6:28am — No Comments

THE EXCHANGE: A Statewide Connecticut Artist Treasure Hunt

SomethingProjects has launched its first project, a statewide Connecticut artist treasure hunt called THE EXCHANGE, on view daily, August 15 - November 1, 2022 (rain or sun). It includes GPS-tracking, QR codes, and adventuring to 15 unique public art installations. The designated sites can be accessed through a map with GPS…

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Added by Jen Payne on August 25, 2022 at 10:30pm — No Comments

GreenWave is hiring a FT Office Coordinator for our Fair Haven headquarters

Visit the Careers page on the GreenWave website for a full job description (including responsibilities and required knowledge, skills, and abilities) and application instructions: https://www.greenwave.org/careers

Synopsis: 

The Office Coordinator will support day-to-day operations of the organization and manage the office at GreenWave’s Headquarters (HQ) in New Haven, CT, where our…

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Added by Kendall Barbery on August 25, 2022 at 4:21am — No Comments

In Schools, Honest Talk about Racism Can Reduce Discrimination

“Where are the Native Americans now?” asked fifth grade students in an Iowa City classroom last year. There are many ways their teacher, Melanie Hester, might have answered. She could have pointed out that today Native Americans live in cities and towns across the U.S.…

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Added by Lee Cruz on August 22, 2022 at 5:49am — No Comments

Program Assistant for Early Head Start and the Coordinated Access Network

Community Impact, Program Assistant

 

 We Love What Makes You Unique

Your perspective fuels our mission-driven work at United Way of Greater New Haven. We are committed to building a team that is inclusive across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and lived experience. As an organization, we are committed to addressing…

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Added by Kathleen Norwood Crisafi on August 22, 2022 at 4:55am — No Comments

Much of the US Will Be an ‘Extreme Heat Belt’ by the 2050s

So you think it’s hot out there now? Consider the summer of 2053. That’s what researchers at First Street Foundation, a New York nonprofit that studies climate risk, have done…

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Added by Lee Cruz on August 17, 2022 at 1:56am — No Comments

Did you know there use to be Art competitions at the Summer Olympics?

Art competitions formed part of the modern Olympic Games during its early years, from 1912 to 1948. The competitions were part of the original intention of the Olympic Movement's founder, Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin. Medals were awarded for works of art inspired by…

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Added by Lee Cruz on August 17, 2022 at 1:52am — No Comments

Report: CT not meeting emissions goals; Transportation to blame

Connecticut is not on track to meet the greenhouse gas emission goals set by the legislature — and transportation emissions are the main culprit.

The state’s annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory released Monday, which looks at data through 2018, shows transportation emissions are higher than they were in 1990, despite greater fuel efficiency in motor vehicles...…

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Added by Lee Cruz on August 12, 2022 at 9:04am — No Comments

The Hill: Can philanthropy rise to the challenge of combating climate change?

Climate change is widely acknowledged as the existential crisis of our time, a “code red for humanity,” in the words of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. With the Senate’s passage of the…

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Added by Lee Cruz on August 10, 2022 at 11:17am — No Comments

Addressing dire racial disparities in reproductive health care is critical post-Roe, advocates say

How are the deep racial disparities in reproductive health care being addressed in light of Roe v. Wade’s overturning?

Connecticut nurse-midwife, nurse educator and historian Dr. Lucinda Canty recently launched Lucinda's House, to help local women of color...…

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Added by Lee Cruz on August 9, 2022 at 6:22am — No Comments

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Added by Lee Cruz on August 4, 2022 at 8:30am — No Comments

The Forgotten Constitutional Weapon Against Voter Restrictions

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Added by Lee Cruz on August 3, 2022 at 5:21am — No Comments

Perrin Family Foundation Seeks Manager of Operations & Manager of Strategy and Learning (Apply by August 22)

The New Haven based Perrin Family Foundation is seeking dynamic and experienced individuals to join their team as Manager of Operations and Manager of Strategy and Learning. 

Learn more about the positions and how to apply here:

https://www.perrinfamilyfoundation.org/join-our-team/

 

Priority consideration will be given to…

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Added by Yolanda Caldera-Durant on August 2, 2022 at 9:23am — No Comments

Travel Back to UPPER STATE STREET 1978 at City Gallery in August

A Photography Exhibit and Book Signing with Karen Klugman

 

The 70 photographs by Karen Klugman on display at New Haven’s City Gallery capture the funky Old Country atmosphere of Upper State Street in 1978 when most of the…

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Added by Jen Payne on August 2, 2022 at 12:55am — No Comments

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New Report: A Close Look at the Reality of Community Violence Interrupters

Dr. Kathryn Bocanegra and Dr. Shani Buggs, eminent researchers and experts on the work of community violence intervention, have published, together with LISC, Supporting the Frontline Through Community Healing: Advancing Science on Violence Intervention Outreach and Trauma Exposure. The study, focused on safety efforts in Kansas City, MO, is a deeply researched and compassionate look at the trauma CVI workers confront every day and how to support the field so that practitioners “are protected from the same harms they work to prevent.”

“A Gateway for Possibilities”: Resident Leadership and Community Ownership

LISC's Institute for Community Power has published a new Spotlight examining three leadership development programs designed and implemented by LISC and local partners for distinct communities in different parts of the country: Training the Trainers (T4T) in Houston; the Newark Resident Leadership Academy (NRLA); and Community Connectors in Philadelphia. Each group has leveraged the leadership program to inform and strengthen their work and, in turn, to serve their communities more effectively.

Mobile Home Residents in Washington State Are Calling the Shots After Buying Their Park

Manufactured housing, which 20 million Americans call home, is one of the few affordable housing options in the United States. The residents of two Washington State mobile home communities recently succeeded in purchasing their parks with help from ROC USA and over $2 million in financing from Rural LISC. As a result, they have been able to stabilize their housing costs, upgrade their communities and remain in the places they love.

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