The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP) is pleased to announce three upcoming urban forestry grant opportunities. Award amounts, types of projects funded, and deadlines vary; see Urban Forestry Grant Opportunities (ct.gov) for a full overview.…

BECOME A COMMUNITY RESEARCH FELLOW

In this 9-month program, Community Research Fellows will collaborate with Yale Investigators and be trained In community engaged and patient-centered research to Inform health studies and impact New Haven residents.

PARTICIPANTS

Greater New Haven and surrounding area residents are encouraged to apply. Residents from the following neighborhoods will be prioritized.

Dixwell

Dwight

Fair Haven

The Hill…

Become a New Haven Health Leader!

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In this 9-month training program, New Haven Health Leaders will learn about health disparities and solutions to create health equity at the neighborhood level. We will co-learn from each other about New Haven's neighborhoods, community engagement, and leadership development, with a focus on improving health in New Haven.

PARTICIPANTS

Greater New Haven and surrounding area residents are encouraged to apply.…

As they come to resemble corporations, universities increasingly wield the kind of power and influence that were hallmarks of ruthless employers in isolated company towns. Historian Davarian Baldwin calls this ominous trend the “rise of the UniverCity.”

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/09/university-cities-urban-development-gentrification

The worst problems are in the neighborhoods that aren’t gentrifying.

“Was anyone really asking for a gentrified Gone Girl?” reads a one-line, half-star review of Promising Young Woman.

“Graphic Novels Are Comic Books, But Gentrified” one …

In the seventh grade, Sara¹ remembers joining her classmates to write letters. In a letter that began “Dear Sponsor,” they’d thank the person paying for their education, who they’d likely never meet. Sara would share her career ambitions, hoping to inspire the sponsor enough to keep supporting her. She’d ask questions, inviting a response. Finally, before she signed and mailed her letter, she’d draw. When she was younger, this might be a picture of herself or…

Be part of something good and volunteer for Continuum's Holiday Bazaar (November 13).Volunteers receive 10 Free Raffle Tickets. Click here to volunteer: https://www.continuumct.org/bazaar-volunteer.…

New Haven, CT (August 31, 2021) The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (The Foundation) is excited to announce the members of the first BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color) Cohort for Nonprofit Leadership program. The new career development program was conceived in early 2021 as part of The Foundation’s Stepping Forward commitment…

Five Frogs, the organization building a powerful movement of diverse, representative leaders working together for an equitable Connecticut, invites BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) leaders to participate in a five-part series designed to support a cross-sector cohort in diving deeper into their personal liberation work while exploring how their experiences intersect with theories of identity, power, intersectionality, structural racism and oppression, and shame…

The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Communications Associate. The application deadline is September 10, 2021. 

For more information and to apply, please click here. 

The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Grantmaking Associate. The application deadline is September 10, 2021.

For more information and to apply, please click here. 

Hi GNH Community:

YNHHS Office of Health Equity is seeking to fill three new exciting positions. See links with more information about each of the positions below. Please share with your networks!

Manager, Health Equity

Health Equity Data Scientist…

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Project Dev Consultant

The Area Agencies on Aging – CT are hoping to engage a consultant for the purposes of, 1) assesses current Association structure; 2) making recommendations for a future structure that supports goals; 3) assisting with strategy related to a new statewide information hub as part of a systems change project. Please see the attached…

Apply today for a rewarding career: https://www.continuumct.org/careers ;