Come join Junta at the 1st Summer Youth Leadership Bootcamp!

Develop leadership skills, learn how to speak your mind, begin to imagine and enact change, and see how your strengths can be an asset to the community. This week will feature food, games and fun activities, and campers will meet with inspiring speakers who are leaders in…

The experts have spoken: the percent of charity expenses that goes to administrative costs—commonly referred to as  “overhead”—is a poor measure of a charity’s performance.

JOIN US TO END THE OVERHEAD MYTH AND START SUPPORTING NONPROFIT INVESTMENTS IN…

Having a range of information allows us to ask questions and exercise options.  The articles linked below provide such information.  Remember - an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.  We are more likely to prevent than to repair damage to the human body.

N'Zinga Shani, OneWorld, Inc…

Upper State Street-New Haven

• OneWorld Progressive Institute, Inc
• A 501(c)3 Community Organization
• P. O. Box 8662 New Haven, CT 06531
• Phone (203) 407-0250
• Email:…

Keitazulu Blazes His Own Campaign Trail. He Brings Something Special to The Political Table

The entire article in the New Haven Independent is worth reading.  We encourage you to do so.  The link is at the end of this short blog.

New Haven NEEDS an effective collaborative government.

This is a form of governance in which leaders…

Charter School Suspension Rate Prompts Call To Action

This Is An Opportunity for Meaningful Examination of Suspension/Disciplinary Policies!

While this situation is alarming, it is also an opportunity for the State Dept of Education (SDE), CT’s public school districts, the Charter Schools, parents and community leaders to take a god analytical look at school suspension and disciplinary policies and their implementation across the…

Bending the Curve: Person-Centered Health Care Reform

Curbing Costs, Improving Quality of Health Care  

Framework for Improving Care and Slowing Health Care Cost Growth…

Cheerios Advertisement with Interracial Couple Brings Out America’s Underbelly.

The hopeful belief expressed by many that we are living in a post-racial America is challenged daily by the experience of many people of color.  Of course, the dismissive comments of some public commentators that racism in America is largely in the past and therefore needs no serious attention are challenged every day by the experience of…

Did you miss United Way's Women's Initiative's recent showing of "A Place at the Table?" After the great response it received, there will be a second opportunity to see the film, which examines the issue of hunger in America.

Join us at 6 pm on Tuesday, June 11 at James Blackstone Memorial Library, 758 Main St. in Branford for a free screening of the film, followed by a discussion with local food policy leaders on hunger in Greater New Haven.

To reserve your…

IMPORTANT!  Reversing Course, New Insurance Market Might Negotiate Rates

YOUR PHONE CALL CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN HEALTH ACCESS CT

The CT House of Representatives can act NOW to give Access Health CT the power to actively bargain on behalf of consumers to bring down insurance costs.  Bill 596 was approved by the Senate this…

May 31, 2013 - It is the End of Women's Health Month - But NOT of Caring for Ourselves; That Is A Daily Responsibility.  Let Us Encourage Each Other in Health.

•  Black Women Are Dying Younger from Heart Attacks. 
•  Black Women Are Diagnosed With Diabetes Younger Because of Obesity. 
•  According…

When It Comes to What We Consume into Our Bodies, We NEED to Be Alert and Informed.

New Rules for Labeling Meat Go Into Effect in U.S.…

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Job Description

PRIMARY PURPOSE:

Child Care Providers will provide childcare as needed (on average two hours at a time once every other week) for TOC meetings and events.

With our support, providers will maintain a safe and…

A CONVERSATION ABOUT RACE - MITCHELL LIBRARY THIS EVENING - WAS A GOOD THING.  KUDOS TO ALL WHO MADE IT HAPPEN AND TO THE PERFORMERS OF CLYBOURNE PARK.

THE LESSONS OF THE EVENING (in my humble opinion) were:

1) Don't judge a book by its cover.  We need to read the contents.  Listen to the stories of the lives of others; learn from them.

2) Spend time with our children and the…

PARENT UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN OFFERS FREE WORKSHOPS

http://punh.org/

for New Haven Public School Families

Neighborhood Workshop Schedule

Soft Skills Job Training…

“Montessori School OK’d For 2014 Start” This is Great News!

Kudos to Elm City Montessori School co-founders Eliza Halsey and Dave Low for their persistence and determination.   Kudos also to Kaye Harvey, director of the Montessori School in Fair Haven

The Montessori model has been “universally accepted” around the world as a method that “can serve all kids, and…

State’s “Most Dangerous Criminal” Gets 65 Years (He is 22 years old with a reported 4 murders under his belt.)  He is 22-year-old Zachery Cody Franklin—aka Public Enemy #1.

Thanks to the teachers from Hillhouse for providing this real-life lesson about the consequences of bad choices on the streets. This type of…