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…

Resources to Guide Philanthropic Response

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 ;

Health Equity Solutions invites you to join one of our 2021 Listening Sessions!

Each year, Health Equity Solutions hosts listening sessions to learn what health equity issues are most important to people in Connecticut. The sessions will be approximately an hour and a half long and are open to community members and partner organizations. Each session will have a maximum of 25 people. Please join us!

Please register below for the date that works best for…

Health Equity Solutions in partnership with the CHW Association of Connecticut invites you to join a virtual community health worker (CHW) forum!

These forums will be approximately an hour and a half long. We hope to learn your thoughts, priorities, and concerns on what is needed to continue to advance the CHW workforce in the state of CT.

There will be at…

New Resources Available for Renters and Landlords: Renters and landlords who don’t know where to turn can use a new website from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This website makes it easy to find rental assistance provider in your area. Spread the word that people can go to…

For Information: Rista Luna, MA, RLuna@continuumct.org / 475.224.1864

Schedule a Tour: Shayla Collier, MPA, SCollier@continuumct.org / 203.530.4496…

The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center (PRC)  and the Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE) is recruiting a Program Manager who has research/evaluation interest and/or experience in the area of community-based participatory research and interventions for addressing health equity. The Program Manager will work with PRC and CARE leadership, specifically Kathleen O’Connor…

DEEP released the …

Luis Rodriguez holed up in his kids’ bedroom last month as a brutal heatwave baked his Los Angeles neighbourhood and the rest of the southwestern United States. The space was their only room with an air-conditioning unit, and the safest place in the house when temperatures outside soared above 40 °C...

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01881-4

Some basic skills can help you to be a more effective communicator in the classroom. This Teaching Tip explores:

• barriers to listening and strategies for effective listening;
• barriers to accurate perception and strategies for accurate perception; and,
• barriers to effective verbal communication and strategies for effective verbal communication.

More...…

July 20, 2021

Satonya Fair

CEP’s latest research report, Persevering Through Crisis: The State of Nonprofits, provides further evidence of the devastating impact of 2020 on nonprofits — and how the crises of the past year hit…

OPEN POSITION – July 18, 2021

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR / MANAGER

30 hours/week; Monday - Friday.  Open until filled.

Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (DESK) seeks an energetic, friendly, and passionate individual to oversee recruitment, outreach, administration, and appreciation of DESK’s volunteer corps. …

Don't miss the upcoming Work Rise Webinar: Leveraging Workers’ Skills for an Inclusive Economy: Tools, Resources, and Evidence on Thursday, July 22, 2021, 12-1:30pm (EST) 



As the US economy reopens, many Americans are reassessing their priorities and relationships to work. Workers are realizing their potential and seeking better wages and opportunities, particularly those who held low-wage jobs before the pandemic. Many workers, however, may not have resources to…