Part 2 of 5: What Victim Mentality Is and How to Overcome It

If you have the mentality of victimhood, you likely got it from being victimized in some way. For me, it was from growing up with the dysfunction of my childhood. It wasn’t something egregious like being kidnapped; it was the continual drip-drip-drip of emotional invalidation and abandonment I experienced. When you internalize victim mentality, it permeates every area of your life and just…

Part 1 of 5: What Victim Mentality Is and How to Overcome It

This is part 1 of a 5 part series on what victim mentality is and how to get out of it. In this essay, I’ll share how understanding “your part in things” (as we say in 12-step recovery) brings you out of victim mentality.



If you’re not familiar with victim mentality, it’s a way of thinking that’s so deeply internalized that we don’t realize we have it. You might call it a…

The Community Foundation welcomes the third cohort to the program that is building a pipeline for new, more diverse leadership in Greater New Haven’s nonprofit community.

New Haven, Conn. (Oct. 4, 2023) The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (The Foundation) welcomes the third…

If you’re constantly pissed off at things like the barista getting your coffee order wrong or that there’s traffic on the highway, you might need to learn acceptance.

That was my problem for most of my life. Once I started to understand that lack of acceptance was my problem, things began to change. I came to understand that it wasn’t the coffee order or the traffic – it was my thinking was the source of all my problems.

It became clear that my…

How do you succeed as a young creative person today? How do you make it? What does it even mean to make it now?

The old models, pathways, and rules—some not even that old—have been scrambled and upended in the past few years, as the traditional gatekeepers and arbiters are replaced by the herky-jerky algorithmic democracy of social media. In place of the lowbrow-highbrow divide, we spend much of our lives immersed in…

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Untangling the 'predictable calamity' of Connecticut's child care industry to find solutions…

14 City Gallery Members Part of New Haven Open Studios…

Read about the role here! Reach out with questions.,

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DAE_Adult_Program.pdf

DAE is pleased to announce that we’re launching a new cohort for our 4-month Computer Science program for adults ages 18 to 28. More information about the program can be found in the attached flyer. 

The…

United Way of Greater New Haven has 3 brand new open positions we would like to fill.

Please click on these links to learn more about these open positions and apply!

Community Impact Education Manager

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/1933201

Parent Leadership Training Institute (PLTI) Coordinator (PT)…

James Hillhouse High School is looking for full time and part-time student retention specialists.  Use the link below to apply. If you know of anyone interested, please forward the link to them.  …

In September, City Gallery presents WAX, new work by Roberta Friedman featuring encaustic work that finds its heart in the unexpected. The show runs September 8 - October 1, with an opening reception on Saturday, September 9, 4-6pm. Friedman will be in the Gallery on September 8, 9, 10 and October 1 to meet and talk with visitors.

All proceeds…

Hi community, I am lead organizer for SSCT and I want to update you on what we are doing because we need community involvement in your work for maximum success. Currently, we continue to work toward enforcement of the PROTECT Act, a piece of legislation passed in May, 2022 which focuses on two primary issues, ending the unchecked use of isolation within Ct jails, prisons and youth facilities and establishing independent oversight over Ct Dept of Corrections. Prolonged isolation causes deep…

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 systemic racism and injustice in our community, our…

Director of Early Childhood Initiatives

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…

 Organization

Long Wharf Theatre (LWT) is embarking on an unprecedented journey, building a theatre company that can belong to the people of the city and region, centering possibility as a guiding ethos with an unwavering commitment to creating a boundary-breaking theatre with, for, and by the people to reimagine the experiment that is the American theatre.

Located in New Haven Connecticut, LWT was…

Hello Community Organizers and Groups!

We’d like to share an opportunity from the Supporting Organizing Work Connecticut (SOW-CT) funder collaborative → Round 2 of the SOW-CT Rest and Renewal Grants Program available to community organizing groups is live!

We’ve been listening to organizers: organizing is hard work and often it is challenging to get funding for wellness and capacity building. This program is meant to get money into your hands…

Green Planet Company is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to creating quality, sustainable, and affordable housing. Our innovative projects and commitment to environmental stewardship not only help address the affordable housing crisis but also contribute positively to the local economy and the planet. A prime…