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Featured Blog Posts – October 2024 Archive (13)

Integrity Check: Are Your Intentions Aligned with Your Actions?

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Your Intentions should matter to YOU because they impact your integrity. But they DON’T matter to others if the impact of your behavior on them is negative.

Why your intentions matter to you. …

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Added by Barb Nangle on October 25, 2024 at 7:30am — No Comments

Leadership Center Leadership Greater New Haven - Strategic Challenge Submission Form - Deadline: Nov. 13, 2024

Each year, the Leadership Greater New Haven class, run by the Greater New Haven Chamber, assists nonprofit organizations and small for-profit businesses that have a specific strategic challenge.  

  • LGNH is inviting organizations to submit a project for consideration. These projects can be based in the following areas: Marketing, HR, Finance, IT, or can be business plan development related OR solve other organizational challenges. These projects should not be event planning…
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Added by Yolanda Caldera-Durant on October 25, 2024 at 2:57am — No Comments

Please join the Nonprofit Social Hour this Tuesday!

Do you work or volunteer at a nonprofit in the Greater New Haven area? Of course you do! Please join us at our second Nonprofit Social Hour this Tuesday October 29.

Join us again or an unforgettable evening of camaraderie, collaboration, and celebration! This event aims to bring together the nonprofit community in the Greater New Haven region in a laid back space to celebrate our work and unwind.

There will be light refreshments provided. As part of the…

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Added by Rosalind Zavras on October 24, 2024 at 9:49am — 1 Comment

Get ready for the 15th Latino and Iberian FilmFestival at Yale (LIFFY). Nov. 4-10. Free and open to the public.

LIFFY 2024 is coming! Don't miss it. Completely free and open to the general public.
All films have English subtitles.  Most…
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Added by Margherita A. Tortora on October 19, 2024 at 7:59am — No Comments

How and Why to Stop Blaming Others and Start Living the Life You Want

Photo Credit: Blameave Calvar

If other people are to blame for everything that's wrong in your life, you’re screwed! That would mean you have no options. I don’t believe that. When we realize that others are not…

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Added by Barb Nangle on October 18, 2024 at 7:30am — No Comments

Painter Robert Jacoby is FREEWHEELING in New Exhibit at City Gallery

In November, City Gallery welcomes new gallery member Robert Jacoby and his solo exhibition FREEWHEELING. The show runs November 3 - November 29, with an Opening Reception on Sunday, November 3, 2-4 p.m.

Jacoby has been an active artist since the mid-1980s, focused initially on representational drawing and painting. After retiring from the…

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Added by Jen Payne on October 18, 2024 at 1:00am — No Comments

From Intensity to Intimacy: My Journey in Building Real Connections

Photo Credit: Kateryna Hliznitso

I used to be confused about the difference between intensity and…

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Added by Barb Nangle on October 11, 2024 at 7:30am — No Comments

Investing for Sustainability: Our Stories Merge

Oct 10th, my 71st birthday, I will be the Investor Guest Speaker at the Captial For Change's Annual Meeting.

Diane Smith Introduces Me

Susan Huizenga retired into the role of volunteer Executive Director of WPAA-TV and Media Center fifteen years ago because any person or organization could be empowered using its tools…

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Added by Susan Huizenga on October 10, 2024 at 5:28am — No Comments

Calling Community Development Orgs for Capacity Building Cohort

LISC Connecticut will launch a second round of its Capacity Building Cohort in January 2025 for community development corporations (CDCs) and other community development organizations providing critical support to residents living with low- to moderate-incomes. This program is sponsored in part by JPMorganChase Foundation and leverages US Department of Housing & Urban Development…

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Added by Kasey LaFlam on October 8, 2024 at 5:23am — No Comments

Why Telling the Truth Scared Me—And How It Healed Me

Photo Credit: Anete Lusina

Telling the truth can be really scary sometimes, especially if you’ve been dishonest for much of your life. Given my history of addiction, compulsion, obsession, mental health problems, and growing up in a dysfunctional family, it makes total sense why telling the…

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Added by Barb Nangle on October 4, 2024 at 7:30am — No Comments

Meet NHFPL's New Digital Navigator and Celebrate Digital Inclusion Week with Us!

Join us this Monday, October 7th, at 11:00 am in Ives Squared at the Ives Memorial Library as the New Haven Free Public Library (NHFPL) hosts the Regional Digital Navigator Kick-off! This event marks the official launch of our regional partnership to provide expanded computer and technology assistance in the form of a Digital Navigator in communities throughout the state of CT,…

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Added by New Haven Free Public Library on October 4, 2024 at 7:00am — No Comments

In CT, flooding is on the rise. But the state has new tools to face it

Avatar photo September 27, 2024 



This newly rebuilt culvert in Southbury was just about complete when the August storm hit. Even…

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Added by Lee Cruz on October 1, 2024 at 7:00am — No Comments

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Open Street Project

An Open Streets Family Reunion: Reflections from the 2018 Open Streets Summit

By Ryan O’Connor, Director of Programs, 8 80 Cities Recently 8 80 Cities wrote a blog post about open streets being a labour of love. That being the case, the 2018 Open Streets Summit in New Orleans felt like a family reunion of sorts. It was rejuvenating to see old and new friends who share our passion for open streets and are working tirelessly to create healthier, happier, and more connected communities across the world. The event, which took place on September 15-16, brought together more than 50 leaders who currently organize open streets programs or are interested in bringing the...

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Open Streets Summit Draft Agenda

We hope you are getting ready and feel excited about the Open Streets Summit in Gretna/New Orleans! Taking place from September 15-16, 2018, the Summit will feature tours, presentations and networking opportunities with open streets champions and organizers from across the continent. Attendees will learn about the nuts and bolts of starting or scaling up open streets programs, including: Route design and planning Partnerships with business and officials Social inclusion Safety and logistics Marketing and promotion Program evaluation through measurable goals and metrics If you haven’t done it yet, click here to register for the Open Streets Summit only or...

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Open Streets Summit Speakers Announced!

The Open Streets Project is proud to announce that Ed Solis from Viva Calle (San Jose, CA), Romel Pascual from CicLAvia (Los Angeles, CA), Jaymie Santiago and Charles Brown from New Brunswick Ciclovia will join us as speakers for the 2018 Open Streets Summit in New Orleans and Gretna! Taking place from September 15-16 2018, the Summit will feature: Behind the scenes tour of the City of Gretna’s inaugural open streets program. Workshops, presentations, and networking opportunities with open streets champions and organizers from across the continent. Training and inspiration for both -novice and experienced- open streets organizers and supporters...

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Local Initiatives Support Corporation

The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation and LISC Award $1.7 Million to Upgrade Under-Resourced Community Sporting Spaces in 20 Cities and Towns

LISC and The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation announced grant recipients from the second round of the Game On-Community Places to Play Initiative. Twenty communities across the country will use $1.7 million in grants to fund renovation of facilities for basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, football, tennis, lacrosse, and volleyball.

A Place for Caregiving: LISC Strengthens Housing Stability for Home-Based Child Care Providers

Home-based child care providers are a lifeline for working families, yet they often face challenges with housing and financial stability. A new Q&A with LISC experts dives into their struggles, critical needs, and a pilot program supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help them thrive.

Living Resiliently: In the Wake of Hurricane Helene, LISC’s Sam Ruark Reflects

LISC’s new director of green initiatives is helping lead a groundbreaking effort to decarbonize the nation’s affordable housing and help low-income communities build resiliency in the face of the harmful impacts of climate change. Here, after personally weathering Hurricane Helene in the intentional “ecovillage” where he lives in North Carolina, Ruark paints a picture of what’s at stake, and how the planet and people can heal together.

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