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This is the third part of my three-part series on my most important tools for life, which is learning to keep the focus on myself. If you missed the previous two,…

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…

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This is part two of my series about the top three tools for managing life that I gained from 12-step recovery. If you missed part one of “Mastering the Art of Pausing” you can…

The Neighborhood Leadership Program at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is Accepting Applications

New Haven, Conn. (July 18, 2024) — Residents in New Haven, Hamden, East Haven and West Haven who are looking to make a difference in their communities…

Come one, come all, to New Haven's first ever Open Benefit: The Great Nonprofit Game Show!

An open benefit is a collaborative fundraiser. We are bringing together six different community organizations to celebrate their work and raise funds together.

Join us at ConnCorp from 5:30-8:30 on Saturday, September 28th for our main attraction, a friendly yet fierce…

• Teachers MUST RSVP to attend. You can arrive at any time between 12pm and 5:30pm. Check out will begin promptly at 5:45pm.
• Sign up for a field trip to New Haven Reads during the school year. More information about our field trip program will be available during the event.…

Join us at an upcoming public workshop! Our next workshop is a virtual workshop on Zoom on July 30, 2024 from 5:30pm-7pm.

Register here: https://newhavenct.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrf-2hqz4qHdPN37wKnqfomEfq39fgFhKK

At this workshop, special guest IfeMichelle Gardin will lead participants in creative writing and visual art imagining New Haven's future.

Please help us get the…

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This is part one of my series about the top three tools I learned about in 12-step recovery. Mind you, I have an entire tool shed of tools now, thanks to recovery. But these three have…

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Since doing the 12-step recovery, I now have the ability to look back at my life before recovery and see it with crystal clarity in a way that was just not possible before. I’m frequently able to look back at various situations and see: here's what I was…

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Seek and ye shall find. We all know this is true. When we look for happy joyful things, we find them. When we look for evidence that there is evil all around us, we find it. Same world, but our lens is different.

This is…

Featuring the work of Roberta Friedman, Joyce Greenfield, Sheila Kaczmarek, Kathy Kane

By definition, Praxis means “the process by which a theory, lesson or skill is enacted, embodied, realized, applied, or put into practice.” It is the act of engaging, applying, exercising, realizing, or practicing…

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In my boundaries coaching business, I coach some pretty high-powered women. There's an enormous toll on them personally, professionally, physically, psychologically, emotionally and financially. There are many factors that lead to this, but it’s mainly because…

A new online resource called …

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We have certain instincts that we’re born with. They’re natural and are supposed to be there. These are things like security, self-esteem, and personal relationships. But what happens for many of us is that these…

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Yesterday a client told me her soon-to-be ex-wife called her “juvenile.” I wrote back “projection.” This was in response to my client asking to have their child’s car seat set up in her ex’s car according to the safety…

NOTE: This article is 2 years old, the current situation is even more urgent than in 2022.

Even before the pandemic and nationwide racial justice demonstrations gripped the nation in 2020, “climate philanthropy” was rapidly expanding and evolving, with large foundations and mega-donors pledging billions of additional dollars to address the climate crisis. With an estimated $125 trillion of climate investment needed by 2050 to decarbonize the world economy,…

Hamden, CT May 2024 – Interfaith Volunteer Care Givers of Greater New Haven (IVCG), a dedicated non-profit organization committed to serving seniors, many with visual impairments, is thrilled to announce the receipt of a generous $10,000 grant from the Albert Zunder Fund at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. This significant contribution will be instrumental in advancing our mission to continue providing and improving services that empower our senior community members…

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Spoiler alert! People usually get offended when you set boundaries with them because they don't have healthy boundaries themselves!! That means if you're getting offended when other…

Join us at an upcoming public workshop! We will be at Edgewood Magnet on June 4th.

All workshops will include activities for children, food, and an option to participate on Zoom if you are unable to attend in person. At this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to give feedback on the topical working groups for the plan. And stay tuned for a virtual workshop in late July!

Please help us get the word out to your friends, family, and neighbors!…

An Exhibition of Fiber Art by Jennifer Davies and Paintings by Liz Hawkes deNiord

Amicizia, meaning friendship in Italian, is the perfect word for an exhibit by friends Jennifer Davies and Liz Hawkes deNiord, whose long arc of friendship and art-making has spanned more than 50 years. AMICIZIA: THE LONG ARC,…