Fair Haven Community Health Care is offering free walk-up vaccine appointments, Tuesday to Friday from 10 am to 2 pm. The vaccine clinic is located at Wilbur Cross High School,181 Mitchell Drive in New Haven. Open to all CT residents. Pfizer vaccine-ages 16+. Please note 16 and 17 years old must be accompanied by an adult.
This year, Continuum is celebrating Autism Acceptance Month by highlighting four incredible people on the autism spectrum who embody the power of neurodiversity.
May their stories inspire you to celebrate differences – the Autism Society of America's theme this year.
View the full poster with clickable links here: https://www.continuumct.org/newsItem/autism-acceptance-month.
Concepts for Adaptive Learning (CfAL) has received a sizable donation of computer equipment that is more geared to supporting businesses than residents. We would like to offer these computers to small nonprofits that may be in need of computer resources.
Organizations must be nonprofits organizations (501(c)(3)) providing services in the New Haven area, and must be available to pick-up. We are hoping you can help us reach out to organizations that may be able to use these devices for their staff – but cannot be provided to organizations’ constituents. (Constituents are eligible to receive computers directly from CfAL through our computer training program.)
We have 20 computers that can be prepared and ready in the next few weeks. Computers will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please let us know if you know of any small nonprofits that would benefit from these computers. Each nonprofit is limited to receiving no more than four (4) devices. Here is a description of the hardware:
HP EliteDesk 800 G1 TWR
Two 1TB hard drives
4 slots of ram, 16 GB of DDR3 RAM
4th generation Intel i5 processor
320 w power supply
10 USB ports (4 front 6 back)
DVD drive
Approximate value: $250 (estimate only)
Please share this information with organizations you believe might be interested. Any questions can be sent by email to Jim Mitchell (jmitchell@cfalct.org) and Alex Cushman (acushman@cfalct.org). Please be sure to copy BOTH individuals on all correspondence. We’re excited to support other nonprofits…we are stronger together!
In our seventh episode of the Voices of Local Leaders series, we interview Henry Slomba, a local high school student, artist and amateur astronomer. As highlighted by every science educator in this interview series, the use of art is a really powerful approach to engage people into science, particularly youth. And Henry is a great example of that. Fascinated by science fiction and fantasy, he discovered the marvels of the cosmos during middle school. As his interest in Astronomy grew, Henry started exploring the night sky through his telescope lenses around his neighborhood, an open invitation to the curiosity of people walking down the street or just passing by. Even though everyone admires the stars and the Moon, Henry finds really rewarding to see the excitement of people’s faces when they are able to see details of the lunar surface or even other #planets for the first time in their lives. We really praise Henry for his enthusiasm in sharing his Astronomy knowledge with his neighbors and sparking their curiosity about the cosmos!
Check the full interview at: https://scienceyourself.org/en/blog/2021/interview-with-henry-slomba
In our sixth episode of the Voices of Local Leaders series, we interview Nikki Saccoccia, an environmental educator working as the Schooner Camp Director and Preserves Coordinator for Gather New Haven. Nikki grew up in Connecticut and has always been fascinated by natural sciences and education. Through middle-school and high-school, she got involved in several initiatives to learn more about field research and help researchers in their work, including volunteer opportunities and internship across the state like mapping invasive species, tagging geese and butterflies, and catching dragonflies and damselflies. Using hands-on, outdoor experiences that combine arts and natural sciences, Nikki creates learning opportunities that foster a deep relationship between kids and adults with the environment.
Check the full interview at: https://www.scienceyourself.org/en/blog/2021/interview-with-nikki-saccoccia
TechSoup is launching a new initiative, through the generosity of the Truist Foundation, to engage a cohort of nonprofit organizations to help them use technology to adapt to the challenges presented by COVID-19, and deliver vital services to their communities both now and well into the future. The value to be received by participant organizations is up to $10,000. Click here to apply.
Connecticut is creating a plan to prepare the state for climate change. Decision-makers must hear from you to best support your community. Researchers at the Vermont Law School and Yale University want to aid that communication. Over the coming weeks their team will run focus groups on equity, health, transportation, safety, and other issues in the context of climate change. In these groups, you can share your experiences and stand up for your needs. Your insight is key for advising how the state's plan can best serve your community. Compensation for your time is offered. Click on the link below for more information:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdVExcSmiiErzOKp-eOd7_66BQY9xnfMqtFEEkcAF6fItkRIQ/viewform
Editor’s Notes: The Nonprofit Quarterly’s new editor in chief, Cyndi Suarez, launches a new podcast series today featuring women of color in leadership. Through candid, in-depth interviews, listeners will come to understand how these women embarked on their paths to leadership, how their leadership styles have evolved over the years, how they envision their work now, and what they hope to see for their fellow women of color leaders.
“I’m noticing that women of color have been moving into key leadership positions in the nonprofit sector, including philanthropy,” Suarez explains in inaugural podcast. “Some of us are leading predominantly white organizations, often with the charge of transitioning them to more racially just design and practices.” Other leaders of color, like Amoretta Morris, direct organizations that are by and for people of color. Morris, who kicks off this series, is the newly installed president at Borealis Philanthropy.
Monday, April 5th from 6 PM – 7:30 PM: a panel discussion to launch Connecticut's 3rd annual Health Equity week: “The Path to Health Equity in Connecticut.” To register click here.
Tuesday, April 6th at 6 PM: Join Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut (CONECT) for a discussion on Race, Ethnicity, & Language (REL) data. To register click here.
Thursday, April 8th at 4:30 PM: Join the Ministerial Health Fellowship, Make the Road CT, and CT Students for a Dream for a discussion about HUSKY Health programs with a segment on the COVID vaccine. More details can be found here https://fb.me/e/17cDpyy87.
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“My Balloons don’t float (excerpt),” Helen HatesPeas
Excerpted from Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries: New Tools to End Hunger by Katie Martin. Copyright © 2021 by Katie Martin. Reproduced by permission of Island Press, Washington, DC. The following section draws from portions of Chapter 3, “A Paradigm Shift in How We Talk about Hunger,” pp. 46–50, 52–53...
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/moving-beyond-the-scarcity-mindset
In our fifth episode of the Voices of Local Leaders series, we interview Adrian Huq, a young environmental activist with strong roots in New Haven. As a middle school student in the area, Adrian already cared deeply about the environment and would go out of their way to improve recycling efforts and reduce food waste at school. In high school, at the Metropolitan Business Academy, Adrian had the opportunity to engage with their school community about environmental issues and started organizing youth-led climate strikes and other initiatives, which led them to co-found the ‘New Haven Climate Movement’ and coordinate the youth internship at the ‘Climate Health Education Project’ . Based on solid scientific evidence about the impact of human actions on global climate, Adrian’s activism creates awareness of these issues and pressures local communities and policymakers to advance plans for broad climate education across the city and potential solutions to mitigate human impacts. Adrian inspires other young students to take action and is definitely helping New Haven move in the environmentally right direction!
Check the full interview at: https://www.scienceyourself.org/en/blog/2021/interview-with-adrian-huq
Let your voice be heard and testify in support the PROTECT Act, our bill that will eliminate solitary confinement and mandate external oversight over the Department of Correction! You can register for the testimony and learn more here.
To create public works that truly serve our shared experience, we must maintain that community organizers and city-appointed art directors are sitting at the table as peers, not outweighed by power or pedigree but rather equalized by their lived experience.
Imagine that public space put the ideas of the artist at its center, with urban transformation, public infrastructure, and civic architecture as its foundation. In such a space, creative culture would be championed by the public and be financially supported by those who understand that art is essential to social advancement. In that world, hasty cycles of development would become more thoughtful, collaborative civic movements that represent people from all backgrounds and abilities...
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/public-art-the-case-for-a-cultural-heart-transplant ;
Please join Health Equity Solutions and panelists to launch Connecticut's 3rd annual Health Equity week on April 5th at 6 PM. Health Equity Week is a week-long annual campaign created to bring awareness and start conversations on advancing health equity throughout the state of Connecticut.
Moderator, Tekisha Dwan Everette, PhD - Executive Director, Health Equity Solutions
Panelist, Nichelle A. Mullins, JD - President & CEO, Charter Oak Health Center
Panelist, Steven Hernández, JD - Executive Director, The Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity & Opportunity
Panelist, Wizdom Powell, PhD, MPH - Director, UConn Health Disparities Institute
This event will be recorded. Can't make the live webinar? RSVP anyway and we'll send you a recording afterward.
To register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5bGqiZURSp-TEOGSfDi-CQ
In our fourth episode of the Voices of Local Leaders series, we interview Dr. Gale Ridge, a concert pianist that became an insect researcher at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Although Dr. Ridge’s specialty is bedbug’s behavior, she has helped solve several bug-related mysteries, from intercontinental transportation of exotic insects, to forensic entomology in murder cases, to mental disorders in which patients believe they are being fed on by insects. As she points out in the interview, her curiosity and attention to detail have been prevalent in her life and are a driving force that facilitated her crossover from working on the theater stage to the microscope in her laboratory. Her passion for six-legged creatures and her compassion for learners and patients in distress are inspiring and will make you want to learn more about her work!
Check the full interview at: https://www.scienceyourself.org/en/blog/2021/interview-with-dr-gale-ridge
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“A Journey of Discovery (detail),” Scrappy Annie
Editor’s Note, March 2021: To mark the first edition of NPQ’s Economic Democracy Weekly, I thought it would be appropriate to revise and abridge an early article from July 6, 2018, when NPQ’s economic justice initiative had just formally begun. A lot has changed since then, and yet the issues that motivate NPQ’s economic justice program have only worsened—especially growing income and wealth inequality. At the same time, democratic alternatives have grown in strength.
Through it all, we have tracked these developments—and with the new newsletter, we look forward to continuing our work in these areas in even greater breadth and depth.—SD
“We are suffering not from the rheumatics of old age, but…from the painfulness of readjustment between one economic period and another.”
—John Maynard Keynes, Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren, 1930
As the quote above from John Maynard Keynes reminds us, this is not the first time the economy has faced upheaval. Keynes wrote at the beginning of the Great Depression, following the rise of record-setting economic inequality—records that in the US would hold for more than 80 years, until our time...
In our third episode of the Voices of Local Leaders series, we interview Gammy Moses, an environmental educator currently working as the extended day PM coordinator at the Elm City Montessori school. Gammy has been connecting young students and their parents to accessible, open green spaces around New Haven for the last 16 years. Through references to his childhood in the island of Dominica, spending as much time outdoors as possible and following the musical steps of his father, we can easily understand and admire his passion for environmental and outdoor education. Using captivating lessons that combine arts, rhythm, and movements with nature exploration, Gammy engages our youth in learning about science and taking action to protect our environment. There is absolutely no doubt that Gammy is an inspiration to how we should work together and teach our children.
Check the full interview at:: https://www.scienceyourself.org/en/blog/2021/interview-with-gammy-moses
On March 11th, we launched our promotion campaign which includes billboards on I-84 and I-95 as well as digital ads, targeted mailings, and bus ads. Check out coverage from our presser yesterday in front of NHCC.
The Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED) is the nation’s first mayor led guaranteed income demonstration. Launched in February 2019 by former Mayor Michael D. Tubbs, SEED gave 125 randomly selected residents $500/month for 24 months. The cash was completely unconditional, with no strings attached and no work requirements.
Aiming to test a simple yet innovative solution to poverty and inequality, SEED’s preliminary findings show how just $500 a month can provide the dignity and agency that everyone deserves.
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W. Kamau Bell shares why he joined THE CONVERSATION, “I want to be part of getting our people vaccinated and healthy. Too often we don’t get access to healthcare, and I would hate it if we don’t get access at this critical time. So, I have to be a part of the solution here.”
