Very insightful article on the economic state of Black America by McKinsey & Company.
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For as long as I can remember, leadership was the expectation. If you wanted to move up in the world, you had to be a leader: in school, at work, in your extracurriculars. Leadership was the golden ticket, and the more opportunities you took, the closer you’d get to owning the whole chocolate factory.
From a young age, I had my eye out for those golden tickets. Whenever there was a leadership opportunity at school or in my extracurriculars, I would jump at it. As I grew older, work was no different. Anytime I saw an opportunity to show that I was leadership material, I would tackle it.
Continue reading: https://www.fastcompany.com/90647861/dont-want-to-be-a-leader-heres-how-to-develop-other-career-opportunities
Important changes to the Child Tax Credit will help many families get advance payments of the Child Tax Credit starting in the summer of 2021.
The IRS will pay half the total credit amount in advance monthly payments. You will claim the other half when you file your 2021 income tax return. We’ll make the first advance payment on July 15, 2021. For a full schedule of payments, see When will the IRS begin issuing the advance Child Tax Credit?
Who Should Use This Tool
Use this tool to report your qualifying children born before 2021 if you:
- Are not required to file a 2020 tax return, didn’t file one and don’t plan to; and
- Have a main home in the United States for more than half of the year.
Also, if you did not get the full amounts of the first and second Economic Impact Payment, you may use this tool if you:
- Are not required to file a 2020 tax return, didn’t file and don’t plan to, and
- Want to claim the 2020 Recovery Rebate Credit and get your third Economic Impact Payment.
Do not use this tool if you:
- Filed or plan to file a 2020 tax return; or
- Claimed all your dependents on a 2019 tax return, including by reporting their information in 2020 using the Non-Filers: Enter Payment Info Here tool; or
- Were married at the end of 2020 unless you use the tool with your spouse and include your spouse’s information; or
- Are a resident of a U.S. territory; or
- Do not have a main home in the United States for more than half the year and, if you are married, your spouse does not have a main home in the United States for more than half the year; or
- Do not have a qualifying child who was born before 2021 and had a Social Security number issued before May 17, 2021.
CHEFA Announces FY 2022 Targeted Grant Program Letter of Interest RFP for Statewide Workforce Development opens today!
Attention CT Workforce Development Providers: Nonprofit organizations, and public educational institutions as defined under C.G.S. §10a-1, will be eligible to apply for the FY 2022 CHEFA Targeted Grant Program through a Letter of Interest (LOI) RFP. The focus for the program will be statewide workforce development; programs must be operational in at least three Connecticut counties in order to be eligible. A particular emphasis will be on programs that do not receive federal and other government funding or fill gaps in federal/government funding. The LOI will open on June 14, 2021, with a due date of July 12, 2021.
Due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, CHEFA will utilize a LOI process, prior to a full application process. After a thorough committee review of all LOIs, a group of organizations will be invited to submit full applications. All organizations will be notified of results of invitation to apply, or declination by August 30, 2021.
The RFP guidelines and instructions for applying are included here.
For more information, please contact Betty Sugerman Weintraub, Grant Program Manager at bweintraub@chefa.com or 860-761-8428. #workforcedevelopment
1000+ square feet of lovely office/multi-purpose space is available for rent at Christian Community Action's newly renovated facility at 660 Winchester Avenue. This lower-level space features a private entrance, private kitchen & bath, large common room, and several generous storage areas. Rental includes shared access to an on-site conference room, 24/7 on-site superintendent, and other shared facilities & services. Ideal renter will be a not-for-profit with a mission that complements the services CCA is providing on-site to families in transition, but any compatible use will be considered. For photos, please see this link: https://www.farnamgroup.com/homes-for-sale-details/660-WINCHESTER-AVENUE-FRONT-LOWE-NEW-HAVEN-CT-06511/170399281/17/. ; Asking $1500/month, OBO.
For more info contact Rebecca Weiner, Betsy Grauer Realty, 203-687-8227.
Continuum is Seeking Direct Support Professionals in Eastern CT! Work with adults dually diagnosed with mental illness and developmental disabilities, such as autism, in a residential setting (Sprague, Lebanon or Norwich) that supports independence, skill learning, and community connection.
- Competitive Wages
- Excellent Benefits
- Ongoing Training
- Culturally Diverse
- Safe Workplace
Contact Ebony Rainge, Director at erainge@continuumct.org or visit www.ContinuumCT.org/Careers to apply.
New Haven Board of Education members have a chance of getting an A, but they will have to work for it.
They face tough grading from students involved in the New Haven Climate Movement. The students promise to dole out As only if the board spends $6.6 million in federal aid on climate education and upgrades.
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/youth_climate_activists_grade_ed_board/
The Universal Healthcare Foundation of CT is recruiting for a Program Officer for Health Justice. This is a new role created in 2021 in recognition of the out-sized impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and demand for racial and economic justice. The position will work with the President, Director of Program and Policy, and other foundation staff and the board of directors to develop and implement the foundation's grantmaking, capacity building and convening.
Applications should be sent to Lynn Ide at lide@universalhealthct.org. More details are included in the attached document.
Please share with your networks! UHCF%20Position%20Description%20Program%20Officer%20for%20Health%20Justice%20%281%29.pdf
Hey Greater New Haven Emerging Nonprofit Leaders! The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (CT) is entering its last week to recruit for its new BIPOC Cohort for Nonprofit Leadership.
This comprehensive program is for currently employed nonprofit staff of color who work for nonprofit organizations serving Greater New Haven and who aspire to senior leadership positions in the local nonprofit sector.
This will be a two-year experience that provides in-depth nonprofit leadership and management development, general operating support for participating nonprofits, a comprehensive organizational assessment, networking, and mentoring/coaching support.
The application deadline is Friday, June 4. By July 16, 2021, 10 people will be chosen for the cohort, based on career goals in nonprofit leadership and management in Greater New Haven.
Learn more, help spread the word to your networks! #racialequity #nonprofitleadership #socialjustice
BIPOC Cohort for Nonprofit Leadership - The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (cfgnh.org)
I sit here every day,
Looking at the sky
Ever wondering why
I dream my dreams away
And I'm living for today
In my mind's eye.
These opening lines from a 1966 hit single by UK rock band Small Faces could very well have been written to describe our experience of 2020. Instead, they serve as introduction to Sheila Kaczmarek’s show SMALL FACES AND SHADOWS, on view at City Gallery from Saturday, June 5 until Sunday, June 27. Visitors can meet Kaczmarek, a founding member of City Gallery, on June 5, June 6, and June 27.
SMALL FACES AND SHADOWS comprises six mixed-media collages incorporating silk tissue and inks. In each, Kaczmarek creates the appearance of layers and indistinct shapes and shadows. Some of the clay forms were pit fired to give unexpected results, then incorporated randomly in the body of the work. Two handmade paper paintings began as an experiment for Kaczmarek and lend an element of surprise to the show, as do the (small) faces of five clay heads and masks.
While the show's title may have been inspired by two 1960s rock bands, the work in this exhibit is very much a reflection of our 2020 pandemic experience: indistinct, unexpected, random, experiment, surprise.
As an added bonus for Gallery visitors, founding member Jane Harris will be showing several of her recent sketch books. Harris, a long-time friend and collaborator with Kaczmarek, received a B.A. from Brown University, studied at The Art Students League of New York, apprenticed with designer Lester Beall, and worked on the staff of Apparel Arts (Esquire) and Harper’s Bazaar. She’s been featured in solo and collaborative installations at Silvermine Guild Art Center (New Canaan, CT), New Britain Museum of American Art, and the John Slade Ely House, among others.
Kaczmarek studied art at St. Martin’s School of Art, London; UCLA, California; and the Academie des Beaux Arts, Brussels. She has taught art for over 20 years. She is a founding member of City Gallery, President of the Guilford Art League, and served on the Board of the New Haven Paint and Clay Club. She works with mixed media, including transferred photographic images. Her interest lies in both the process of layering and in stripping away surfaces. She apprenticed in the ceramic studio of the Guilford Art Center for five years. Her work with clay incorporates paint, metal and encaustic wax. Most recently, she has been intrigued by the complexity and unexpected nature of assembling multiple organic forms.
SMALL FACES AND SHADOWS is free and open to the public, and runs June 5 - June 27, 2021. Visitors can Meet the Artist on June 5, 6 and 27, from 2PM - 4PM. City Gallery is located at 994 State Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Modified gallery hours are Friday - Sunday, 1pm - 4 pm, or by appointment. The number of visitors is limited to 4 at a time. All visitors are required to wear a mask and observe social distancing protocols. For further information please contact City Gallery, info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.
We are looking for Volunteers for Friday May 21st 1:30-5pm for CT Food Bank Distribution at Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center 428 Columbus Ave in parking lot. Please contact me at rmoody@cornellscott.org if you would like to volunteer. Thanks
“The State of Early Childhood During the COVID-19 Pandemic" examines the structural barriers to access, quality, and stability of early child care in Connecticut.
And as the pandemic has highlighted, without child care many families are forced to withdraw from the workforce or struggle to make ends meet. In the report, we outline steps the state can take to move Connecticut to a system of universal access to high-quality early child care for all children and families.
Read the #JustResearch: http://ow.ly/iHSS50EOk7F
Read the #JustFacts: http://ow.ly/Gpxg50EOk7E
Come join our proud team of community health heroes!
FHCHC will be holding a job fair at our Shoreline Family Health Care location, 221 West Main Street in Branford. The job fair will be on Saturday May, 22nd from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm.
Please see flyer for more details.
On Monday, May 10th, the FDA approved emergency use of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 15.
Fair Haven Community Health Care is offering walk-up COVID vaccinations at Wilbur Cross High School, 181 Mitchell Drive in New Haven. Our vaccine clinic will be taking walk-ups Tuesday to Friday, from 10 am to 2 pm. Please note that children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult to their vaccination.
You can also make an appointment for a COVID vaccine here.
Unaccompanied children refugees arriving in American is not a new immigrant story. In this 2017 Interview, remaster for podcast, Terry Gomez Lombardi speaks with Georgian Lussier, MidLifeMatter Host about her personal Operation Pedro Pan story.
Terry's story starts with life in Cuba under Fidel Castro. Learn why her mother decided to send her away. What happens when she arrives as a refugee. The Foster Family & school experience and what qualities helped her emerge from adversity.
Continuum is hiring! Apply now for rewarding work in behavioral health: https://www.continuumct.org/careers
- Competitive Salary
- Excellent Benefits
- Training
- Culturally Diverse
- Safe Workplace
New Reach values the input of its stakeholders. As such, we are implementing a survey to get feedback from our stakeholders on how satisfied they are with New Reach’s communication and services.
The survey results are anonymous. New Reach leadership will review the results of the surveys and assess if any policy/procedures/strategies need to be changed or created. We are asking everyone to complete the online survey by the end of the day on Wednesday May 19th.
Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VSN69J6
The “Great Give 2021” community fundraiser passed the $3 million mark as it ended its final hour — but no begins an overtime period in which New Haven can help break a $3.6 million record...
https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/great_give_aims_to_top_3.6m/
Thank you donors, nonprofit boards, volunteers and staff for participating. Thank you also to The New Haven Independent. The Valley Independent and WNHH FM for promoting The Great give 2021.
Maybe we’ve been going about it all wrong. Whenever people ask me the above question, they tend to want some action-oriented answers such as “publicize job postings in ethnic media,” “provide childcare and transportation for board meetings,” “have a clear equity and diversity statement,” “provide more than just hummus, baby carrots, and a few cans of La Croix at meetings, especially if it’s around dinner time!” etc. These technical things are necessary but they’re not sufficient. Diversity is complex, and making a few technical changes is not going to cut it. If you’ve been having trouble diversifying your board, staff, fundraising committee, conference planning team, or whatever, here are a few things to reflect on, based on conversations I’ve had with colleagues from various diverse backgrounds:..
GreenWave is a New Haven-based nonprofit organization that trains and supports regenerative ocean farmers. We work with farmers to launch and scale their businesses through a mix of training and innovation. Our high-and-low touch training ranges from an online seed-to-sale Ocean Farming Toolkit and region-specific workshops to hands-on internships and participation in our farmer support network.
We're seeking a Development Assistant to expand our development team as we grow our funding base in support of the organization’s goal to rapidly scale program delivery over the next 4 years.
Primary responsibilities:
-Provide administrative and donor relations support
-Manage and analyze donor data and communications
-Conduct donor research
-Generate donor acknowledgment materials
-Provide support on proposals and reports.
This full-time position will be based in New Haven, CT or Brooklyn, NY.
Accepting applications through May 7.
