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With proper treatment and a wide range of support, people with serious mental illness can maintain their independence and lead productive lives.
On a typical day, Fellowship Place offers this broad support to more than 150 people who visit the campus for meals, case management, and other activities such as working in community gardens courses. Clients can also receive job skills and employment assistance. The career development office annually works with more than 200 individuals.
A recent multi-year grant from The Community Foundation helped Fellowship Place sustain its operations during a time when its state funding was cut. Continue
SERVING ON NEW HAVEN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS -
A USER’S GUIDE TO THE PROCESS
by New Haven Votes Coalition (www.newhavenvotes.org)
Did you know that New Haven has over 40 different volunteer boards and commissions? Being on a City board or commission is a great way to serve your community while developing civic knowledge and leadership skills. The following user's guide leads you through the process of applying, getting appointed and confirmed.
Step 1: What are you interested in? Review the list of Boards and Commissions and see which ones have vacancies. https://www.newhavenct.gov/gov/depts/comm/listed/default.htm (Please note: this list is often out of date so don’t give up if you don’t see any vacancies on the board/commission of your choice.) Find one (or more) that you are interested in. You may want to attend one of their meetings before committing yourself. Contact the chair and let them know you are interested in possibly serving on the board. |
Step 2: Applying: fill out the application form and submit it to the mayor’s office: |
Step 3: Contact your Alder (Who’s my alder? https://www.newhavenct.gov/gov/depts/alders/list_of_alders.htm) and tell them you are interested in serving on a board/commission. Ask them to write a letter of support for you to the mayor’s office. |
Step 4: Follow-up: contact the mayor’s office to make sure they received your application. Maria Melendez, mmelendez@newhavenct.gov, (203) 946-7680 |
Step 5: Appointment: you receive a letter in the mail from the Mayor saying you’ve been appointed. Congrats! |
Step 6: Confirmation: you will be asked to appear before the Aldermanic Affairs Committee of the Board of Alders to be confirmed. PLEASE DO NOT MISS YOUR HEARING. The mayor’s office will help you understand the expectations for this hearing and what kinds of questions you will be asked by the committee. |
Step 7: After the Aldermanic Affairs Committee votes to support your confirmation, the nomination will be sent to the full Board of Alders for approval. This may take a few weeks. |
Step 8: You are confirmed by the Board of Alders! That’s it -- you are a city official! |
Step 9: Fill out and submit a conflicts-of-interest disclosure form. Start attending your meetings! |
Position Title: Executive Director
Organization: CitySeed
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
About CitySeed
CitySeed is a dynamic, community-based nonprofit organization based in New Haven, Connecticut, whose mission is to engage the community in growing an equitable, local food system that promotes economic development, community development, and sustainable agriculture.
From its beginning, CitySeed has worked to address structural barriers to accessing local, healthy food while supporting the viability of farming in Connecticut and inclusive economic growth in the community.
Our values include:
1) supporting community rights to access healthy and culturally-appropriate food and recognizing the know-how, celebration, and/or history that each community member brings to food and cooking;
2) dismantling privilege, oppression, and racism in the food system;
3) collaborating with community partners on food justice and inclusive growth projects and to leverage resources and programming to better serve the community at large.
CitySeed’s programs work together to support its mission.
- Farmers Markets are foundational to our engagement in the community and support of CT farm viability. We run the Wooster Square market in New Haven, one of the most acclaimed Farmers Markets in Connecticut, as well as a three-season market at Edgewood Park, a summer market on the Downtown New Haven Green, a summer market in Fair Haven, and in Indoor Winter Market.CitySeed Farmers Markets have one of the highest redemption rates of federal, state and local food assistance benefits in the state of Connecticut. We additionally support a Mobile Market, operated by Common Ground High School, which acts as a farmstand on wheels, bringing local produce to neighborhoods across New Haven with limited access. Through our markets we also offer a range of cooking education and other activities.
- CitySeed Incubates delivers wraparound food business incubation services for early-stage food entrepreneurs, providing mentorship and training, making connections to local farmers, and offering resources, including shared commercial kitchen space, to help businesses succeed. CitySeed Incubates aims to remove barriers to food entrepreneurship for all, supporting leadership by people of color and immigrant food entrepreneurs, and strengthening our local food system. We offer affordable access to shared commercial kitchen space, and run a 12-week Food Business Accelerator, an in-depth training and mentorship program aimed at supported equitable food-oriented development.
- Sanctuary Kitchenprogram was launched by CitySeed in 2017, partnering with immigrant and refugee chefs to build economic opportunity and intercultural understanding through food. We facilitate immigrant-led culinary events, and run a catering social enterprise that offers employment and professional development opportunities for rising chefs and food entrepreneurs.
- The New Haven Food Policy Council(NHFPC), a volunteer, advisory commission of the City of New Haven that advocates for healthy food for all New Haven residents, was founded and is supported by CitySeed. The NHFPC seeks to encourage the community at large and legislators to enact positive policy changes that will build a more just food system. CitySeed also offers fiscal administration to the Council and programmatic support to the Master Cooks Corps program, run by Global Local Gourmet, which operates in cooperation with the NHFPC’s Working Group on Cooking & Food Education. These cooks from within the community are peer-based educators trained to teach culturally relevant, affordable, healthy cooking across New Haven.
For more information about our organization and our work, please see: www.cityseed.org
Opportunity
CitySeed seeks a dynamic, mindful, and entrepreneurial leader who is both inspired and inspiring. We seek someone with creative ideas for how to evolve and support the organization so that we keep growing to meet our mission.
Position Summary
The Executive Director (ED) will be responsible for the consistent achievement of CitySeed’s mission, values, strategic priorities, policies, programs, and financial objectives. The ED will formulate and recommend to the Board strategic, business, operational plans, and budgets. They will directly manage and work with the Director of Operations in the design and implementation of specific programs, initiatives, and actions. They will directly lead the development effort and participate actively in all development events and activities. This position reports to the Board of Directors.
Professional Qualifications
The successful candidate will have one or more of the following:
- Significant experience in managing an initiative, department and/or organization with responsibility for planning, fiscal controls, revenue generation and community relations or related relevant experience
- Experience with social enterprise, equitable food-oriented development, and/or food entrepreneurship
- Experience in raising funds, developing strategic fundraising programs and expanding development efforts
- Strong financial management skills and knowledge of the fundraising and investment landscape that can support our work
- Strong public relations skills
- Passion for social justice, agriculture, community organizing, or food system work
- Excellent listening, facilitation, and analysis skills
Essential Duties and Responsibilities of the ED include, but are not limited to the following:
Strategy & Planning
- Works with the Board, staff, and partners as necessary, to develop, fund, and execute a strategic plan defining the future direction of CitySeed
- Develops long-range income streams, annual budgets, and program plans based on priorities, strategies, and measurable outcomes in collaboration with the Board, Director of Operations, and relevant partners
Development and Public Relations
- Drives an overall fundraising strategy to raise money from individual donors, foundations, corporations, and the government
- Cultivates and stewards individual and institutional donors
- Oversees all grant-writing and grant reporting for the organization
- Explores innovative earned revenue opportunities to further diversify and strengthen CitySeed’s fiscal wellbeing and sustainability
- Manages all fundraising, public relations, and marketing activities, with Board and staff
- Serves as lead representative and spokesperson for CitySeed to all media, government agencies, and community partners
- Establishes and nurtures intentional, diverse, and collaborative relationships with other organizations to further food access and justice
Management
- Evaluates all CitySeed plans, programs, activities and procedures with regard to their purpose, sustainability and impact on the organization and community
- Ensures compliance, at all levels, with CitySeed’s policies and procedures as well as federal, state and local laws
- With the Director of Operations, hires, trains, supervises, evaluates and reviews performance of staff in accordance with CitySeed’s personnel policies
- Leads and nurtures a strong staff, building relationships with social justice, trust, responsibility and accountability for optimal partnership and cohesion within CitySeed
- Promotes effective, consistent, and inclusive communications, internally and externally, to ensure cooperation and collaboration between staff and community to support CitySeed’s work
Finance
- Recommends an annual budget for Board review and approval
- Ensures adequate funding raised to operate the organization and to maintain a solvent financial position
- Maintains the implementation of a sound fiscal management and accounting system that includes budgeting, accounting, reporting and auditing activities, ensuring that appropriate fiscal controls and procedures are in place to ensure transparency and accountability
Governance
- Fosters Board relationships and overall Board effectiveness in concert with the Board leadership
- Provides support for the Board’s oversight and fiduciary responsibilities
- Recommends policy for Board review and action and implements the Board’s policy decisions
- Works with and supports the Board President and Governance Committee in mobilizing the Board committees and is present on all appropriate standing and ad-hoc committees
Compensation and Benefits
This is a full-time position that reports to the Board of the Directors. Competitive salary and benefits including vacation, sick, and holiday time. Benefits and salary are negotiable commensurate on skills and experience.
Equal Opportunity Employer
CitySeed is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to the recruitment and retention of staff that is reflective of communities we work with.
To Apply
Please send resume, cover letter, and three contacts for reference including name, email and relationship/relevance to you to: jobs@cityseed.org. Inquiries may be also directed to jobs@cityseed.org.
Please apply by AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
(CNN)Greta Thunberg has become a household name since she began her climate strikes in 2018, inspiring thousands of students to walk out of class and demand action on the climate crisis.
The 16-year-old Swede recently appeared on "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah," met with Barack Obama and delivered a fiery speech this month to world leaders at the United Nations.
And she has company. Around the globe, young people are sounding the alarm on climate change and environmental issues by organizing rallies and confronting policymakers.
Meet five others who are leading the fight...
In August, the nightmares start.
Every teacher experiences the excitement, worry and sometimes dread as the first day of school approaches. It’s a combination of Christmas Eve and April 14.
Like most teachers, I spent my summer carefully crafting lesson plans. I spent weeks reading YA books and worked diligently on creating a week’s worth of team building activities to start the year with a positive classroom environment.
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A cheerful, clean, safe, and reliable place to eat is not a privilege but a human right. Community Soup Kitchen been guided by that belief for more than four decades, serving regular meals to our hungriest neighbors at churches and other locations in New Haven. A recent general operating support grant from The Community Foundation helped Community Soup Kitchen sustain its operations and plan for the future. #InspirationMonday
Learn more about Community Soup Kitchen on giveGreater.org.
Did You Know?
More than one in ten people in Greater New Haven, and 20 percent in the city of New Haven are food insecure, according to the 2019 Greater New Haven Community Index, the senior population.
New Haven, CT (January 8, 2020) - The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, the region’s permanent endowment and largest grantmaker to local nonprofits, announces the opening of several grant application processes for 2020. For complete details and links to all grant applications, visit www.cfgnh.org/grants.
Seyfarth synopsis: ADA Title III lawsuits flooded federal courts in 2019 and will likely continue to do so in 2020 with new theories for the courts to consider.
We are still tallying up the end-of-year numbers, but the number of ADA Title III lawsuits filed in federal courts by the end of November 2019 (10,206) exceeded the number of such lawsuits filed in all of 2018 (10,163). California courts continue to be the busiest with roughly 43% of the lawsuits, with New York and Florida courts taking second and third place with 24% and 18% of the market share, respectively. With plaintiffs and their lawyers constantly conjuring up new claims, businesses are not likely to see any relief from these types of suits in 2020...
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ada-title-iii-litigation-a-2019-review-66637/
Ten years have passed since my book, “The New Jim Crow,” was published. I wrote it to challenge our nation to reckon with the recurring cycles of racial reform, retrenchment and rebirth of caste-like systems that have defined our racial history since slavery. It has been an astonishing decade. Everything and nothing has changed...
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/opinion/sunday/michelle-alexander-new-jim-crow.html
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Get the 2020 Neighborhood Leadership Application here
Gathering of New Haven, East Haven, Hamden and West Haven residents interested in the NLP
Greater New Haven is made up of many distinct neighborhoods. Each has its own unique needs and opportunities. And within every neighborhood are individuals coming together to build community and address local concerns.
From block watch captains, to park cleanup volunteers, historic preservationists, business owners, community gardeners, tutors, the organizers street festivals, entrepreneurs and others, New Haven is full of resident leaders who volunteer their time and energy.
The Community Foundation has a long history of identifying and supporting community projects and supporting residents leaders who are making a difference.
The Neighborhood Leadership Program is a networking, skill building and grant program for resident leaders of New Haven, West Haven, East Haven or Hamden. We are here to support you in your efforts to create a stronger community.
If you believe in the value of community. You see an opportunity to create a change that supports community. You want to meet other people like you then you should apply. Follow the link on this page to apply.
For many people, a package of applesauce is simply a convenient lunchbox staple or a snack you turn to when you're feeling sick or can't keep much else down. But when Tunde Wey looks at applesauce, he sees a tool for social justice...
While the economic anxiety of Trump supporters is often touted as the driving force behind the mogul’s electoral college victory, that rationale is just a ruse, a clever red herring. The median income of a Trump supporter is more than $70,000 per year, which is well above the national average, and a 2016 study noted that it would take African Americans 228 years to equal the wealth of whites in the U.S. Clearly, Trump’s pathway into the Oval Office is not really about white economic angst. Rather, Barack Obama’s election — and its powerful symbolism of black advancement — was the major trigger for the policy backlash that led to Donald Trump, and which has now put America’s national security at risk...
We Love What Makes You Unique
Your perspective fuels our mission-driven work at United Way of Greater New Haven. We are committed to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience.
Who We Are Looking For
Are you a finance professional who enjoys working with colleagues from all departments and being an integral part of making an organization work? Do you find joy in making processes run more effectively and efficiently? Are you interested in managing the financial aspects of state and federal grants, and working with community organizations to build their skills? If so, our Finance Manager position may be perfect for you.
Position
The Finance Manager is a key position within our Finance Team and is involved in supporting all aspects of our mission. The successful candidate will have experience with multiple aspects of financial transactions, is detailed oriented, and thrives when multi-tasking in a fast-paced office environment. This is a full-time position (40 hrs/week) reporting to the VP of Finance and Administration.
Responsibilities
- Daily A/P and A/R functions.
- Analyze financial information detailing assets, liabilities and capital, prepare financial statements and other reports as scheduled, to summarize and interpret financial positions.
- Monitor compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, United Way Worldwide guidelines, industry best practices and company procedures.
- Document and coordinate implementation of accounting systems and accounting control procedures. Improve current processes and implement new systems for general accounting. Make recommendations regarding the accounting of assets, reserves and expenditures.
- Interacts with independent auditors, provides support for year-end audit, and assists in the preparation of the IRS Form 990.
- Lead on United Way Worldwide annual database survey and grant financial reporting.
- Performs other duties as required.
Qualifications
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree.
- Minimum five years of non-profit accounting experience with a working knowledge of non-profit accounting principles and standards, including GAAP.
- A successful track record in setting priorities; keen analytic, organization and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and relationship building skills with an ability to prioritize, negotiate, and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
- A multi-tasker with the ability to wear many hats in a fast-paced environment.
- A team player who inspires collaboration and functions decisively.
- Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and dedication to the mission of UWGNH.
Application Procedure
- Send resume, cover letter and salary requirements to employment@uwgnh.org with the following subject line: Application for Finance Manager.
- Position open until filled.
When 18-year-old Stephen A. Schwarzman, the son of a Philadelphia dry-goods store owner, entered Yale in 1965, he took his meals, like all freshmen, in the Commons, a vast, baronial dining hall in a cluster of beaux-arts colossi that the university had constructed for its bicentennial in 1901. The Commons seemed to him like “a train station full of hundreds of people eating,” he recalls in his recently published business memoir, What It Takes. “The loneliness was crushing. Everything and everyone intimidated me.”
Now Schwarzman, the multi-billionaire CEO of the Blackstone...
By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas | CT Mirror
This article was produced through a partnership between ProPublica and the Connecticut Mirror, which is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network.
The moon pulls 6-year-old Romeo Lugo to the window at night.
The autistic child loves to gaze up at it, howling like a werewolf as it rises like a luminous pearl over the horizon of city buildings and trees he sees from his second-floor apartment.
But on one particular evening four years ago, his mother, Aida, noticed something else...
In 2016, 53.9 percent of American households donated something to a legally recognized charity. This is down 1.5 percentage points from the prior wave of data in 2014, 11.5 percentage points since the Great Recession, and almost 14 percentage points from the peak level, in 2002. In other words, one in five former donors in the early waves of the study are now not giving anything to legal charities in any given year...
We Love What Makes You Unique
Your perspective fuels our mission-driven work at United Way of Greater New Haven. We are committed to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience.
Who Are We Looking For?
Are you passionate about using your marketing and engagement leadership talents as a force for good in our community? Are you the type of person who speaks up for those who need a voice? Can you tell a good story, dream up an inspiring volunteer project, and lead a team with passion? Are you ready to help us build a movement? If so, our Senior Director of Marketing and Engagement position may be perfect for you.
What You Will Do
●Your number one job is to be a passionate United Way cheerleader. If that statement gets you excited, keep reading. If not, this may not be for you. You will succeed in this position if you can build relationships within our organization and beyond. As a United Way brand ambassador, we need you to be loud and proud about your passion for United Way and our community. You will be required to work some evenings and weekends to represent United Way at our signature events, professional networking meet-ups in the region, and other community events.
●For Marketing and Volunteer Engagement, the buck stops with you. You will set the direction and manage a team focused on UWGNH’s external and internal communications as well as our volunteer engagement work. You will create and execute an annual marketing and engagement plan with your team, including managing the Marketing and Engagement budget. You will foster a culture of sharing impact stories amongst staff and with our nonprofit partners.
●You will help United Way build a movement. We’re talking about community organizing as a way to create meaningful change. LIVE UNITED is our slogan at United Way, and we want you to help us bring that to life in all aspects of our work. You will shape and lead our local, on-the-ground strategy using United Way staff and volunteers. You will foster a kinder, more connected community in this part of your work and that will feel awesome.As we turn 100 years old in 2020, you will help United Way rise up as the local organization providing moral leadership and a forum for good deeds and measurable impact for the future.
●Storytelling is key. You will interview the people United Way serves and our donors,which requires compassion and adaptability. We need you to create stories and messaging that is compelling and tangible which will in turn help drive real fundraising results. Your new ideas are a must. Producing impactful videos is a huge plus.
●You will work as part of a team. As a member of the Senior Leadership team, your vision will help the organization prioritize and think about what’s next. You will report to the President and CEO, and meet weekly with your Marketing and Engagement team. You’ll collaborate with our fundraising team to dream up new ways to reach local businesses and individuals looking to give back to the community. You will also maintain good working relationships with community, nonprofit and business leaders. And of course,there will be other duties as assigned.
●You will work as part of a team. As a member of the Senior Leadership team, your vision will help the organization prioritize and think about what’s next. You will report to the President and CEO, and meet weekly with your Marketing and Engagement team. You’ll collaborate with our fundraising team to dream up new ways to reach local businesses and individuals looking to give back to the community. You will also maintain good working relationships with community, nonprofit and business leaders. And of course,there will be other duties as assigned.
What You Need
●A positive, team-focused, can-do attitude with a commitment to excellent user experience.
●A bachelor's degree in Marketing or Communications, or equivalent work experience.
●A driver’s license and a reliable vehicle because you will need to travel throughout our region. You will be able to expense your mileage.
●Strong organizational and project management skills.
●Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate to key stakeholders and staff; strong written, public speaking and presentation skills.
●Ability to problem solve in the moment and juggle multiple priorities.
●High degree of professional integrity to deal ethically with confidential information.
●High comfort level with MS Office suite, Google apps including Gmail, and social media.
●The ability to lift 40 pound boxes to a height of 3-4 feet and load them into and out of vehicles as necessary for events and volunteer projects.
About United Way
United Way of Greater New Haven brings people and organizations together to create solutions to Greater New Haven’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Education, Health, and Financial Stability. We tackle issues that cannot be solved by any one group working alone.United Way is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
United Way of Greater New Haven brings people and organizations together to create solutions to Greater New Haven’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Education, Health, and Financial Stability. We tackle issues that cannot be solved by any one group working alone.United Way is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
How to Apply
Submit your resume and the best cover letter we’ve ever seen to employment@uwgnh.org. No phone calls, please, but we encourage you to explore uwgnh.org to learn more about what we do. The position will remain open until filled.
