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Join New Haven Healthy Start for a fun, FREE day of Zumba, face painting, hula hoop, tug-o-war, jump rope, potato sack race, community resources, free health screenings and so much more!
Lunch provided - hotdogs, hamburgers, chips! 

August 16, 2019
12-3 p.m. in Scantlebury Park, 139 Ashmun St., New Haven
More info:
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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 passionate about using your marketing and communications 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, so good that it helps us build a movement?

If so, our Communications Manager 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.

• Storytelling is key. You will interview the people United Way serves and our donors; that takes compassion and adaptability. Back at the office you will write, design, and edit content, and that requires tech savvy and project management discipline. We need a self-starter. You will help us think differently about how we get the word out about our work, and that means your new ideas are a must.

• You will be the point person for all things Marketing. You will create and execute an annual marketing plan. You will manage all of our marketing contact lists and think of new ways to grow them. You will communicate to our contacts in a consistent, segmented, and personal way. You will write all email newsletters and targeted communications. You will be the lead on creating all marketing materials such as flyers, brochures, posters, impact reports, the annual report, and more. You will serve as webmaster of UWGNH.org. That means you will write and manage content on the website, making sure it is refreshed and current. On social media, you will create the daily content needed for our major social media platforms. You will foster a culture of social media savvy amongst staff. You will manage Marketing contractors. You will manage the Marketing and Engagement budget, and track expenses. You will write press releases, talking points for big events, and help coordinate media coverage.

• You will be our in house peer to peer fundraising expert. You will research and manage peer to peer fundraising efforts on our social media and email marketing channels. You will help recruit social media influencers who will support online campaigns to raise money for a specific United Way cause that is time limited. This is new work that United Way would like to grow, and we need a Communications Manager with online fundraising knowledge.

• You will work as part of a team. You will work closely with every department at United Way. You will report to the Communications Director, and meet weekly with the 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 in the community. 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. 
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Wordpress and basic video editing
• The ability to lead peer to peer, social media, digital, and volunteer fundraising efforts.
• 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.
• Photo and video experience is a must

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.

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.

Position:

United Way of Greater New Haven seeks enthusiastic candidates interested in gaining experience in fundraising and community engagement with a top non-profit brand.  The Campaign Executive will be a member of the Resource Development Team which is responsible for partnering with local companies to raise nearly $2.5 million dollars through the annual fall United Way campaign.  You will gain valuable skills, contacts, community knowledge, and be a part of a positive and supportive team environment.

This is a seasonal position (20-30 hours weekly) from mid-August through early December (with flexibility for the ideal candidate).

The responsibilities of the Campaign Executive are as follows:

• Assist with account management of a variety of businesses in the Greater New Haven region that run United Way workplace campaigns.

• Implement workplace fundraising campaign strategies to increase revenue from  assigned accounts
• Willingness to be trained to speak and educate prospective donors on United Way programs and the value of donating to United Way
• Represent United Way at events and provide exceptional customer service

• Manage distribution and collection of United Way campaign materials to local businesses and organizations.

• Serve as a project manager on tasks and assignments related to revenue generation and donor engagement

• Manage departmental calendar and assist with processing donations.
• Assist with volunteer projects as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Good communication skills and familiarity with fundraising techniques
• Excellent organizational and project management skills
• Experience working in a professional office environment
• Intermediate Microsoft Word and Excel skills; knowledge of Google applications
• Ability to work well with a team and independently
• Own a vehicle, have a valid driver’s license and willing to travel throughout the Greater New Haven area.

Application Procedure

Interested candidates should submit a letter of interest and resume to employment@uwgnh.org. Please include “Campaign Executive” in the subject line of the email.  No phone calls will be accepted.

**United Way of Greater New Haven is an equal opportunity employer.**

Kaywin Feldman is director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. When she assumed her post this spring, as the first woman to lead the institution, she followed a nearly three-decade stint by Earl “Rusty” Powell III as the leader of a museum established in 1937 with a donation by financier and art collector Andrew W. Mellon and subsequently supported by federal and private funds. Prior to the National Gallery, Feldman served as director of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, where she created a Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts and presented exhibitions such as “Art and Healing: In the Moment,” a group show in 2018 inspired by the police-shooting death of Philando Castile in Minnesota two years earlier. She is also a past president of the Association of Art Museum Directors and a past chair of the American Alliance of Museums.,,

http://www.artnews.com/2019/07/02/national-gallery-kaywin-feldman-bryan-equal-justice-initiative-stevenson-conversation/

It is not in the cloud anywhere so the poem is elusive at the moment. It was a bit of a study of Thomas Paine and my questioning of 'What America Means to Me"? The answer I recall as "It is both sides of the coin - that I come to make - that makes America Great. "

Now I am not sure how I would define both sides. Instead, I share an image and the phrase currently on my heart.

LGBTQIA+ Organization Latest to Join Slate of Nonprofit Partners

New Haven, Conn. (June 26, 2019) – At The Community Fund for Women & Girls’ annual meeting, newly appointed Chair Karen Peart announced grant awards totaling $130,000 to 12 nonprofit partner organizations working to advance gender equity in the region. Among the grantees is the New Haven Pride Center, which is the first LGBTQIA+ organization to receive a grant from The Fund.

“These grantees are working on the front lines of gender equity and economic security and you will also find a deep commitment to inclusiveness,” said Peart. “All of the grant awards are related in some way to economic security and inclusive growth and all of them are made possible by women’s philanthropy – the generous sharing of time, talent and treasure.” Continue reading.

The Progreso Latino Fund recently convened a group at Gateway Community College to explore the intersection of the LGBTQ and Latinx communities. Gateway’s Student Government President, Monica Maldonado co-hosted the event. 

Maldonado and three other panelists shared their personal journeys as Latinx and LGBTQ persons. They included Jeremy Cajigas (Lead School Organizer for the Citywide Youth Coalition), JuanCarlos Soto (a community organizer at Planned Parenthood of Southern New England and an artist) and the Reverend Edwin Perez Jr. (who leads a bilingual contemporary worship at the United Church of Christ at United Church on the Green in New Haven). Jesus Morales Sanchez, an organizer with Unidad Latina en Accion and Connecticut Immigrant Rights Alliance, facilitated the event. Continue reading.

A visual exploration of how a critical piece of social infrastructure came to be.

Editor’s note: CityLab’s visual storyteller Ariel Aberg-Riger shares the story of how America’s public libraries came to be, and their uneven history of serving all who need them.

How can it be that, in 2019, writer Ta-Nehisi Coates was forced to give testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee that sounded like it could have been given in front of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction in 1866? How is it that, more than a century and a half after the end of the Civil War, a black man had to instruct members of the United States Congress on the rudiments of slavery and its legacies?

How can it be that, rather than participating in a national reckoning like those provided by South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, or Germany's many post-war acts of national self-reflection and atonement, America is barely humoring the idea of paying reparations to the descendants of former slaves?

Most importantly, why oh why are powerful white men still pretending to listen instead of saying what needs to be said? When will a white man sit where Coates sat yesterday and address black people in the manner he spoke to those white representatives, and by extension white America: without the buffer of mediating, academic language, bluntly, poetically, vividly, humanely and unforgivingly, eye-to-eye, person-to-person, unafraid of the truth?

Continues...

https://theweek.com/articles/848174/when-white-man-say-what-tanehisi-coates-said?fbclid=IwAR1igi3Y0x7RdTpKxdBplCnEAjQLLtIYZnwB2dyKZG8X1oOx96wmq_78lxg

The United States, unlike the rest of the industrialized world, does not guarantee workers paid time off to care for newborns. For many families, the resulting loss of income forces them take on debt and turn to public assistance. The lack of paid leave is also a major contributor to the wage and wealth gap between men and women.

That situation is about to change in Connecticut, thanks in large part to the advocacy leadership of The Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund. (CWEALF), the leader of the Connecticut Campaign for Paid Family Leave. Years of advocacy work succeeded this month when the legislature approved legislation guaranteeing 12 weeks of paid family leave in one of the most generous paid leave bills in the country.

“This is a critically important part of women’s economic security, which is at the core of CWEALF’s public policy agenda,” said CWEALF Deputy Directory Catherine Bailey.

Bailey added the new legislation helps the state compete for young workers because Connecticut is surrounded by states with paid family leave protections.

“This is also a policy that Millennials say is important to them,” says Bailey. “We have to compete to keep them here.”

The Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund. (CWEALF) is a longtime nonprofit partner of the Community Fund for Women and Girls, a leadership initiative of The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. A recent grant from the fund to CWEALF is supporting the Bi-lingual Community Advocacy Project, which provides under-served Latina populations with legal information, referrals to partner agencies, cooperating attorneys and community education. CWEALF also coordinates the Connecticut Collective for Women and Girls, a statewide partnership that works to address gender inequity. Continue reading.

Diversity Matters at United Way

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 committed to creating meaningful change in greater New Haven? Do you enjoy leading and developing teams, both internal and external, to design and implement effective solutions for community issues? Do you get excited about collaboration, innovation, and community mobilizing?  If so, our Vice President of Community Impact position may be perfect for you.

Position

The Vice President of Community Impact is responsible for driving the strategy and execution of United Way’s multi-faceted work in the community. This leadership position will co-create with staff, board, partners, and volunteers the strategic directions, investments, infrastructure, and culture necessary for the organization to maximize its impact in the areas of education, financial stability, and health.

This is a tremendous opportunity for an experienced program professional to deepen and expand the community results of a well-respected, high-impact organization.

Responsibilities

Leadership of Community Impact Department

• Develops community impact strategies based on an assessment of community need and opportunity, internal capacity, knowledge of best practices, and ability to galvanize resources.
• Provides oversight of all department staff and consultants.
• Oversees the decision making process about use of program resources, in conjunction with staff and volunteers.
• Administers the department, including responsibility for developing and monitoring department budgets and meeting grant and contractual obligations.
• Oversees efforts to assess the impact of United Way in the community and supports continuous learning and improvement efforts.
• Represents the organization on community collaboratives and advisory groups and at public meetings related to United Way’s community initiatives.

 Organizational Leadership

• Serves as a member of the leadership team, which includes participating in policy development and management decisions, strategic planning, supporting the board of directors, and supporting and modeling the core values of the organization.
• Supports developing a strong team culture that models the mission of United Way and creates a culture of diversity, inclusion, and equity within and outside the organization.
• Works to align efforts across departments.
• Communicates with internal and external partners to promote the work of United Way.

Resource Development

• Assists United Way senior staff and board of directors in developing and executing strategies to capture revenue and retain and grow our investor base, including from workplace campaigns, public and private grants, and the United Way donor base.
• Develops and stewards positive relationships with donors and funders.
• Works in conjunction with other United Way departments to develop innovative ways to share the story and impact of United Way’s work and respond to investors’ needs.

 Qualifications

 Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree.

• At least 10 years of non-profit experience, with at least 5 years’ experience leading teams and/or managing complex community initiatives.
• Substantive knowledge in one or more of United Way’s focus areas (early childhood, homelessness, hunger, poverty, children’s mental health).
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• A successful track record in setting priorities; keen analytic, organization and problem solving skills which support and enable sound decision making.
• Excellent relationship building skills with an ability to prioritize, negotiate, and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience working with individual donors and foundations a plus.

• 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 and cover letter describing why you are interested in and qualified for the position to employment@uwgnh.org with the following subject line: Application for Vice President of Community Impact.
• Position open until filled.
• Review of applications will begin by June 26.

Organization

Founded in 1920, United Way of Greater New Haven (UWGNH) brings people and organizations together to create solutions to our region’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Education, Income, and Health. We tackle issues that cannot be solved by any one group working alone, building on our long history of partnerships and creative problem solving. For more information about us, visit www.uwgnh.org.

The business world is abuzz with mindfulness. But perhaps you haven’t heard that the hype is backed by hard science. Recent research provides strong evidence that practicing non-judgmental, present-moment awareness (a.k.a. mindfulness) changes the brain, and it does so in ways that anyone working in today’s complex business environment, and certainly every leader, should know about.

We contributed...

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DERBY, CT (June 13, 2019) - The Valley Community Foundation has awarded a total of $17,275 in its Community Grants Program to eight community groups serving the Valley. These grants will support youth, seniors, historical endeavors, and wellness initiatives in the region. 

“With more than $17,000 in grant funding, these eight community groups are doing meaningful work in the Valley,” said Sharon Closius, VCF President & CEO. “We are proud to be able to offer funding through our Community Grants Program to responsively support volunteer groups and nonprofits with very limited staff in our Valley’s five towns.” 

Applications for the Valley Community Grants Program are considered through a request for proposal process. These grants are responsive to community groups that are volunteer or nonprofit in nature, serve Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour and/or Shelton, and have less than two full-time or four part-time staff. Community Grants range from $250 to $2,500, and can be for new or recurring programs to support civic and community engagement efforts. 

2019 Community Grant Recipients:

Annual Thanksgiving Basket Program - $1,250 to support the purchase of perishable and non-perishable food items and supplies for distribution of Thanksgiving baskets to families in need. 

Derby Historical Society - $2,500 to support Valley schools to defray the partial cost of their transportation to “A Day in 1762", a hands-on living history program at the General David Humphreys House. 

Music Mends Minds (Valley Chapter) - $1,500 to support the improvement of the lives of patients with dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, traumatic brain injury, stroke, and PTSD through the healing power of music. 

Oxford Senior Center Singers - $2,110 to support the purchasing of a keyboard/synthesizer and accessories so that the Senior Center Singers will have accompaniment during their rehearsals and performances. 

Seymour Soccer Association - $2,500 to support an indoor winter activity that promotes physical activity, education, and soccer foot skills such as dribbling and ball handling. 

Shelton Historical Society - $2,415 to support an exhibit of rarely seen artifacts, photographs and documents throughout the Shelton History Center for the 50th anniversary of the Historical Society’s founding as well as the 100th anniversary of the naming of the City of Shelton. 

Shelton Youth Service Bureau - $2,500 to support sending high school students to the Youth to Youth Eastern States Conference in Rhode Island. The conference focuses on a comprehensive approach to drug education and information, personal growth through decision making, environmental change, and drug free fun. 

Southford Falls Quilters, LLC - $2,500 to support demonstrations of techniques by members, and promotion and display of personal and charitable quilt making. 

About The Valley Community Foundation

Established in 2004, the Valley Community Foundation distributes approximately $1.6 million in grants each year to support the local nonprofit sector and the people it serves. In addition to grantmaking, VCF works in strong partnership with The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (TCF), to promote philanthropy in Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour and Shelton and receives funding from The Gates Fund and other preference funds at TCF that benefit the Valley. For more information, visit www.valleyfoundation.org.

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Photo Caption: Southford Falls Quilters Guild quilts on display at the Quilt Show and Tea in Seymour

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There are horse barns in New York City. A lot of people don't realize this, but I'm lucky enough to have uncovered this secret through volunteering at a therapeutic riding program for children with disabilities. A couple of Sundays a month, I get up early, drink my coffee on the train to Forest Hills, and spend a few hours helping kids with their riding lessons...

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Catholic Charities is seeking both full and part time case managers and behavioral health clinicians at our New Haven, Milford and Ansonia Family Service Centers to work with adult and child victims of crime in our Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funded programs.

It is preferred that candidates for the case management position have an associates or bachelor's degree in social work, human services, or related field. Candidates must have experience working with victims of crime.

Behavioral health clinicians must have a master's degree in a license eligible field (i.e. counseling, social work).

Please forward resumes to Suzanne DeRosa, LPC, Director of Behavioral Health at SDeRosa@ccaoh.org

Catholic Charities Inc., Archdiocese of Hartford is in compliance with all applicable discrimination laws. All hiring, promoting, and transferring is done on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to membership in any protected class. EEO/ AA/ M-F/ VET/ DISABLED.

NHR is hiring an Outreach Director to manage all of our volunteer programs! Read the full job description and learn how to apply below.

Outreach Director Job Description

Location: 45 Bristol St, New Haven CT

Exempt – Full time

Job Reports to: Executive Director

Job Summary: The Outreach Director is responsible for overseeing all volunteer management at New Haven Reads, including volunteer intake, data, and events. Additionally, the Outreach Director manages the Outreach Assistants.

Major Responsibilities and Duties: 

• Recruit volunteers from the greater New Haven community, screen applicants, and provide initial volunteer orientation.
• Manage all volunteer data in Salesforce database, including tutor assignments across all four sites.
• Manage the Outreach Assistants.
• Manage all volunteer events, including six annual tutor trainings, NHR book club, and site socials.
• Coordinate Volunteer Appreciation Month at NHR.
• Recruit and schedule work-study students and interns from local universities.
• Represent NHR at community events when appropriate.
• Help establish a Tutor Advisory Committee.

Requirements:

• At least one year of experience working with volunteers and planning events
• At least one year of experience working with a database, preferably Salesforce
• Proficient in Word and Excel, and proficient in or able to learn Box
• Ability to relate well to a diverse population
• Superior communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to work independently
• Flexibility

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Spanish

Hours: Flexible 40 hours per week, M-F between the hours of 9 AM to 7 PM, with occasional evening or weekend hours.

Salary: Salary is commensurate with experience, within NHR's annual operating budget.

To apply: Email a completed NHR Employment Application, cover letter, and resume to hr [at] newhavenreads [dot] org.

New Haven Reads is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We currently have multiple employment opportunities available. For more information please visit our website at www.tccoh.org

The Children's Center of Hamden is a private nonprofit organization providing services to children who suffer from one or more of a variety of problems; psychological and social problems; physical and/or sexual abuse; learning disabilities; substance abuse and family trauma.