Due to recent network upgrades here at Bethesda Lutheran Church, we have many routers and switches for sale at a very reduced rate! Please refer to this document, Technology Sale, for all of the details. Contact me at vicar@bethesdanewhaven.org for more details or to purchase!
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March 21, 2022
Make the Road CT knows that a commitment to Black lives and futures is a commitment that furthers all futures in Connecticut and in our country. Our country and its economy were built on the exploitation and dehumanization of Black people. It is this painful reality that has made possible the exploitation and dehumanization of all people within our systems and institutions for over 400 years.
The Racial Wealth Gap Begins With Our Tax Code
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I wrote a similar headline for a Shelterforce article several years ago. That article was about tax programs—those that aid in the building of assets for people who already have a substantial amount of assets, and those that help people with minimal to no assets. In digging into the topic and through conversations with advocates, it became evident to me how the disparate treatment of these groups of earners by our tax code could bolster them financially or hinder their ability to avoid debt and save for the future...
SPANISH:
Havenly es una organización sin fines de lucro que tiene la misión de desarrollar el poder comunitario de mujeres migrantes y refugiadas en New Haven. Ofrecemos programas educativos y actividades comunitarias desde nuestro café en 25 Temple Street.
Estamos buscando una mujer hispanohablante para trabajar en nuestra cocina como Manager (o gerente) asistente, apoyando a nuestra jefa de cocina. El trabajo es de 30-35 horas a la semana y la paga es $20/hora.
La descripción completa está adjuntada a este post. Si le interesa el trabajo, por favor mande un texto o llame a Camila al 510-853-0952 para hacer una cita para la entrevista. Estaremos encantadas de que se comunique con nosotras.
English:
Havenly is a non-profit organization dedicated to building the community power of refugee and immigrant women through job training, education, and organizing. We are looking for a Restaurant Assistant Manager to ensure all daily activities at the Havenly cafe run smoothly and efficiently.
Restaurant Assistant Manager responsibilities include supporting fellow training, overseeing inventory, coordinating orders, filling in if the manager has the day off, and ensuring that food safety is complied with.
To apply, please text or call Camila at 510-853-0952 to schedule an interview.
Two full-time positions opening at a fast-growing grassroots non-profit social enterprise in new Haven. Our mission is to build the refugee and immigrant women through job training, education, and organizing.
We are seeking a driven, creative and knowledgeable marketing director to drive our mission, brand recognition, and sales into the next stage. We are a small but growing team - the position will involve a high degree of responsibility, ownership over the future of the organization, and opportunity for professional and personal growth.
Reporting to the Development Director, the Marketing director will have overall responsibility for the development of Havenly’s brand using promotion and advertising strategies, including communications about its mission and work, digital marketing to increase sales, donor communications, and other lead generation strategies.
The role of the Fellowship Director at Havenly is to plan and execute Havenly’s 6-month Community Café Fellowship, which runs twice per year (June – November and December – May) with 15 fellows per cohort.
The key objectives of this fellowship are to:
- Build community. The fellowship provides space and time for immigrant and refugee women to build connection and solidarity across, language, nationality, religion, etc., and decrease social isolation.
- Build women’s sense of self-confidence and personal agency.
- Support women in leaving survival jobs and entering longer term career paths.
We fulfill these goals by hosting a range of classes and workshops that fellows participate in for the first two months of each Fellowship, and by providing 4 months of on-the-job training at the Havenly cafe.
To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to camila@havenlynhv.org and caterina@havenlynhv.org
United Way of Greater New Haven Releases Workforce Development RFP
Applications due March 31, 2022
UWGNH is committed to helping all members of our community get on a path to financial stability. To achieve this goal, workforce development programs need to be able to address the unique needs of all job seekers. One way that agencies achieve this is through having access to unrestricted, flexible funds that can be used to enhance existing program dollars to help job seekers achieve better employment outcomes. This grant opportunity will provide flexible funds to existing workforce service providers. These funds can be utilized to remove barriers for job seekers to participate and complete trainings as well as secure and retain employment.
Examples include, but are not limited to:
*Transportation
*Childcare expenses
*Stipends
*Technology needs
*Job search support
*Uniforms
*Other related work supports
Organizations that apply for these funds must have programs that support ALICE and below job seekers to achieve job attainment on a career pathway with demonstrated career mobility. Prioritization will be given for programs that have demonstrated the ability to successfully serve underserved communities such as but not limited to, communities of color, low-income, female head of households, re-entering individuals, individuals experiencing homelessness, immigrants, and people with disabilities.
Funding awards will range between $5,000 and $30,000.
For the purposes of this RFP, greater New Haven is defined as: Bethany, Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, West Haven, and Woodbridge.
Learn more and share with your networks! #funding #workforcedevelopment #financialstability
Marcus Paca, MBA, created the Helping Hands Initiative, which he describes as a triumvirate connecting the University with local nonprofits and corporate philanthropy. He looks forward to the collaborative opportunities it will create between the University and local organizations, as well as the experiences it will provide for underrepresented students to excel in nonprofit leadership roles.
MARCH 17, 2022
The case for treating internet access as a health necessity.
02-18-22
When it comes to community planning, we’re doing public engagement all wrong...
Thanks to a growth in educational programming, Massaro Farm in Woodbridge is hiring a full time education program director, part time youth instructors, summer camp instructors, summer youth staff and a food & garden liaison. Please visit our website, https://massarofarm.org/about-massaro-community-farm/jobs/, for all the postings!
Dear Friend,
As you may know, the childcare system is Broken. Families pay too much, educators make too little and programs receive subsidy amounts that only cover 50% the true cost of care with subsidies that have not increased since 2015. WE NEED YOUR HELP TO BE HEARD! Morning Without Childcare
The entire economy rests on the shoulders of childcare and it is on the verge of collapse. If we want to have high-quality, affordable, safe and joyful care and education for our children we must change the way we pay for it. BE PRESENT TUESDAY, MARCH 15!
If the system continues to expect that a family of 4 earning $100,000 pays 40% on childcare costs, we will continue to lose workers. It makes more fiscal sense for a family member to leave the workforce than to work. SHARE YOUR FEELINGS FROM 8:00-9:00 AM ON THE NEW HAVEN GREEN!
If our industry continues to pay educators $13.25 per hour (on average) we will continue to have a workforce shortage. In Connecticut there are currently 1,500 active postings for Early Childhood Educator and four out of five child care programs have staff vacancies. Trained, experienced educators can work at Amazon and make twice as much as they would caring for young children. WE MUST STOP PAYING WOMEN TO LIVE IN POVERTY!
If we expect programs to achieve quality and pay educators a livable wage on subsidy rates that are at 50% the true cost of care and were last increased in 2015, we are making it impossible for them to survive. 62% of programs across the state are operating at a loss. DEMAND THAT THE STATE INCREASES OUR SUBSIDIES! Morning Without Childcare
Reach out with questions!
Allyx
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Allyx Schiavone,#metoo
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Climate change will fundamentally change the environment. Rivers, the lifeblood of the Earth, will dry up, leaving behind barren riverbeds. Desertification will overtake swathes of forests. Biomes that were once bountiful in biodiversity will be devastated by the ensuing environmental catastrophe...
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/environmental-personhood-a-radical-approach-to-climate-justice
Program Assistant
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 partnerships, and our practices.
Who We Are Looking For
Do you enjoy organizing information and facilitating effective communications between community organizations? Are you the type of person who takes pride in getting the details right and is excited to support programs that help families thrive in greater New Haven? Are you enthusiastic about using your organizational talents as a force for good in our community?
United Way is seeking a full-time Program Assistant who is passionate and organized to support two programs that help families in greater New Haven improve their lives: Early Head Start, which serves families with infants and toddlers, and the Coordinated Access Network, which helps people who are at-risk of, or experiencing, homelessness.
This is an hourly position. The pay range is $16 - $18/hour and includes benefits.
What You Will Do
- Prepare and execute contracts
- Review and submit housing applications
- Review and submit invoices for processing
- Organize and maintain file system, and file correspondence and other records
- Prepare materials for presentations and events
- Coordinate and schedule meetings and events
- Answer emails and correspondence
- Develop meeting agendas and take meeting minutes
- Develop memos, reports and other regular correspondences as requested
- Create and distribute surveys
- Participate in trainings and committee work as applicable
- Participate in program strategic planning and self-assessment processes
- Develop relationships with community partners
- Assist in special projects as requested
- Maintain a high sense of confidentiality, initiative, and good judgment
- Other duties as assigned
What You Need
- Minimum experience of 2 years working in an administrative capacity
- Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Training and experience using Microsoft Office 365 products
- Ability to travel to Partner sites in the Greater New Haven area
In accordance with organizational policies, this position requires a criminal background check as a condition of employment. In accordance with Head Start Program Performance Standards, this position also requires a medical physical and proof of Covid-19 vaccination as a condition of employment.
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 grounded in racial and social justice. We tackle issues that cannot be solved by any one group working alone. We operate according to these organizational values.
United Way staff are currently working hybrid, with at least two days per week in our office in New Haven.
United Way is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Now more than ever, teens are struggling with depression, anxiety and loneliness. World Teen Mental Wellness Day is celebrated on March 2 every year to raise awareness about teen mental health and remove stigma.
Check out our resources: https://continuumct.org/resources
June, 2020 March for Racial Justice in New Haven. Photo credit: Chris Volpe
Connecticut organizers and movement builders discuss how people most affected by inequities are best positioned to work together and build power to implement and lead long-term solutions.
Please join an upcoming virtual conversation hosted by The Community Foundation about effective ways to support community organizers working to address the root causes of injustice and create lasting positive change.
Panelists:
Lorenzo Jones, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, Katal Center for Equity, Health & Justice
Kica Matos, Vice President, Vera Institute of Justice
Laura McCargar, President, Perrin Family Foundation
Moderator:
Cesar Aleman, Director of CT Urban Opportunity Collaborative
Featuring artist Michael Zack
In a sense, artist Michael Zack is asking you to fill in the blanks as he exhibits A PART OF THE STORY at New Haven’s City Gallery. His haunting, figurative work will be on display from March 11 - March 27, with an opportunity to Meet the Artist on Sunday, March 13 from 1pm - 4 pm.
Focusing on the relationships and interaction of figures and how they can be expressed in form and color, Zack eschews facial features and clothing detail in his work. The characters become anyone and everyone, yet uniquely individual and somewhat mysterious.
Are they people you know? Are they people the artist knows? Zack never reveals names, but says, “they are frequently, but not always based on people I know and have had the opportunity to observe as they go about their daily lives.”
Taken out of those contexts and rearranged into a panorama that has a narrative all its own, Zack invites you, the viewer, to interpret them on yourself. “Bearing in mind,” he says, “that each image is only part of the story.”
The interrelationships of the figures and the movement within the panoramas are supported by the vibrant, subtle and nuanced range of colors within the work. As to process, Zack explains, “Because of the pandemic, access to the printmaking studio has been restricted. I have been trying to translate what I have been doing in printmaking to painting. Each medium has its own distinct process and that process is instrumental in determining the direction of each work.”
Zack received his art education at The Brooklyn Museum Art School, The Silvermine School of Art and Creative Arts Workshop. His work has been shown at City Gallery in New Haven, The Silvermine Guild Arts Center in New Canaan, where he is a member, The New Haven Paint and Clay Club, the Community Gallery of the Brooklyn Museum, the Attleboro Museum in Attleboro, MA, the Paul Mellon Arts Center, Wallingford, CT, the Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA, The Bruce Kershner Gallery at the Fairfield Library and the Katonah Museum among others.
A PART OF THE STORY is free and open to the public, and runs March 11 - March 27, with a chance to Meet the Artist on Sunday, March 13, from 1pm - 4 pm. City Gallery is located at 994 State Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Gallery hours are Friday - Sunday, 1pm - 4 pm, or by appointment. During regular hours, visitors are required to wear a mask and observe social distancing protocols. For the reception, proof of vaccination will be required for entry, and masks are required. For further information please contact City Gallery, info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.
Climate Change Teaching for Our Children's Futures
On FRIDAY, MARCH 4, a bill to require the teaching of climate change will be on the agenda for a Public Hearing in the Education Committee. The hearing begins at 11 a.m.
This bill would ensure that all our children -- regardless of the wealth and resources of their school district -- would be taught the truth about human behavior and climate change. Environmental justice demands that all students be equipped with knowledge to position them for green new jobs and so they can be part of the solution to a problem previous generations created.
Please consider adding your voice to those who care about our children's futures. Too often, Public Hearings are dominated by lobbyists with an anti-environmental agenda. We need concerned citizens like you to speak up.
Please forward this notice to your circle of people who care -- most especially young people, the majority of whom consider climate change the greatest threat to their very existence.
Details:
THE BILL: HB 5285 AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM. Read the bill here: https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05285-R00-HB.PDF
EMAIL TO USE: Send written testimony in Word or PDF format to: EDtestimony@cga.ct.gov. (Be sure to include bill number: HB 5285.)
TO TESTIFY IN PERSON VIA ZOOM: Click On-line Testimony Registration Form
DEADLINE: Registration to testify via Zoom will close Thursday, March 3 at 3:00 p.m.
TO WATCH THE PUBLIC HEARING: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCraMimcKyMoYpb5ouHG71kw/live OR https://ct-n.com
Full scholarships available for qualified CT residents!
The Skills Academy will provide a 4-month immersion in Software Engineering where you will learn and build multiple websites and web apps culminating in a capstone project of your choice.
You'll also gain skills in how to build products that people will actually benefit from and want to use, as well as how to communicate your ideas in a way that makes people want to buy your product or hire you to build digital products for them.
This isn't your typical classroom experience: you'll learn by doing rather than just sitting in a classroom listening. In fact, we don't even have traditional classrooms. Your days will be spent working on real projects on state-of-the-art equipment in a highly collaborative and creative environment.
At the conclusion of the four-months, you will have a tangible portfolio of projects demonstrating your ability to bring value to the workplace and potential for an additional two-month internship with a local business.
For more information, open house dates and more visit our website or contact Anisah@transformNHV.org
Conversational writing is stronger, more concise, and better structured than writing like you talk. To write conversationally cut out the “writerliness” and use conversational writing techniques...
Affordable housing has become an increasingly dire global issue. Be it rent or homeownership, the unaffordability of homes has been on the rise. A look at U.S. Census data illustrates a sharp decline in homeownership in recent decades. Although Millennials were the most populous generation by 2019, they only contributed to homeownership at a rate of 47.9%. Contrastingly, Gen-X’s homeownership rate stood at 69%, following the silent generation at 77.8%. Trends of generational decline in homeownership are mirrored in other parts of the world, such as in the U.K. where rates have steadily dropped from 71% in 2003 to 64% by 2018. Many experts point to affordability as a large reason for this decline.
