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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
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Allyx
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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...
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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.
The racism embedded in all US systems visibly manifests in our inequitable, inadequate housing system. Housing policies, past and present, contribute to health, education, and economic disparities for Black people, Indigenous people, and other communities of color. Our housing system produces a reality in which residents who work 40 hours a week for minimum wage cannot afford a two-bedroom apartment in any US county (PDF)...
Senior Director of Marketing
and Engagement
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
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 inspire people to get involved – as a donor, a volunteer, and an advocate – through your ability to design and deliver meaningful messages and attention-grabbing marketing campaigns? Are you excited to design volunteer and engagement opportunities that help people connect to their community and make a difference? If so, our Senior Director of Marketing and Engagement position may be perfect for you. Pay range is $85,000-$100,000/year.
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 work in the 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.
- You will find joy in both strategy and execution. You will set the direction and manage a team of staff and contractors focused on UWGNH’s external and internal communications as well as our community engagement work, including volunteerism and affinity groups. You will create and implement an annual marketing and engagement plan with your team, including managing the Marketing and Engagement budget. You will enhance our culture of continuous learning, creativity, and excellent customer service.
- You will help United Way build a movement. 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 harness the insight and experiences of our staff, partners, volunteers, and community members to raise awareness and spur action to create a more equitable community that provides opportunity for all. As we move into our second century of service, you will help United Way provide leadership and advocacy to advance the common good.
- You will bring United Way’s work and community impact to life. You will be able to translate our work into stories – both written and visual – that help people see the impact of their involvement with United Way. Your storytelling skills will make people excited to take action and will help position United Way of Greater New Haven as one of the most cutting-edge United Ways across our 1300-member network.
- You will be an organizational leader who works well across departments. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you 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 will 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, can-do attitude with a commitment to excellent customer service.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, with a sense of humor, humility, and hopefulness.
- Experience leading a team.
- At least 5+ years of experience in marketing and communications.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Excellent writing, public speaking, and presentation skills, including in front of large audiences.
- 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 365 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.
- 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.
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.
In accordance with organizational policies, this position requires a criminal background check as a condition of employment.
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.
To Apply – Go to our website and click on the Careers Page to upload your resume and cover letter: https://www.uwgnh.org/careers
As Continuum celebrates Black History Month, we would like to highlight some of the pioneers who have made significant contributions to the field of mental health, tirelessly advocating on behalf of some of the most vulnerable amongst us. Click here to read and download the full poster: https://www.continuumct.org/newsItem/february-2022#1
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Pathways to Economic Security for Women
Funding for Greater New Haven nonprofit organizations serving women and organizations that support women entrepreneurs and business owners. Application deadline: March 4.
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven’s Community Fund for Women & Girls is providing grants ($1,500 - $20,000) to nonprofits that provide women in Greater New Haven with greater economic security through programs that support:
- Women’s workforce training and employment participation and the necessary wraparound services
- Women’s basic needs
- Women entrepreneurs
- Childcare and after-school supports which support women in the workforce
Grants are to provide a pool of flexible funding that organizations can use to purchase material items, cover administrative and staff costs, or provide cash assistance or grants to individuals.
New Haven Coalition for Active Transportation (NHCAT) seeks a well-organized, detail-oriented,
motivated problem-solver to join our team as the Coordinator for IT, Website, and Social Media.
Position duties include:
• Experience with applications including Wix, Mailchimp, and the non-profit program of Salesforce
or willing to learn.
• Manage website revisions and content
• Create and manage registration links for classes and events
• Grow and maintain the social media presence and posts
• Maintain database of mailing list recipients, class participants, and donors
• Produce and send electronic newsletters and announcements
NHCAT is looking for someone who:
• Understands IT and its importance to the growth and success of NHCAT
• Has access to a computer and reliable Internet service
• Has excellent writing skills and good design sense
• Works effectively with teams both remotely and in-person
• Manages time effectively
• Is creative and willing to help a young non-profit organization grow
This part-time, mostly-remote position is immediately available with flexible work hours. The hourly rate
is $17.50, with an anticipated 10 hours/week. Benefits are not included. Reimbursement will be available
for budget-approved expenses.
Interested candidate should submit a resume and letter that explains their qualifications and interest in the
position to info@nhcat.org with the subject line: “Coordinator for IT, Website, and Social Media.”
Applications will be accepted immediately, and candidates of interest will be interviewed on a rolling
basis until the position is filled.
NHCAT is committed to diversity and inclusion from the Board to the staff, instructors, contractors, and
volunteers. In addition, NHCAT seeks collaborations with organizations to ensure its classes, services,
and events are available and accessible to participants from historically less well-served communities in
New Haven.
