In a groundbreaking initiative drive by a determination to make affordable, stable and higher quality housing more accessible to low-income residents of color or residents encountering housing barriers, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving is announcing its first-ever grants focused on supporting housing policy and advocacy activities.
Read MoreShopBlackCT, a volunteer initiative and free not-for-profit website that lists nearly 1,800 Black-owned businesses in Connecticut, has partnered with The Key Bookstore in Hartford to help local Senior Girl Scout Rhaili-Em Lowe attain a prestigious Girl Scouts Gold Award by collecting 150 books for Hartford students to make Hartford Public Schools libraries more diverse and inclusive.
Read MoreConnecticut has among the nation’s biggest wealth gaps, comparing populations by race and ethnicity, according to a new analysis looking at states across the country. Connecticut is ranked as having the 5th largest gap; only the District of Columbia, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa had larger gaps in their populations.
Read MoreConnecticut Explored, the nonprofit magazine of Connecticut history, has received support from Connecticut Humanities to plan a year-long celebration of the magazine’s 20th anniversary, beginning in fall 2022, to be called “20 for 20: Innovation in Connecticut History.”
Read MoreThe Connecticut legislature established a 10-member task force to study ways to protect seniors from fraud, this past spring. The task force must report its findings and recommendations to the Aging and Human Services committees of the legislature by the first of next month, January 1, 2022.
Read MoreEastern Connecticut State University and University of Bridgeport are among 13 New England colleges and universities that have signed on to a multi-institutional collaborative to boost Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) early-career faculty at higher education institutions in the region.
Read MoreEconomic development remains front and center for Governor Ned Lamont, who has devoted time and attention in recent weeks rolling out an array of initiatives aimed at revitalizing Connecticut’s economic as it seeks to establish momentum as COVID-19 recedes.
Read MoreHartford Seminary is now Hartford International University for Religion and Peace. The name change, announced Wednesday, comes as the institution’s emphasis has broadened, particularly in recent years, and against a backdrop of a renewed worldwide emphasis on building common ground among different peoples and communities of belief.
Read MoreThe UConn Center on Aging is now the home of a prestigious Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center grant, fitting for a flagship university in a state with the nation’s 7th oldest population. There are only 14 other “Pepper Centers” of excellence nationwide, named in honor of the late U.S. senator who championed research and education aimed at helping older adults maintain their independence.
Read MoreApplications will be accepted online at ctwbdc.org through Sept.28 for The Women’s Business Development Council’s (WBDC) Equity Match Grant Program for women-owned businesses in Connecticut.
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