Particularly amidst troubling times, the responsibility to protect and respect, to love and treat with each other with dignity, is shared by each and every one of us. For some, that has been a constant for decades. For all, it is today’s imperative.

The Covid pandemic has widened existing inequalities, and one stark example is access to wifi – clearly a critical utility, essential to education and participation in society. There is an urgent need to close the digital divide, and it can be done, sooner rather than later.

A Civic Ambassador, Antonia conducts outreach in communities on a daily basis as a family and community advocate. She encourages all voices in the community to be heard and makes a point of “meeting people where they are at”.

The Connecticut Guide became a national model. In the early years of the New Deal, a number of people had proposed putting writers to work on guidebooks. With typical Yankee Ingenuity, Connecticut hit the road.

Likely largely unnoticed amidst the torrent of death and turmoil that accompanied the relentless pandemic and racial reckoning throughout 2021 were just a handful of news articles that appeared memorializing an individual with no known connection to Connecticut but whose impact was surely felt here as it was across the nation.

Anyone involved in the civic life of Hartford has likely come across the name Knox, whether in the form of KNOX Inc., an organization that uses “greening” programs to spur community development, or the Betty Knox Foundation, which provides small grants to organizations that help under-served Hartford residents. There’s more to the story.

A recent study indicates that utilization of Connecticut’s Mobile Crisis is associated with reduced rates of subsequent ED visits among youth.

The Gothic Revival-style house on Forest Street in Hartford that Harriet Beecher Stowe lived in and enjoyed from 1873 to her death in 1896 has meant many different things in its time as a historic artifact. Distinct, though not mutually exclusive, these assorted meanings point to the usefulness of history. Particularly now.

Policymakers should seek objective data on just how important more-secure IDs are in terms of reducing fraud and other serious crimes. They should ask just how much of a difference mDLs will make if they remain optional, and what the consequences will be if they’re made mandatory. They should ask broad, far-sighted questions about the likely future evolution of such a system.

Critical issues and perspectives that challenge societal subjugation can continue to be brought to the forefront of conversation, says a fledgling journalist from Danbury, this year’s recipient of the Eileen Kraus Scholarship from the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame.