Irish born singer, Sinead O’Conner has posted open letter about the Trayvon Martin case. Here is a snippet from her lengthy and poignant letter: “I would like to extend my very deepest sympathies to the family and other loved ones of murdered teenager, Treyvon Martin. I am very sad today (and am certain the whole of Ireland is) to learn of poor [...]

Greetings All, As April 4 approaches marking 44 years since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s body was taken from us, we at the Connecticut Center for Nonviolence are here to tell you that although he was shot, they missed! His work, our work and the legacy lives on. Nonviolence is the sword that heals. Attend our next Two-Day Core Introduction to Kingian Nonviolence [...]

NAACP State Conference President Scot X. Esdaile will join Gov. Dannel P. Malloy  for a town hall meeting on SB24, Malloy’s Education Reform Bill. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the Walsh Elementary School, 55 Dikeman Street. “There have been a number of conversations about the Governor’s bill, which aims to address [...]

Connecticut’s Care 4 Kids Program Leaves Family Child Care Providers Struggling Providers Make Their Case for Collective Bargaining Rights At State Capitol This Tuesday, family child care providers, who care for children in home based daycare settings, converged on the state capitol in Hartford to ask the Labor & Public Employees committee to support a bill granting them collective bargaining [...]

Take it. Share it. Americans are urged to take the all-new Diabetes Risk Test on American Diabetes Association Alert Day® and to share it with everyone they care about to find out if they are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Tuesday, March 27, 2012, is the 24th Annual American Diabetes Association Alert Day, a one-day, “wake-up call” asking [...]

May 19 Inner-City Dental Clinic in Hartford Grants totaling $49,000 have been awarded by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to support the fourth annual free Inner-City Dental Clinic to be held Saturday, May 19, at Community Health Services, 500 Albany Ave. in Hartford. The clinic, held in partnership with the West Indian Foundation, Inc., will be held from 8 [...]

Learn about Connecticut’s Palliative Marijuana Program. It will:      Protect patients, their caregivers and physicians from prosecution.      Help patients suffering with pain      Provide physicians with another option for cases they deem appropriate      Eliminate the incarceration of Connecticut’s most vulnerable patients      Enable local law enforcement to distinguish recreational users from patients      Create a board of 8 [...]

Drug Overdose Prevention Fact Sheet This year we are trying to make overdose prevention available to people who can assist if they believe some is experiencing an overdose. According to a 2004, Connecticut Department of Public Health report on fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses between: 2000 – 2002 About 73% of unintentional opiate overdose decedents were white and 8% were [...]

Free 2011 Tax Guide for Parents Now Available — Parents of children with disabilities are entitled to many money saving deductions Just in time for tax season, the Connecticut Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities (CACLD) is pleased to make its 2011 Tax Guide for Parents available for free. Parents raising children with a learning disability or attention [...]

The Costen Cultural Exhibit  is a unique collection of rare photographs, documents, ephemera, memorabilia, fine art and collectibles which serves as a vehicle to educate, encourage, enlighten and inspire people of the African American imprint on this country.  It documents the history, literature, politics and culture and represents the diverse experience from across the country focusing on regional, ethnic and [...]