The Center for Disability Rights, with the Department of

Health & the Emergency Broadband Program, is offering FREE TABLET DAY! This is on a FIRST COME – FIRST SERVED basis.

From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday May 9, 2022, at Center for Disability Rights, 369 Highland Ave., West Haven.

BRING WITH YOU
* Picture ID
* Verification/proof of CT state program (EBT/MEDICAID CARD)
* Income Verification (SS letter, YTD pay stub)
* $11 Activation fee

WHAT YOU WILL GET
* A new tablet with 1 year Wi-Fi included

ELIGIBILITY
* CT Residents on Husky, Medicaid/T-19, SNAP/WIC & SSI
* Individuals with less than $45,000/yr. income
* 1 tablet per consumer

CITY OF NEW HAVEN TO DISTRIBUTE 5000 FREE AT-HOME RAPID TEST KITS AND MASKS AT ALL CITY LIBRARIES ON MONDAY AND THURSDAY

*** CORRECTION: On Thursday, April 28^th, the distribution time for free COVID-19 at-home rapid test kits and masks will be 12 noon to 2 PM at all New Haven public libraries. (The previous media advisory stated the time incorrectly in one location.

Mayor Elicker & Health Director Bond to kick-off and assist with test kit distribution at the Stetson Library on Monday at 10 am

NEW HAVEN, CT – The City of New Haven with distribute 5,000 free COVID-19 at-home rapid test kits and masks during two citywide distribution events occurring at all five branches of the New Haven Free Public Library on Monday, April 25^th and Thursday, April 28^th. Mayor Justin Elicker and Health Director Maritza Bond will help kick-off and assist with the distribution of the test kits and masks at the Stetson Branch (197 Dixwell Ave) on Monday at 10 AM.

On Monday, distribution will take place between 10 AM to 12 PM at the Ives, Fair Haven, Stetson and Wilson Libraries, and between 12 PM to 2 PM at the Mitchell Library. Thursday’s distribution is scheduled between 12 to 2 PM at five library branches. New Haveners must present proof of residency in order to receive the test kits.

“While cases of severe illness are down, the uptick in cases associated with the highly transmissible BA.2 variant means we can’t let our guard down, especially amidst the recent relaxing of mask requirements,” said Mayor Justin Elicker. “It’s critical that New Haveners continue to have free and convenient access to COVID-19 tests so that they can protect themselves, their families, and their neighbors. We’re glad that these 5,000 free at-home rapid test kits can be made available to New Haven residents at our public libraries.”

“We know it can be challenging at times to access test kits at a pharmacy or get to a testing site at the first sign of symptoms or when exposure to someone testing positive is suspected,” said New Haven Health Director Maritza Bond. “We hope having one of these rapid test kits at home will break down those barriers and provide for the early intervention we need to stop the spread of this virus, especially among those who are still unvaccinated, particularly children under age 5, the immunocompromised, or those otherwise at-risk of contracting COVID-19.”

EVENT DETAILS:

Calling all models! Runway model casting calls will be held at Graduate New Haven Hotel on April 23 & May 7 from 1-4pm. Arts & Ideas is seeking a diversity of sizes and genders to walk the runway for this Fashion Expo. Casted models will be paid.

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Visit the second floor of the New Stetson Branch Library and take in the breathtaking artwork of local artist Katro Storm, Carl Van Vechten’s Harlem Heroes portrait collection, “O, Write My Name”, and African Artwork donated by the Yale University ~ Peabody Museum, New Haven, Connecticut. Our thanks to Gabe Da Silva and The Frame Shop & Da Silva Gallery.

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Collage featuring Carl Van Vechten’s Harlem Heroes portraits, artist Katro Stom’s paintings hung on a green wall above the library’s teen fiction collection, a portrait of Trayvon Martin by artist Katro Strom hung outside the Teen Discovery Lounge of Stetson Library, and African artwork hung on the walls among Stetson Library’s African Diaspora Non-Fiction collection.]

New Haven Free Public Library

Activities at the Q-House officially start on Marc

City of New Haven Connecticut Stands with the  people of UKraine

We watched in horror as Russian troops invaded Ukraine, killing civilians and displacing hundreds of thousands. Cities not unlike our own became centers of violence and war. For all Ukrainian-Americans within New Haven, I know that you fear for your families and the future for your homeland. We mourn with you and stand beside you.

This morning I ordered the Ukrainian flag, once banned in the Soviet Union, raised above our city. It will wave alongside the American flag as a reminder to all of the struggle of the Ukrainian people, and our solidarity in their fight for independence and peace. These events are a reminder that freedom and democracy are not slogans but essential tenants of our society. Citizens deserve to choose their leaders, their government, their future. Government by and for the people is what Ukraine is fighting for and what Russia’s authoritarian regime so far cannot accept.

Ukrainians have chosen for themselves that their destiny does not lie with the empires of the past. They have chosen, time and again, to remain a free, open, democratic society where its leaders are selected by the people, not Vladimir Putin. Russia’s failed attempts to force Ukraine back under its control have now led to the most extreme and desperate attempts to subjugate people who just want to live in peace. But this illegal invasion has not been defined by the brutality of Putin’s regime but in the triumph of ordinary people across the world to resist tyranny:

Ukrainian citizens have taken up arms and pushed back harder than Russia ever anticipated.

President Zelensky, while offered the chance to flee, stands and fights with his people.

After five days, outmatched and outgunned, Kyiv still stands.

Tens of thousands of Russians, risking their own lives, have taken to the streets in protest.

Western allies have stood united, imposing the most significant economic sanctions in history against the Russian regime.

Thursday, shortly after the fighting began, I Mayor Elicker was fortunate to attend service at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church. Fear and uncertainty were palpable. Would Ukraine fall swiftly into Russian hands? Would the world shrug at the plight of their people? By Sunday I attended service once again to a much different feeling. Fear for loved ones and grief for so much needless suffering still remained, but we had seen the resilience and courage of countless Ukrainians. Their fight has been a beacon of hope to the world, and a unifier of western nations.

So many New Haveners come to our city from across the world, many from places that have faced their own conflicts. While no two stories are the same, so many New Haveners have experienced a common struggle to determine their futures for themselves and their people. So many see echoes of their own history and their own story in the plight of the Ukrainian people today. We are united by that shared experience, and the hope for a better, freer, and more just world for Ukraine and for all.

Ми з Україною
We Stand with Ukraine
New Haven City Hall