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The Q-House Youth Fitness Class (7 to 12 years) April 12 from 7:00 Pm to 7:45 Pm and it lasts 5 weeks.

Posted by Bud Mench Media Group -BMMG on April 12, 2022 at 6:00
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There are still some slots available for our Youth Fitness class at the Q-house!
Class starts today April 12 from 7:00 Pm to 7:45 Pm and it lasts 5 weeks.
This class is open for kids aged 7 to 12 years old.
Click here to register
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If you have trouble registering please contact our front desk
at 203-773-0770 or email us at qhouse@leapforkids.org
Participants that are 16 and older will also be required to be fully vaccinated (but not boosted) and they will be asked to send a picture of their vaccination card to QHouseForms@leapforkids.org 
If you have a medical/religious exemption you will be asked to provide proof of it.
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April 1st to November 30th New Haven street cleaning

Posted by Bud Mench Media Group -BMMG on April 1, 2022 at 4:56

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City of New Haven with an important message regarding street sweeping. Por favor espere para escuchar este mensaje en español. 

With Spring now officially here, beginning tomorrow, Friday, April 1st, the city’s annual street sweeping program will begin and continue through November 30th. Street sweeping crews and vehicles will once again be cleaning our roads and removing debris on a regularly scheduled basis in neighborhoods across the city.

Please be sure to follow all related “No Parking” street signs posted on your block when street sweeping crews will be operating in your neighborhood and be sure that your car is not obstructing their path. Vehicles that do not comply with the parking rules will be ticketed.

 

You can also check when your neighborhood is scheduled for street sweeping on the city’s website (https://www.newhavenct.gov/gov/depts/pw/street_sweeping.htm).

 

Thank you for your cooperation in helping to ensure New Haven’s 226 miles of streets are kept clean!

 

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Hola, este es el alcalde Justin Elicker con un mensaje importante en  respecto a la limpieza de calles.

 

Con la primavera ahora oficialmente aquí, a partir de mañana, viernes 1 de abril, el programa anual de limpieza de calles de la ciudad comenzará y continuará hasta el 30 de noviembre. Los equipos y vehículos de limpieza de calles una vez más limpiarán nuestras carreteras y eliminarán los escombros en un horario regular en los vecindarios de toda la ciudad.

 

Asegúrese de seguir todas las reglas relacionadas de "No estacionar" en su calle, cuando los equipos de limpieza de calles operen en su vecindario.   Tambien asegúrese de que su automóvil no obstruya la ruta de los vehiculos de limpieza. Los vehículos que no cumplan con las reglas de estacionamiento serán multados. 

 

También puede verificar cuándo su vecindario está programado para barrer calles en el sitio web de la ciudad (https://www.newhavenct.gov/gov/depts/pw/street_sweeping.htm). 

 

¡Gracias por su cooperación en ayudar a garantizar que las 226 millas de calles de New Haven se mantengan limpias!

If you would like to edit the way you receive these messages, please visit:  https://www.newhavenct.gov/gov/depts/emergency_info/alerts.htm
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Saturday, April 2nd 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM at Elm City Communities Mill River Crossing located at 657 Grand Ave. New Haven

Posted by Bud Mench Media Group -BMMG on March 31, 2022 at 20:51

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Free Tax Preparation Event: 4/2/22 9am-4pm

Saturday, April 2nd 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM at Elm City Communities Mill River Crossing located at 657 Grand Ave. New Haven 

 

Join us for a fun-filled event with food, giveaways, and information on FREE financial literacy and self-sufficiency programs and more while filing your income tax for FREE! The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program provides FREE tax preparation to low-to-moderate income individuals and families.  

 

For any other questions or information please contact Melody Ramos CED Manager 203-498-8800 Ext.1026 

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Treasurer Wooden Directs Divestment of Connecticut’s Pension Funds from Russian-owned Assets

Posted by Bud Mench Media Group -BMMG on March 1, 2022 at 7:24
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Connecticut Stands in Solidarity with the Ukrainian People during this Unjustified and Unprovoked Attack by Russian Forces
HARTFORD, CT—Today, State Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden announced that Connecticut’s state pension funds will move to divest public funds from Russian-owned assets following Russia's unjustified and unprovoked attack on Ukraine.11020678474?profile=original
 
As Connecticut’s chief elected financial officer, the Treasurer is the sole trustee of the state’s retirement funds, valued at over $47 billion. Known collectively as the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds (CRPTF), they currently hold Russia-domiciled investments worth more than $218 million in equity and fixed income, valued as of February 24th, 2022.
 
“Today, I directed our investment team to divest public funds from Russian-owned assets in our State pension funds,” said Treasurer Shawn Wooden. “The Ukrainian people are experiencing an assault on their freedom and suffering devastating human loss due to an unprovoked and unjustified attack by the Russian government. The world’s condemnation is clear, and economic sanctions have paralyzed the Russian economy. We cannot stand idly by as the humanitarian crisis unfolds and Russian markets crumble, and I cannot continue to invest these pension funds in a way that runs counter to the foreign policy and national interests of the United States.”
 
The CRPTF’s Russian-related investments – both in terms of companies domiciled in Russia as well as the sovereign debt issued by Russia – have declined since 2014 given ongoing concerns with mounting geopolitical risks. Sanctions imposed under previous presidential administrations, coupled with Russian cyberattacks and election interference, have made the Russian markets less favorable relative to others. Russia’s actions have created a fiscal and humanitarian crisis that puts the global markets at risk. This action today is a necessary step towards protecting the long-term viability of our investments globally. The Russian economy is experiencing extraordinary economic challenges as a consequence of the myriad of global economic sanctions that will impair the value of those investments in the long term.
 
“Eliminating our holdings of Russian assets is not only a moral imperative but the current crisis also constitutes a substantial risk for Connecticut’s investments, our national policy and economic security,” continued Treasurer Wooden. “Connecticut’s action today will apply further economic pain on a dangerous autocrat who needs to know that the free world stands in solidarity with the Ukrainian people and that Putin’s abhorrent actions will have enduring, harrowing economic consequences in the days, months, and years ahead.”
 
Treasurer Wooden is charged with making investments in the best interest of the plan and its beneficiaries. In addition to the standards of fiduciary law, the Treasurer follows the requirements of state statute which requires him to consider the geopolitical implications of particular investments in relation to U.S. foreign policy and national interests.
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About the Office of the State Treasurer
Under the leadership of Connecticut’s State Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden, the Office of the Treasurer is dedicated to safeguarding taxpayers’ dollars and the state’s financial resources while maximizing returns, minimizing risks, and operating at the highest professional and ethical standards. Through receiving, investing, and disbursing, the Office continues to enhance the State’s fiscal stability, financial literacy, college and disability savings, and its approach to leveraging business partnerships to combat social issues such as gun violence, climate change, and equal opportunities in economic growth. Learn more about the Office of the Treasurer here and follow along on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Office of the Treasurer | 165 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT, 06103
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New Haven Connecticut Stands with the Citizens of UKRAINE..

Posted by Bud Mench Media Group -BMMG on February 28, 2022 at 17:06

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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.

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We Stand with Ukraine
New Haven City Hall

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Action Alert: Testify on Tuesday on the Right to Housing and Housing Opportunities for Justice Impacted Persons

Posted by Bud Mench Media Group -BMMG on February 26, 2022 at 11:12
Action Alert: Testify on Tuesday on the Right to Housing and Housing Opportunities for Justice Impacted Persons 
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The Housing Committee will hold a public hearing on
Tuesday, March 1st at 1:00 p.m.
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BILL SUMMARIES
H.B. 5208, An Act Concerning Housing Opportunities for Justice-Impacted Persons has come out of the work of the 2019 Council on the Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Record and if enacted will protect housing applicants with criminal records from discrimination and denials. This approach regulates and limits landlord’s review and use of criminal background checks to screen rental applicants or tenants, prevents blanket denial by landlords of applicants with criminal records. This bill also requires landlords to conduct an individualized assessment that considers such factors as the time passed since the conviction, the age at the time of the offense, and any evidence of mitigating circumstances such as rehabilitation, good behavior, or employment. 
S.B. 168, An Act Establishing a Right to Housing is a piece of legislation that expresses the need to progressively implement policies to respect, protect, and fulfill a right to affordable, decent, safe, and stable housing. This legislation would mobilize the Department of Housing to bring together experts on housing issues to analyze how the state can best implement a right to housing. This group will be comprised of appointees who have expertise in – or direct experience with – housing instability due to factors such as domestic violence, immigrant or refugee status, veteran status, as well as with gender or racial discrimination.  
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Please take the time today to sign up to testify or submit written testimony and share this message far and wide. The virtual format of the session allows as many coalition members as possible to testify and ask legislators to end discrimination against justice-impacted people searching for housing, and to guarantee housing for all. 
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Email your written testimony in Word or PDF (preferred) to HSGtestimony@cga.ct.gov 
To provide verbal testimony during the hearing:   
  • You must register using the On-line Testimony Registration Form. Registration will close on Monday, February 28, 2022, at 3:00 P.M. 
  • To register to testify by phone, call the Phone Registrant Line at (860) 240-0340 
  • Speaker order of approved registrants will be posted on the Housing Committee website on Monday, February 28, 2022, at 6:00 P.M. under Public Hearing Testimony. 
  • Testimony is limited to three (3) minutes 
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The public hearing can be viewed via YouTube Live. In addition, the public hearing may be recorded and broadcast live on CT-N.com.
 
If you need any assistance, please feel free to contact Kay Munoz at kmunoz@cceh.org.  
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HAPPENING TODAY: Transportation and Infrastructure: A Conversation with Black Mayors

Posted by Bud Mench Media Group -BMMG on February 23, 2022 at 11:30

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The African American Mayors Association invites you to tune in to a critical discussion on transportation innovation in America. On Wednesday, February 23 at 4:00 pm ET via YouTube, AAMA will host a virtual panel titled “Transportation and Infrastructure: A Conversation with Black Mayors” featuring several members of the Association along with a special guest, Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
With the recent new initiatives and policies presented by the Biden Administration regarding improvements to transportation and infrastructure across the country, AAMA feels it timely to host such a discussion. The discussion will focus on electric vehicle infrastructure and expansion, transition expansion, federal funding formulas, and direct to locality funding concerns. Join us for a lively discussion on next steps and how the Biden Administration is working hand in hand with local governments.
Moderated by AAMA 2nd Vice President, Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard (Mount Vernon, NY), the conversation will also feature Mayor Steven Reed (Montgomery, AL), Mayor LaToya Cantrell (New Orleans, LA), Mayor Vi Lyles (Charlotte, NC), and Mayor Byron Brown (Buffalo, NY).
For questions, please contact AAMA Sr. Manager of Programs, Antonio Scott, at antonio@ourmayors.org.
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Long Wharf Theater after 57 years at the New Haven Food Terminal, will be leaving

Posted by Bud Mench Media Group -BMMG on February 23, 2022 at 11:15
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We are writing to share some exciting and groundbreaking news. Long Wharf Theatre, after 57 years at the New Haven Food Terminal, will be leaving its current home to usher in a new chapter in its storied history. We will continue to produce theatre, and we are committed to creating an institution that belongs to you, the community.

The pandemic, through its many exhaustions, has given Long Wharf Theatre the rare opportunity to reflect, regroup, and reassess. Since the shutdown, we have tried our very best to stay connected by telling stories and sharing experiences that have something to say about the world around us. We have done this virtually and, more recently, in person on the Claire Tow Stage. As you can imagine, we have learned so much during this unthinkable time. One such powerful lesson: people and relationships, rather than bricks and mortar, make for a beloved regional theatre. Together, we have built a company with an extraordinary legacy—first-rate productions, stunning designs, and mesmerizing performances.

We will take the best parts of our treasured past as the bridge to our boundary-breaking future. Long Wharf Theatre has always been a place for visionary thinking, both big and small. When the company was founded in 1965 by Jon Jory, Harlan Kleiman, Ruth Lord, Betty Kubler, and Newt Schenck with support from the community, there was a spirit of imagination and possibility that propelled the work forward. That will always stay with us; they will always be with us. Even as we say goodbye to our home at 222 Sargent Drive, we will build on all that has come before. So, what comes next?

Our 2021/22 season will continue at 222 Sargent Drive.

Beginning in fall of 2023–following an in-depth, community-driven strategic planning phase–the new model will enable Long Wharf Theatre productions to be presented throughout Greater New Haven, embedding the company within the City, and no longer anchoring performances to our current space. Long Wharf Theatre will be able to serve its artists in ways that are tailor-made for each project while making our work more accessible to the entire New Haven community. We will also use this time to listen, to learn, and to build co-created partnerships with our artists, supporters, and local partners to better understand the unique role Long Wharf Theatre could play in the dynamic civic life of our city, which may include a new permanent home in the future. We will continue to share updates with you on our bold new programming and partnerships as these conversations unfold in the coming months.

You can read more about our news on The New York Times. In March, we will also host several in-person and virtual Town Hall events to gather in community with you about the exciting future of Long Wharf Theatre. Those dates are:

  • Thursday, March 9 at 7-8pm (Virtual)
  • Thursday, March 24 at 7-8pm (Virtual)
  • Saturday, April 2 at 2-3pm (NHFPL Mitchell Branch, 37 Harrison Street, New Haven)
  • Thursday, April 7 at 7-8pm (Long Wharf Theatre, 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven)

Information on how to sign up for Town Halls will be shared in the coming weeks.

Long Wharf Theatre—guided by the core pillars of artistic innovation, radical inclusion, and kaleidoscopic partnerships—will continue to produce dynamic and fully staged productions, incubate new plays and musicals, support the best voices working in the American theatre, deliver meaningful virtual and in-person opportunities to engage with our artists, and provide community programming for learners of all ages. Our Theatre will remain an unparalleled hub for creative excellence and an artistic home for a new generation of great storytellers. In the meantime, we hope to see you at our upcoming shows and events—and stay tuned for more information to come.

As a stalwart supporter of our institution, we imagine you have questions about this evolution, and we welcome your thoughts and questions. While we hope you will join us at a Town Hall, you can also reach us at lwt@longwharf.org or leave a message at (203) 772-8265 and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

May that spirit of possibility our company was seeded with guide us into the future, and beyond. As we continue writing the story of Long Wharf Theatre, we hope you will join us for this joyful and historic journey.

Nancy Alexander

Board Chair

Jacob G. Padrón

Artistic Director

Kit Ingui

Managing Director

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LONG WHARF THEATRE  222 Sargent Drive, New Haven, CT 06511
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Black Minds Matter : The Real on Mental health

Posted by Bud Mench Media Group -BMMG on February 17, 2022 at 23:07

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We are excited to finally announce our ongoing panel addressing mental health in the Black community. So many of our brothers and sisters are suffering in silence. We want to thoughtfully tackle the difficult conversations that surround mental health.

Please join us! Panelists include:

La Shaun Aaron, Co founder of 805 Resistance, certified life coach and owner of Getting it Together Life Coaching & Consulting LLC, anti racist training facilitator and trained Sociologist.

Joan Claudette, Director of Mental Health Facility, psychology major, and Mental Health Advocate/ Founder of Black & Free VC.

Ríccí Bester-Adams, founder of Equality Action of Ventura County, Theatre/Social Justice/Screenwriting major, owner of House of Cici & Common Sense Mommy, social media volunteer at 805 Resistance and PDA Conejo Valley Board member.

Along with 3 other professionals on the panel, to discuss how Black Men deserve a space, and why it's a stigma to not discuss mental health.

We hope you all can join the panel of 6 to discuss! Stay tuned!

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Join us for the CT Sun/Boys & Girls Club of New Haven Vax Party! Get Back in the Game!

Posted by Bud Mench Media Group -BMMG on February 17, 2022 at 6:28

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Join us for the CT Sun/Boys & Girls Club of New Haven Vax Party! Get Back in the Game!

*Free basketball clinic hosted by the CT SUN with free WNBA basketballs
*Q&A Panel on COVID-19
*Free Snacks
*And Free COVID-19 vaccines (ages 5-17), administered by Griffin Health

SPECIAL GUESTS!
*Coaches Tharon Mayes and Christian Vick
*CT Sun Coaches Chris Koclanes and Analisse Rios
*Mayor Justin Elicker
*Health Director Maritza Bond
*Dr. Tamiko Jackson-McArthur....
*And BLAZE!

Limited to first 50 youth with one parent/guardian. Masks required and walk-ins welcome!

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