Connecticut Association for Community Action
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CAFCA Connections – September 4, 2019
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Deb Polun, Executive Director, and Kelley Hall, Development, Communications, and Grants Manager, CAFCA, attended the Community Action Partnership's national convention, Community Action: A Voice for Change, in Chicago, IL last week. They learned and networked with Community Action colleagues from across the country, and attended workshop sessions on topics like social determinants of health, changing the narrative for human services, strategic planning, crisis communications, and more – see newsletter for links to keynote speakers and more.
- TVCCA talks RSVP on SEC-TV (8/29/29)
- TEAM holds Intergenerational Fashion Show & Luncheon (WTNH, 8/19/19)
- CRT Wraps Up Successful Season of Summer Youth Employment in Hartford (Fox 61, 8/16/19)
- Housing the homeless is reason to celebrate (Michelle Jalbert, New Britain Herald, 8/12/19)
- 'Empathy Tour' seeks to give formerly incarcerated their lives back (Kelan Lyons, CT Mirror, 9/3/19)
- Connecticut on track to end 2020 with surplus (Christine Stuart, CT News Junkie, 9/3/19)
- Lamont readies a transportation reboot (Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror, 9/2/19)
- U.S. CEO group says corporations have duty to address income inequality. 'The American dream is alive, but fraying.' (Michelle Chapman, AP, 9/18/19)
- The health care of loneliness across southeastern Connecticut (Julia Werth, CT Examiner, 8/15/19)
- CRT's Meals on Wheels Golf Classic, Sept. 18
- CAANH's 27th Annual Chilifest, Sept. 21
National and Regional Events
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