December 2020 Newsletter – CAFCA

Connecticut Association for Community Action
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CAFCA Connections – December 3, 2020

This interactive, two-day event (Dec. 8 & 9) will discuss the role of Community Action in the social justice movement, health disparities, crisis planning, and more.  Featuring keynote speaker Dr. Khalilah Brown-Dean, award-winning scholar, author, and visionary community leader.

• Giving back this Thanksgiving at CRT
• Working together to fight homelessness (Peter DeBiasi, Op Ed, Willimantic Chronicle, 11/18/20
• Human Resources Agency of New Britain names first female Latina Executive Director (Ciara Hooks, New Britain Herald 11/10/20)
• Tribute to Community Action's Paul Puzzo, CAFCA

• Rethinking the poverty measure (Kalena Thomhave, The American Prospect 12/3/20)
• Charities Face COVID challenges As community needs grow (Emily DiSalvo, CT News Junkie, 12/2/20)
• Analysts: Lamont, lawmakers face $4.3 billion gap in next two-year state budget (Keith M. Phaneuf, CT Mirror, 11/20/20)
• Thousands of CT families who receive SNAP benefits to see boost on Nov.19 (Tina Detelj, WTNH, 11/17/20)
• Tackling the legacy of persistent urban inequality and concentrated poverty (Stuart M. Butler and Jonathan Grabinsky, Brooking, 11/16/20)

• Project Healing collecting toys for Access CAA, Dec. 3-20
• TEAM's Toys 4 Kids Program

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