FBI Grants ConnCAT Leadership Award

By creating learning opportunities for urban youth while also providing advanced technical skills training, career counseling and job placement services to underserved adults, ConnCAT's mission will continue to be aligned with the FBI's efforts to improve the quality of life for all in the New Haven community," said Carlton Highsmith, ConnCat's board chairman, in a recent release.

Give me a break.You must not know the history of the FBI.

How the FBI Sabotaged Black America

https://youtu.be/ah_cR_uP40Y


COINTELPRO: The FBI's War on Black America

https://youtu.be/DDbVIDJnPzA


Federal Bureau of Intimidation
by Howard Zinn

http://historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinnfbi.html

This is a joke. According to Clemons' own numbers at a City Hall conference, his organization has placed 24 adults to work in slightly over two years! Really??? This guy talks a good game but there's a lot of smoke and not a lot of substance going on. Someone needs to look into this organization.

has anyone ever heard of this award before? I know of several deserving organizations in New Haven that have been around doing good work for much longer than ConnCat, and all of a sudden this award appears with lots of fanfare and Washington DC hoopla! Sounds like BS to me. hope the FBI does a better job investigating its cases than it does vetting its awardees. Pick organizations that are really making a difference.

I agree with @honest in new haven. I was at the same meeting and saw those figures. it surprised me no one asked about it. That's one person placed per month. Sounds pretty weak to me?

If I'm not mistaken, ConnCAT provides the opportunities, education and the resources. It is up to the students to pass their state certification exams and secure job placement.

And as for the children and what they're learning, have you talked to them or seen the beautiful things they've created? Things they could not have done on the streets in the Elm City. Do YOU provide a safe learning place for them? If so, I applaud you as well. If not I can only say, "those who say it can't be done, should get out of the way of those who are doing it".

And to the participants, get what you can out of any program that has something to offer. Use it as a stepping stone, not a crutch, and move on.

I get that there is a shady history with people of color and the FBI, but good things happen at ConnCAT and their involvement shouldn't overshadow that. The FBI is in everything, so as far as I'm concerned, that nullifies their involvement. Get what you can and keep it moving.

Thanks

@Susi You should read what Honest in New Haven wrote.

This is a joke. According to Clemons' own numbers at a City Hall conference, his organization has placed 24 adults to work in slightly over two years! Really??? This guy talks a good game but there's a lot of smoke and not a lot of substance going on. Someone needs to look into this organization.

Notice he said According to Clemons' own numbers at a City Hall conference, his organization has placed 24 adults to work in slightly over two years! Also as far as the FBI do you have COINTEL? My grandmother has one thanks to J. Edgar Hoover.You say The FBI is in everything, so as far as I'm concerned, that nullifies their involvement. Tell that to the families who have been victims of COINTEL.In fact COINTEL is still in around.