Citizen Contributions
by Staff | Apr 16, 2018 12:40 pm
Determined to advance initiatives that realize improved student performance, New Haven’s Gateway Community College has won admission to a network of “Achieving the Dream” schools.
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by Staff | Apr 13, 2018 12:06 pm
Yale-China Association, which is part of the official New Haven delegation visiting China to cement a new sister-city relationship with Changsha and try to attract new investment in New Haven, sent the following photos and write-ups from the trip.
Mayor Toni Harp, the first woman mayor of New Haven, was welcomed to Hong Kong today by Ms. Carrie Lam, chief executive of the Hong Kong S.A.R. Also in the meeting were (left to right) Marc Camille, president of Albertus Magnus College, David Youtz, president of Yale-China Association, Althea Norcott, representing New-Haven Sister Cities, and Andrew Wolf, New Haven director of arts, tourism and culture.
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by Josiah Brown | Apr 13, 2018 10:21 am

Josiah Brown, a volunteer member of the board of the Literacy Coalition of Greater New Haven, sent this account of an event in which the Coalition was involved.
On Saturday, April 7, Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) hosted a forum on “Equity and Digital Literacies.” Organized by SCSU Associate Professor of Education J. Greg McVerry – who is also a member of the board of the Literacy Coalition of Greater New Haven – the event reflected the collaboration of co-sponsors the Mozilla Foundation, SCSU’s School of Education and Computer Science Department, the Connecticut Education Network, and the Literacy Coalition. The Saturday morning audience included educators from the New Haven Public Schools, public librarians (from New Haven’s Stetson branch), technology aficionados, parents, civic activists, and a peer mentor/academic coach (and aspiring early childhood educator) from SCSU’s Multicultural Center.
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by Staff | Apr 11, 2018 2:37 pm | Comments (1)
Yale-China Association, which is part of the official New Haven delegation visiting China to cement a new sister-city relationship with Changsha and try to attract new investment in New Haven, sent the following photos and write-ups from the trip.
The New Haven delegation visited Yali Middle School where they had a rich exchange of ideas and information on Changsha and New Haven. In the photo, Andy Wolf, Director of Arts, Culture, and Tourism for the City of New Haven, is talking with Yali Middle School students about the vibrant cultural, arts, and culinary culture in New Haven.
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by Staff | Mar 6, 2018 1:25 pm
If you are among the small number of people who have not seen Black Panther, LEAPers highly recommend it.
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by Staff | Feb 8, 2018 1:55 pm
On the menu: An inside view of Hollywood scriptwriting. Or of immigration reform. Or of the Yale Art Gallery. Or politics, courtesy of a leading New York Times op-ed writer.
Or the menu will feature singing Broadway tunes with a master at the keyboard.
Of course, the menu will feature great food, too.
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by Michael Pavano & Kay Balionis | Jan 4, 2018 8:36 am
Teacher Michael Pavano sent in the following aritcle:
Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2017, was a cold day, but the warm welcome inside the K-2 classrooms at Columbus Academy was spreading.
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by Staff | Dec 20, 2017 8:50 am
The following article was submitted by retired Lt. Col. John Hinrichs and retired Sgt. 1st Class Lisa Rodriguez.
On a blustery cold December day, nine James Hillhouse High School Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) cadets participated in the Wreaths Across America, a wreath-laying ceremony at the Connecticut Veterans Cemetery in Middletown.
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by Staff | Dec 19, 2017 3:01 pm
The following was submitted by STEP Coordinator Ronald Huggins.
On Tuesday, the Elm City Communities’ Student Training and Employment Program (STEP) came together for a Winter Wonderland event.
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by Staff | Dec 18, 2017 3:37 pm | Comments (3)
A local activist group called Sex Workers and Allies Network sent in the following release.
Continue reading ‘50 March Against Sex Worker Violence’