GHIAA Organizer Moves On
It is with some sadness that we report that GHIAA Organizer, Cesar Aleman, is moving on from CLJ. However, we ask that you join us in celebrating the great opportunity awaiting Cesar. In Cesar's own
Big Win On Welfare Liens Campaign!
After a hard-fought legislative campaign that was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, GHIAA received word that Gov. Lamont signed H.B. 6516 into law on March 4, 2021, effectively putting a long-overdue end to welfare liens
Remembering Patricia “Pat” Williams
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Patricia "Pat" Williams. Pat has been a board member at CLJ for more than five years, more recently serving as Board Vice President. "Patricia
2021 Legislative toolkit links
Welfare Lien Action Alert - Appropriations (012721) 2021 GHIAA Legislative Toolkit FINAL 2021 Legislative Fact Sheet Criminal Justice Campaign.clean slate DSS Welfare Lien Recoveries Division CLJ Welfare Liens in Connecticut Housing Campaign.welfare liens FINAL Welfare
PDF resources
GHIAA Info Sheets - Nov 2020 Public Action FINAL ACTION REQUIRED-Address Racism as a Public Health Crisis Facing Black Americans (2) House Meeting Toolkit - Final Copy Clean Slate Fact Sheet 3-5-20-2 (002)
Justice In Time of Pandemic
On June 12, 2020, clergy from the Greater Hartford Interfaith Action Alliance (GHIAA) marched 1.5 miles from Hartford’s North End neighborhood down to City Hall, with a stop at the Hartford Police Department, chanting “No
Freedom School Goes Virtual!
CLJ’s Adventures in the City (AIC) Freedom School has gone VIRTUAL! After four years of providing a dynamic in-person multi-cultural literacy curriculum to scholars in grades k-3 (and 39 years of providing a summer program),
Remembering David Weaver, Jr.
Our beloved, long-term board member, David A. Weaver, Jr., passed away on Thursday, June 18, 2020. David joined our board in 2003. “Dave's dedication to the mission and work of the Center for Leadership and
GHIAA Update from Executive Director
Dear Friends of CLJ and GHIAA, I write to you from the context of the ongoing and devastating COVID-19 pandemic and the continuing idolatrous realities of white supremacy plaguing this nation. The murder of
Attorney General Tong Takes Groundbreaking Action Against Slumlord
On Wednesday, January 29, 2020, Attorney General William Tong announced that his office had opened an investigation into Emmanuel Ku, former owner of the Clay Arsenal Renaissance Apartments (CARA). In 2018, resident leaders organized by