Interview with Joshua Serrano, Tenant Leader
On July 11, 2017, tenants of the Clay Arsenal Renaissance Apartments (CARA), with the support of CAC, held a public action at Shiloh Baptist Church on Albany Avenue to demand better housing. Despite the
Neighborhood Organizing Expands
In collaboration with the South Marshall Street Interfaith Coalition and Immanuel Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, CAC has hired Tieasha Gayle as a Community Organizer with an initial focus on South Marshall Street.
What’s Race Got to Do with It? Building anti-racist, multi-faith collective power
“Racism is not a failure of the system; it is the design of the system.” –People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond From October 17-19, 2017, the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB) conducted
New Project Director for Freedom School
CAC’s 2017 Adventures in the City (AIC) Freedom School at Thirman Milner Elementary School was a success. Enrollment increased by about 33% and 97% of the students maintained or gained in institutional reading levels! In
Tenant Leaders Host Community Organizing Cookout
On Saturday, September 30th, Clay Arsenal Renaissance Apartments (CARA) tenant leaders, with support of the Christian Activities Council, held a community cookout in Lozada Park at the corner of Center and Seyms street in
Emmanuel Ku Issued Notice of Default by HUD
Major health and safety deficiencies found during federal inspection. Owner Issued Notice of Default on HUD contract.
No More Slumlords! CAC Organizes Low-income Tenants in Housing Campaign
Imagine that your daughter is afraid to go to sleep at night. Afraid not because of a boogieman under her bed or shadow monsters dancing on the wall, but afraid because mice constantly run
Enrollment Increases for Adventures in the City Freedom School
On June 26, 2017, students in grades K-3 gathered at Thirman Milner School in Hartford’s North End neighborhood for the second year of Adventures in the City CDF® Freedom School. Last year’s Freedom School provided six
Faith in Action! Developing a Faith Based Power Organization
Imagine what life in our greater Hartford region could be like if our religious institutions actually possessed the moral force to make it a more just and equitable place? For one year, CAC’s staff
A Leader Rises! Interview with Natalie Langlaise, Parent Leader
Ms. Natalie Langlaise, a mother and parent leader at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School, participated in CAC’s leadership training. She served as a primary leader in developing the MLK campaign’s organizing strategy and