MLK School Renovations
Fight to Keep MLK Jr. School Open: Do Not Warehouse MLK Kids in a Basement to Balance the Budget!
Milner School Initiatives
In 2014, the Center for Leadership and Justice (CLJ) began working with parents from Milner School
School Busing for North End Students
When Weaver High School in Hartford’s Northend closed for renovations, its football team and cheerleading
Equity in Education
Connecticut takes pride in the academic strength of our schools and the opportunities they provide to children.
Racial Justice Training for Educators
Environmental Justice
MIRA/MDA Trash Plant Site Background: For decades, a trash incinerator plant operated in the South End of Hartford, processing trash from dozens of suburban communities. The surrounding neighborhoods, including many low-income Black and Brown residents, bore the brunt of this pollution, and have the higher asthma rates and lower life expectancies to prove it. In […]
Youth Justice
There is an intentional misinformation campaign being promulgated by a group called “Safe Streets CT.”
Clean Slate
In 2021, GHIAA worked with allies from CONECT and ACLU-CT to fight for and win passage of Clean Slate legislation, which was signed into law that spring. Once implemented, this policy will automatically erase some criminal convictions of people who have returned to the community after incarceration and who remain crime-free for 7-10 years. This […]