Clergy members take the streets to march for justice
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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 the Christian Activities Council (now the Center for Leadership and Justice) forced the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) […]
GHIAA’s Inaugural Delegates Assembly
On Tuesday, February 4, 2020, leaders from our GHIAA congregations filed into the sanctuary at Union Baptist Church in Hartford’s North End to hold the first Delegates Assembly of the Greater Hartford Interfaith Action Alliance (GHIAA). Minister Ronald Campbell of Urban Hope Refuge set the tone for the night by leading those gathered in a […]
Faith Based Organizing 2018
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NEW CAC Video & Online 2017 Annual Report!
To be more environmentally conscious, CAC’s 2017 annual report has gone totally digital! Click here to view our 2017 annual report and see CAC’s new video produced by Hartford filmmaker Pedro Bermudez.
Leaders Take on Millionaire Slumlord & Win! Battle Continues
In 2007, Laura Schreier wrote an article warning that an alleged slumlord, Emmanuel Ku, was targeting Hartford. Ten years later, 2,300 health and safety violations plagued the Ku owned, 150-unit Clay Arsenal Renaissance Apartments (CARA). With CAC’s help, residents organized to put an end to Ku’s poverty profiteering in Hartford. CARA resident leaders – Joshua […]
NEW CAC Video & Online 2017 Annual Report!
To be more environmentally conscious, CAC’s 2017 annual report has gone totally digital! Click here to view our 2017 annual report and see CAC’s new video produced by Hartford filmmaker Pedro Bermudez.
Faith Based Organizing in 2017
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What’s Race Got to Do with It? A white man’s perspective
CAC partnered with Immanuel Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, and the Episcopal Church of Connecticut to sponsor a second round of the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB) antiracism training. Forty people gathered for
Mayor Bronin to “aggressively pursue” North End slumlord
“The City will now aggressively pursue any and all options,” was the declaration made by Mayor Luke Bronin in regards to holding Emmanuel Ku, owner of the Clay Arsenal Renaissance Apartments (CARA), responsible for gross