The solution to racial injustice must include gun violence prevention
A woman holds a Black Lives Matter sign so passengers on a city bus can see it during a protest demanding the defunding of police in front of Hartford City Hall. We are in the midst of a historic opportunity to begin the process of eradicating the systemic, institutionalized racism and injustice that has afflicted […]
‘A very broad power base’: CT faith leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement
Pastor Anthony L. Bennett is lead pastor at Mount Aery Baptist Church in Bridgeport. Credit: Cloe Poisson / CTMirror.org Clergy members from around the state march down Main Street in Hartford in an event organized by the Greater Hartford Interfaith Action Alliance (GHIAA) to demand police accountability and transparency in response to the recent death of George […]
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.
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 […]
Faith Based Organizing in 2017
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