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
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
No More Slumlords Campaign Wins New Housing Code in Hartford
After more than 40 years, the City of Hartford passed new housing code that will, if properly implemented, make it harder for slumlords to do business in the city! Mayor Luke Bronin made the special
New Hartford Housing Code Sparked by No More Slumlords Campaign
On June 3, 2019, Mayor Luke Bronin, city leaders, and organizers gathered on the steps of 65 Albany Avenue, in Hartford, to discuss the new Hartford housing code proposed by Mayor Bronin. This is the
More HUD-funded Slumlords Kicked Out of Hartford
On the heels of the No More Slumlords Campaign win at the Clay Arsenal Renaissance Apartments (CARA), CAC has successfully organized north end residents in two more campaign wins! Because of the power of organizing,
A Mighty Show of Faith: Organizing assembly brings out nearly 300 people
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? CAC embarked upon this imaginative task