NEWS
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
Remembering Patricia “Pat” Williams
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Patricia "Pat" Williams. Pat has been a board member at CLJ for more than five years, more recently serving as Board Vice President. "Patricia
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
Freedom School 2018
In 1964, a recent Yale law graduate by the name of Marian Wright Edelman moved to Mississippi at the start of the Freedom Summer Project. College students from around the country came to work
CAC Welcomes New Staff & Interns
Joshua Serrano, CAC’s newest Community Organizer, is no stranger to those of you who have been following the No More Slumlord’s Campaign. A Hartford native of Puerto Rican descent, Josh was one of the Clay