While serving a church in the Newhallville neighborhood in New Haven, I had the opportunity to be involved in several actions led by the Elm City Congregations Organized (ECCO).  I was deeply committed to the

Denise Fillion, School Crossing Guard Supervisor for the Hartford Police Department (HPD) Traffic Division, sent a letter to the Milner School office dated August 22, 2017, informing the school that two crossing guard posts associated with the school would be closing.

Resident leaders continue to make progress organizing for decent, safe, and sanitary living conditions in their apartments owned by slumlord Emmanuel Ku. Ku receives $1.6 million a year from the federal government and enjoys a $266,000 a year tax break from the City of Hartford in exchange for providing quality housing. However, residents continue to live in rat, mice, and mold infested apartments.

After several months of intense organizing, tenant leaders of the Clay Arsenal Renaissance Apartments (CARA) have won some major victories!  On December 14, 2017, over 100 people, including Mayor Bronin, filled the fellowship hall of Union Baptist Church for the second public

In collaboration with the South Marshall Street Interfaith Coalition and Immanuel Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, CAC has hired Tieasha Gayle as a Community Organizer with an initial focus on South Marshall Street.