Dear Supporter, Tuesday, November 18, 2008 In the Blogs: Students of Color Arrested at Twice the Rate of Whites in West Hartford Schools "You can't help but wonder why this required an ACLU report. Why is it that the West Hartford Board of Education or the West Hartford Police Department never took note that students of color were being arrested at twice the rate of white students? Are they color-blind? Or are they blind to differences affecting people of color?" -- Peter Goselin, Two Good Hands Blog Who Will Pay for the Recession in Connecticut? "In other words, poor people who rely on state social and human services, members of vulnerable communities such as youth, the elderly and the disabled, who need the state's protection, and state employees will be the (sacrificial) cash cow, but Connecticut's wealthiest residents will likely weather the crisis without having to pay a dime more in taxes." -- Peter Goselin, Two Good Hands Blog 300 Rally in New Haven to Overturn California's Proposition H8 "We'll be back to take to the streets in New Haven and in cities and towns across the country until Prop. 8 is overturned. The peoples' movement can and will overturn Prop. 8." -- Chris Garaffa, A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, New Haven View Photos from Hartford's Rally Which Drew Over 100 Protesters Subscribe to the People of Faith Blog RSS feed: http://faithct.net/blog/feed Start Blogging Today: http://faithct.net/page/2008/08/31/how-create-blog-post Action Alerts! Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil at State Capitol, Thursday, 11/20, 5:30PM Gather at First Presbyterian Church at 5:15PM for a Candlelight Procession to the North Steps of the State Capitol where we will honor the lives of our Transgender Sisters and Brothers who were murdered this past year in hate crimes. Stand with us as we call on the State Legislature to enact in 2009 long-overdue Anti-Discrimination Protections in employment, housing and public accommodations for transgender and gender-nonconforming people. Join us for the Day of Remembrance Program and refreshments at Metropolitan Community Church, Hartford at 7PM. This Week's Social Justice & Anti-War Events in Connecticut: Business & Labor Working for Health Care Reform, Plantsville, 11/19, 8AM Help With The Greatest Wealth Transfer to Lower-Income Families, Hartford, 11/20, 6PM De Novo: A Play About Immigrant Youth in Court, Hartford, 11/22, 8PM Outrage '69: Dinner & Movie, Hartford, 11/23, 5PM Subscribe to Events RSS Feed: http://faithct.net/event/$year/$month/$day/feed/index.xml |