Voices from the Capitol

Traducción al Español Resilient is a word that’s too often used to described communities of color. These past few years have been especially exhausting—necessitating more effort, more grace to push through the day. In spite of it all, we rise every morning and persevere. While we know lif...

Dear Voices Community – The 2022 legislative session has concluded! This year, the Connecticut General Assembly passed a FY23 budget adjustment that provides unprecedented support to the state’s hardworking families. We are pleased to report that a number of the policies we have fought f...

This op-ed was featured in the Hartford Courant on April 2, 2022. “Thank you so much. You don’t know how badly I need this money. I’m a single mom, I have three kids, my son’s birthday is next month and there are bills to pay.” As both a pediatrician and volunteer tax preparer, I witness t...

This op-ed was published by the CT Mirror and be viewed HERE. Volunteers can help professionals, families, and children themselves shape a better future. April —Child Abuse Prevention Month and Volunteer Appreciation Month— arrives during what is heralded as the “year of the child.”  It’...

by Derrick M. Gordon, Ph.D. and Shannon Schrader Recent discourse on juvenile justice reform has focused on the increases in juvenile offending and the need to hold young offenders accountable for the crimes they have committed. At the same time, judicial rulings (e.g., “Graham v. Florida,” 2...