Fall 2022 Newsletter

October 26, 2022

Guest Blog

Fall 2022 Newsletter

Greetings from the Collaborative Center for Justice! With Election Day approaching, the fall is off to a busy start. Below you can find some news and updates from the Center, as well as public policy issues for you to act on. Most urgent is the upcoming referendum on early in-person […]

April 5, 2022

Guest Blog, Uncategorized

Written Testimony Submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly Judiciary Committee in support of S.B. 392 and S.B. 387

Click here to read S.B 392 Click here to read S.B 387 Written Testimony Submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly Judiciary Committee in support of S.B. 392 and S.B. 387 with the recommendations submitted by the Connecticut Justice Alliance, and in opposition to S.B. 365, S.B. 388, H.B. 5418, H.B. […]

April 5, 2022

Environmental Justice, Guest Blog

Written Testimony Submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly Environment Committee in opposition to H.B. 5297

Written Testimony Submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly Environment Committee in opposition to H.B. 5297: An Act Concerning the Multiplicity of Affecting Facilities in Certain Census Block Groups in the State

April 5, 2022

Guest Blog, Housing/Homelessness

Written Testimony Submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly Housing Committee in opposition to Raised Bill No. 5347

Click here to read about Bill No. 5347 Written Testimony Submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly Housing Committee in opposition to Raised Bill No. 5347: An Act Concerning the Review of Criminal Histories for Prospective Tenants. March 10, 2022 To the Honorable Co-Chairs Senator Rick Lopes and Representative Quentin Williams, […]

April 5, 2022

Women, Children, & Families

Written Testimony Submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly Labor and Public Employees Committee in Support of S.B. 312.

Written Testimony Submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly Labor and Public Employees Committee in Support of S.B. 312: An Act Concerning the Expansion of Connecticut Paid Sick Days.

April 5, 2022

Education, Guest Blog

Written Testimony Submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly Education Committee in Support of H.B. 5285

Written Testimony Submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly Education Committee in Support of H.B. 5285: An Act Concerning the Public School Curriculum

November 1, 2021

Action Alert

Double the Impact of Your Donation!

Dear Friends, It has been an exciting year here at the Collaborative Center for Justice! Since our last appeal, your support helped fuel our contributions to two statewide legislative victories that will improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of Connecticut residents! With municipal election season here, many of us […]

June 10, 2021

Guest Blog

ALERT: CCFJ Urgent Action: Call Governor Lamont Today for Clean Slate!

Call Governor Lamont Today & Demand That He Sign Clean Slate into Law! Call the Governor’s office before 5:00 p.m. today at 860-566-4840 and tell the person who answers that you are in SUPPORT of Clean Slate (S.B.1019) and want Governor Lamont to sign the bill! Once signed into […]

June 10, 2021

Guest Blog

CCFJ Action Alert – Calls needed today on TCI!

The Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) needs your advocacy TODAY! You may have read media reports over the weekend that TCI was cut from the budget negotiations. While this is true, we are hearing that there is still hope that the legislation could be passed this session. We are not […]

May 25, 2021

Action Alert

Urgent: One Last Push for Clean Slate (S.B.1019)!

The Issue The Clean Slate criminal justice reform bill (S.B.1019) that we support is coming up for a vote in the state House any day now. Last week it successfully made it out of the Senate. This is the final push before it makes it to Governor Lamont’s desk and, […]