5 Criminal Justice Reform Bills to Act on Now

April 29, 2021

Guest Blog

5 Criminal Justice Reform Bills to Act on Now

Here are five criminal justice reform bills currently under consideration in Connecticut. They need your support now to make it through the final stages of the state legislative process. The Connecticut General Assembly’s “Find Your Legislators” page will provide you with a list of your state and federal legislators. Click […]

April 29, 2021

Guest Blog

CCFJ’s Testimony in Support of a Strong Clean Slate Bill

To the distinguished members of the Joint Committee on Judiciary: My name is Dwayne David Paul, and I’m the Director of the Collaborative Center for Justice, a Hartford-based organization sponsored by six communities of Catholic nuns, and the chair of the criminal justice team of the Greater Hartford Interfaith Action […]

April 28, 2021

Guest Blog

CCFJ’s Testimony in Support of SB 999: An Act Concerning a Just Transition to Climate-Protective Energy Production and Community Investment

Written Testimony Submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly Labor and Public Employees Committee in Support of Senate Bill 999: An Act Concerning a Just Transition to Climate-Protective Energy Production and Community Investment. March 10, 2021 To the Honorable Senator Kushner, the Honorable Representative Porter, Vice-Chairs, Ranking Members, and distinguished members […]

April 28, 2021

Guest Blog

CCFJ’s Testimony in Support of SB 356: An Act Establishing an Energy Efficiency Retrofit Grant Program for Affordable Housing

Written Testimony Submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly Housing Committee in Support of Proposed Bill 356: An Act Establishing an Energy Efficiency Retrofit Grant Program for Affordable Housing. March 4, 2021 To the Honorable Co-Chairs Senator Rick Lopes and Representative Brandon L. McGee, Vice Chairs, Ranking Members, and distinguished members […]

April 28, 2021

Guest Blog

CCFJ’s Testimony in Support of Repealing Welfare Liens

Written Testimony Submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding in Support of Sections 2 – 10 of Senate Bill 873: An Act Mitigating Adverse Tax Consequences Resulting from Employees Working Remotely During Covid-19, And Concerning the Removal of Liens on the Property of Public Assistance […]

February 9, 2021

Uncategorized

Webinar: “Transportation, Climate, & Racial Justice: How We Can Address Health Inequities & Promote the Common Good”

Transportation accounts for 38% of Connecticut’s climate change causing greenhouse gas emissions, and 69% of our nitrogen oxide emission, a leading driver of asthma rates. States across the region are banding together to cut our contribution to climate change, air pollution, and to reinvest in overburdened communities through the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI). Join us for a lunchtime discussion on Wednesday, February 17, at […]

February 5, 2021

Action Alert

A Strong Clean Slate Bill Must Include Felony Convictions

The Issue The consequences of having a criminal record, especially a felony conviction, impacts the entire nation because of the way it drains the economy, and how it disproportionately targets communities of color. According to the FBI, 30% of American adults have some sort of criminal record. By age 23, 50% […]

November 20, 2020

Guest Blog

Five Things You Can Lobby the Incoming Administration for Right Now

The election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris has increased the feasibility of many of our policy priorities. This means that now more than ever people of faith need to raise their voices for policies that will do justice by the most vulnerable and promote the common good. That work starts today. Below you […]

November 11, 2020

Action Alert

Participate in November 18 #FreeThemNowCT Actions!

The Issue: In Connecticut, as of November 6, 2020, over 400 Department of Corrections staff, and 1,670 incarcerated people have contracted the coronavirus. There are 9,354 people incarcerated in Connecticut’s jails and prisons. The nonpartisan Marshall Project ranks Connecticut among the worst in the nation in per capita COVID-19 transmission in its correctional facilities. Even as the pandemic […]

November 9, 2020

Guest Blog

Watch Our Public Theology Conversations Online!

Last month the Collaborative Center for Justice launched its new program, Public Theology Conversations. We were honored to be joined by our guests, Dr. Milton Javier Bravo of Commonweal Magazine, and Olga Marina Segura of the National Catholic Reporter and author of the forthcoming Birth of a Movement: Black Lives […]