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