CCFJ’s Testimony in Support of Repealing Welfare Liens

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

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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 […]

October 14, 2020

Guest Blog

Collaborative Center for Justice News Briefs – Fall 2020

We at the Collaborative Center for Justice are excited to update our Voices for Justice Network members on what we have been up to. Below you will find some highlights from earlier in the year before the pandemic, a description of some of the issues we have focused on in […]

October 2, 2020

Action Alert

Three Ways to Get Involved in October!

The first two opportunities mark the kickoff of our Public Theology Conversation Series. For each conversation, we will be joined by intellectuals, organizers, and public figures to discuss the challenges (and opportunities) that face our nation, and how our values might spur us into action in pursuit of justice. Each […]

September 25, 2020

Action Alert

Speak Up against the Fracked-gas Power Plant!

There is still time to speak up against the proposed fracked-gas power plant in Killingly! Your input is needed by October 9th On October 1st, a public hearing will be held on the permit application to allow NTE Connecticut to dump waste water associated with the power plant into public […]

September 18, 2020

Guest Blog

Moving forward on Killingly power plant is illogical and immoral

This op-ed was originally published here in the Hartford Courant on September 17, 2020. — State leaders have a significant role to play in the race to protect Connecticut against the worst outcomes of the climate crisis. There is a troubling disconnect between what Gov. Ned Lamont and Department of Energy […]