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Tackling Gun Violence: Hartford Public Schools provide support for students exposed to trauma
Tackling gun violence is work that Hartford Public Schools educators say they sadly know well. Just this week, two students were shot and killed outside of school. Police investigating, yellow tape: it was a devastating scene for two school communities, after 19-year-old Lavante Brown and 16-year-old Aydin Davis were shot and killed during a party at an apartment on Saturday….
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CT Children's embraces mental health programming thanks to funding from nonprofit
It is Mental Health Awareness Month, and we know that mental health support is crucial for kids. One nonprofit is making that, along with access to health care, more obtainable. It has outreach programs running right now at Connecticut Children’s in Hartford. It’s lights, camera, action, and Ellie McOmber is on air! From Connecticut Children’s Family Resource Center she...
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Pro-Palestinian protesters rally in New Haven as Board of Alders discharges local ceasefire resolution
Word of a long-sought ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is reaching Connecticut, as dozens of Pro-Palestinian protesters marched from Yale’s campus to City Hall, calling on New Haven to pass its own ceasefire resolution. Protesters swarmed the Board of Alders Chambers before the board indefinitely tabled a local ceasefire resolution. It is a proposal that has drawn animated public...
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Advocates push for legislation to benefit immigrants during rally at State Capitol
This International Workers’ Day, advocates for the immigrant community are raising their voices with a May Day march and rally at the State Capitol. The core message: that immigrant labor is one of the many ways that immigrants contribute to our country. “They work as hard, they work over the average that any American worker would work. Over 10 hours,…
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Enrollment deadline approaching at some CT colleges despite FAFSA confusion
If you are a student, or the parent of a student about to enroll in college, you may feel frustrated by delays in the Free Application For Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. In Connecticut, the deadline to enroll is coming up, even as many are still waiting to find out what kind of financial aid packages they can get. Even…
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Saint Francis Hospital offers injury prevention training to high school students
Would you know how to help someone suffering from a traumatic injury? High school students are learning how to do just that alongside medical professionals at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford. Three trainings this April are part of Injury Prevention Month. Relying on speed and agility, the students race the clock and each other to put tourniquets on dummies. However,…
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Big Brothers Big Sisters honors brotherly bond and recognizes volunteer
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut is honoring some of their volunteers at the Bigs of the Year Awards. The celebration is at Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford Wednesday night. Joey Redmond, of Higganum, is named Big Brother of the Year, and said it is only due to the special relationship born from the program. With banter and…
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Local Impact Grant helps nonprofit turn lives around with home repairs
Step by step, brush stroke by brushstroke, volunteers are changing hundreds of lives, one home repair at a time. Rebuilding Together of Manchester is making a difference in the community, with some help from a NBC Universal Local Impact Grant that it was awarded last year. The nonprofit helps income-eligible homeowners do emergency repairs and maintain their homes for free….
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University of New Haven prepares the next generation of Secret Service agents
Applications to the Secret Service are up dramatically this year, and the majority of those applications are coming from Connecticut. There is a pipeline from the University of New Haven to that federal agency. What exactly does it take to be part of the Secret Service, providing security to clients as highly ranked as the President of the United States?…
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6 arrested as thousands of UConn students celebrate NCAA victory outside of Gampel Pavilion
Husky nation is hyped! The UConn campus erupted into a party as the men’s basketball team took home a historic NCAA championship title for the second year in a row. “It’s just a once in a lifetime experience, but we did it twice. Back-to-back!” Jenessa Perez, a junior, said. Even before the final buzzer, thousands of students swarmed the...