Month: June 2017
Managing Chronic Eczema
The Key to Managing Chronic Eczema By Brandith Irwin, MD Your skin is an amazing organ: It has a very capable barrier function, a good blood supply to call in nutrients, and the ability to repair itself. It has its own local immune surveillance system, a support system with collagen, elastic fibers, etc. (like a […]
Joelle Murchison Receives 2017 Living Waters Award
CT Conference Board Announces the 2017 Living Waters Award Joelle A. Murchison, Associate Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, The University of Connecticut has been named the 2017 Living Waters Award Recipient. The award will be presented at the 150th Annual Meeting of the Connecticut Conference on June 16-17, 2017 at the Connecticut Convention Center. Joelle, […]
What WAS the legislature doing?
Testimony for the Transportation Committee of the Connecticut Legislature on House Bill # 6502 Monday, February 6, 2017 Hartford, CT The state’s website, cga.ct.gov, has many useful tools for tracking and reading bills, including a tool to browse bills by subject. However, that tool includes too many specific subjects to get a big-picture view of […]
Back Pack needs
FCC Missions Ministry, in partnership with Community Partners in Action, is supporting our Back Pack program for the 3rd straight year. The program provides backpacks of toiletries for women being released from prison. Often leaving York Correctional Institution with little or nothing, these women have few resources and many needs. The Missions Ministry is […]
Another “she persisted” moment?
Another “she persisted” moment? GOP panel chairman scolds Kamala Harris about ‘courtesy’ after she grills deputy AG on Russia probe TRAVIS GETTYS 07 JUN 2017 AT 13:09 ET Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) was scolded by a Republican committee chairman Wednesday as she grilled law enforcement and intelligence officials on the Russia probe. The California Democrat […]
House of Hope, Haiti
House of Hope, Haiti Global Ministries is excited to report that House of Hope, with thanks to the generous support they received in the initial response to Hurricane Matthew, completed two of the three activities they identified for accompanying those affected by Hurricane Matthew. House of Hope provided food and hygiene items to families in the […]
Thinking About Retirement?
Thinking About Retirement? Who Isn’t! Here are some resources for free information: https://www.fool.com/retirement/index.aspx https://www.usa.gov/retirement http://www.aarp.org/retirement/ http://www.uwra.org/retirement-resources
MLK and the Sanitation Worker’s Strike
Presented by Patricia Smith I’m standing here before you this morning because I’m sad about something that I saw on TV last Tuesday night. It bothered me so much that on Wednesday I called Pastor Camp and told him about what I had seen and how I thought that something should be mentioned in church […]
What Rights Do Children of Illegal Immigrant Parents Have in the U.S.?
What Rights Children of Illegal Immigrant Parents Have in the U.S. Updated By Ilona Bray, J.D., University of Washington Law School The children of undocumented (often called “illegal”) immigrants in the U.S. typically had no say in their parents’ decision to move to the U.S., but must contend with the consequences nonetheless. If those children […]
Another prison facility closes as CT inmate population shrinks
Another prison facility closes as CT inmate population shrinks By: MARK PAZNIOKAS | The administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Wednesday the closure of the 254-bed Radgowski annex at the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center in Montville, saving about $3 million in annual operating costs. “As crime in Connecticut has dropped to its lowest level in […]
With Integrated Schools Out Of Reach, Segregated Options Gain Favor
Imperfect Choices: With Integrated Schools Out Of Reach, Segregated Options Gain Favor Twenty years after Sheff v. O’Neill — Connecticut’s decree that racial isolation in Hartford schools violated children’s constitutional rights — neighborhood schools have been left in the ruling’s shadow. Kathleen Megan and Matthew Kauffman Contact Reporters Connecticut’s network of regional magnet schools, long hailed […]
WHEN POVERTY PERMEATES THE CLASSROOM
TROUBLED SCHOOLS ON TRIAL: FIRST OF SEVEN STORIES WHEN POVERTY PERMEATES THE CLASSROOM Struggling to cope with past sexual abuse and a mother who works long hours at a low-wage job, Alex regularly breaks down while at school. The screaming, crawling and crying of this 5-year-old at North Windham Elementary School – and the arrival […]