Last Day of Black History Month Fundraiser!
It is the last day of our Black History Month fundraising. Be sure to to support the CT Black and Brown Student Union! Your donation to CT BBSU helps foster lasting change and sustains the impactful work initiated by so many resilient Black organizers.
Love Diaries
“Love Diaries” is a live performance event series meticulously crafted by and for black and brown storytellers. This event offers an opportunity to explore a myriad of emotions, frequencies, and concepts that encapsulate the diverse manifestations of love within the black diaspora.
Serving the Whole Child: A Focus on Food Security
Connecticut Public and the CT Black & Brown Student Union (CT BBSU) are partnering to host a series of one-hour conversations that explore what communities and policymakers can do to serve the whole child. The conversation at The Artists Collective in Hartford will focus on access to healthy food.
The federal government says more than 8 percent of the U.S population—nearly 24 million people-- live in a food desert—or places that do not have access to supermarkets. Food deserts are present in both urban and rural communities in our state.
The community is invited to attend this free event! There will be refreshments from 6-6:30 pm followed by a discussion with panelists:
Lauren Little: Farmer & Educator
Christine Caruso: Wesleyan University Asst. Professor of the Practice in the College of the Environment
Jocelyn Cerda: Founder, Mercado Popular
Emmanuel Elijah Nelson: Artist & Herbalist
Moderator: Shineika Fareus, Executive Director of CT Black & Brown Student Union (CT BBSU)
Opening remarks by Annie Stockton: Vice President at United Way of Southeastern CT Food Center
Start of Black History Month Fundraiser!
This Black History Month, support the CT Black and Brown Student Union! Your donation to CT BBSU helps foster lasting change and sustains the impactful work initiated by so many resilient Black organizers. All month long we will be collecting donations, so show your support to a local black women lead organization.
Community Letter Writing Session
Join RACCE, CT BBSU, and BHCA at our next Community Letter Writing Session with guest speakers Robin Ledbetter and Elizabeth Ruiz who are formerly incarcerated youth making a positive impact in our communities. We will be writing letters, sharing artwork, poetry, and messages of care, concern, and positivity to incarcerated youth here in Connecticut.
RACCE’s Community Letter Writing Program promotes social connections with incarcerated youth across Connecticut by exchanging letters of support, messages of love and creative writing or artwork.
Register Here: bit.ly/CLWSRACCE_Event
#GivingTuesday Fundraiser
We are hoping to raise $5,000 this Giving Tuesday to help youth organizers in Connecticut! Your contribution will go towards art & healing justice, cultural and political education, and leadership development.
DONATE HERE
Serving the Whole Child: Access to Quality Healthcare
We're excited to invite you to a thought-provoking event that addresses the crucial link between healthcare access and a child's educational success. In partnership with CT Public, we are kicking off a series of one-hour conversations dedicated to serving the whole child.
Meet Our Panelists:
Shineika Fareus - Organizing Director of CT Black and Brown Student Union (CT BBSU)
Rosana G. Ferraro - Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut
Janaai John - Husky 4 Immigrants
Daniel Palma - Connecticut Students For A Dream (C4D)
Moderated by: Lucy Nalpathanchil, CT Public VP of Community Engagement, will guide this enlightening conversation.
CYWC: Bombazo
City Wide Youth Coalition is excited to host Puerto Rican Bomba workshops on dance and drumming. Bomba is music of resistance from the island of Puerto Rico.
Dating back to the 16th century, Bomba has been used to communicate liberation and culture through dance, drumming and singing.
Join us as we host Norka Hernandez Nadal in free community workshops at the Q House on Saturday October 22nd and 29th, November 12th and 19th, December 3rd and 10th.
Link to sign up:
https://forms.gle/P5AYyg4ycAotRqEs9
CYWC: Bomba Workshop
City Wide Youth Coalition is excited to host Puerto Rican Bomba workshops on dance and drumming. Bomba is music of resistance from the island of Puerto Rico.
Dating back to the 16th century, Bomba has been used to communicate liberation and culture through dance, drumming and singing.
Join us as we host Norka Hernandez Nadal in free community workshops at the Q House on Saturday October 22nd and 29th, November 12th and 19th, December 3rd and 10th.
Link to sign up:
https://forms.gle/P5AYyg4ycAotRqEs9
CYWC: Bomba Workshop
City Wide Youth Coalition is excited to host Puerto Rican Bomba workshops on dance and drumming. Bomba is music of resistance from the island of Puerto Rico.
Dating back to the 16th century, Bomba has been used to communicate liberation and culture through dance, drumming and singing.
Join us as we host Norka Hernandez Nadal in free community workshops at the Q House on Saturday October 22nd and 29th, November 12th and 19th, December 3rd and 10th.
Link to sign up:
https://forms.gle/P5AYyg4ycAotRqEs9
RACCE: Advocacy Walk & Talk
Join CFC Member RACCE at the Uconn Waterbury Campus for an Advocacy Walk and Talk on Community Organizing and Social Justice in the Brass City!
Hosted by the UConn Waterbury Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee.
CYWC: Bomba Workshop
City Wide Youth Coalition is excited to host Puerto Rican Bomba workshops on dance and drumming. Bomba is music of resistance from the island of Puerto Rico.
Dating back to the 16th century, Bomba has been used to communicate liberation and culture through dance, drumming and singing.
Join us as we host Norka Hernandez Nadal in free community workshops at the Q House on Saturday October 22nd and 29th, November 12th and 19th, December 3rd and 10th.
Link to sign up:
https://forms.gle/P5AYyg4ycAotRqEs9