We'll engage the new Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer at the University of New Haven - Lorenzo Boyd - who also heads up the UNH Center for Advanced Policing, for the first of a couple of conversations we're planning around police practices, movements to de-fund police agencies, and the crossover points where racial diversity intersects with community policing.

Then we'll talk arts and humanities with the director of CT Humanities - and find out how this decades old agency is reinventing itself as a digital and community resource, while supporting and funding intriguing programs and projects across the state.

And we'll close with our partners at the CT Coalition Against Domestic Violence. If anything, the COVID pandemic has made things harder for the thousands of intimate partner and domestic abuse victims across Connecticut, so we'll touch base and get a snapshot of what's been happening in terms of prevention and response over the past few months.

 

CCM – ‘Representation Matters’ – CHDI – Resources Education Support Together (REST)

We're bringing back the director of the CT Conference of Municipalities to share the word about important work that agency is doing promoting racial and social justice by helping folks of color who are inspired to lead, learn how to run for local public office.


Then, we'll reconnect with our friends at The Child Health and Development Institute to talk about the intersection of social emotional learning which is growing in popularity in our schools - and how it can and should be connected to teaching about anti-racism and equity.


And we'll close learning about Resources Education Support Together (REST), a peer-led mutual aid group for families with a loved one with Substance Use Disorder, and how you can get involved in an upcoming virtual training session absolutely free. 

 
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The WECARE Coalition – CT Psychological Assoc – JAGFC Virtual Career Exploration Fair

We're introducing a really important subject for the very first time - parentage - and how Connecticut's WECARE Coalition and one Yale professor is championing proposed legislation that will ensure access to legal parenthood for all children, including those with unmarried, same-sex, or non-biological parents. 


Then meet the president of the CT Psychological Assoc. and learn how the COVID pandemic is taking a toll on our mental health by increasing stress, anxiety, and depression - particularly among certain populations - how you can address these concerns immediately and access help or support.


Last but not least, we'll help  young people in our state better map their future careers, and arrive in the workforce equipped to succeed as we tout and tell students and businesses about Junior Achievement of Greater Fairfield County's upcoming Inspire Virtual Career Exploration Fair.



 
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Drive-up COVID-19 Testing – EMS Week 2020 – Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Our first field report in weeks finds us at Newtown's first-ever drive-up COVID-19 testing center. Check our chat with a PhysicianOne representative, the community's lead health official and First Selectman talking about testing and more.

Then we'll celebrate all the front line responders and kick off National EMS week with a small town EMS volunteer and a municipal fire official about how they work with dispatchers and medical professionals to save lives 24/7 and especially during the pandemic.

And we'll close with a medical expert representing Greenbrook TMS NeuroHealth Centers. We'll get a crash course on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation / TMS and how it could help mitigate depression or anxiety as a result of the coronavirus emergency or other life challenges.

 
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