Citizen Contributions

Survey Illuminates Health, Crime

by | Mar 21, 2013 1:13 pm | Comments (2)

Billy Bromage and Jon Atherton, members of a team working on a neighborhood-based approach to tackling public health and food deserts,” submitted this article.

Can New Haven, a city with tens of thousands of people living in widely different circumstances, move toward better health? That was the question that brought around 35 people to Troup School on Tuesday evening, to talk about health in the Dwight and West River neighborhoods. Community residents and local organizations gathered with partners from the Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE), Yale New Haven Hospital and DataHaven to discuss the findings of a 2012 Health Survey conducted in six New Haven neighborhoods.

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“Promise Land” Illuminates Newhallville

by | Feb 19, 2013 12:17 am | Comments (0)

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The Promise Land project was conceived in 2010 by Pastor Minister Donald Morris, the Executive Director of Newhallville’s Christian Community Commission. His vision was to adopt the most crime-ridden blocks in Newhallville and improve them for the betterment of our entire city. The promise made by the initiative was simple: bring much-needed attention to the Newhallville community in the form of multifaceted, practical assistance to residents while reducing crime and beautifying the area.

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Columbus House Turns 30

by | Oct 26, 2012 2:00 pm | Comments (0)

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The second floor balcony at Union Station, New Haven, dressed for the Columbus House “30 Years of Providing Solutions for Homelessness” event.

Columbus House’s Lisa Polizzo sent in this write-up about the homelessness service agency’s 30th anniversary party last Saturday:

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Refugee Wins Prom Escort

by | Jun 4, 2012 3:18 pm | Comments (2)

Nadia Imanishimwe, an African immigrant who came to the U.S. from a refugee camp knowing no English, saw her fortune change last week when a local motorcycle club paid her way to the prom in a limo.

Nadia, a senior on the honor roll at Hillhouse High School, won the Presidents Motorcycle Club’s second annual senior prom award.

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Art Students Pitch
Job Corps Makeover

by | May 23, 2012 2:29 pm | Comments (1)

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Paier College of Art Interior Design student Brittany Anderson of Shelton presents her design for the New Haven Job Corps cafeteria renovation.

Mona Berman sent in this press release about a new collaboration between Paier College of Art and the New Haven Job Corps Center: 

Sometimes the best way to reach out is to do exactly that. This winter Joe Riccio, director of administration at the New Haven Job Corps Center, emailed Pierre Strauch, chair of the interior design department at Paier College of Art, asking if his students might assist a neighbor. The New Haven Job Corps cafeteria and food service environment was in need of improvement.

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Job Corps Makeover’