Katal Connecticut Update -June 16, 2022
In this issue:
-Outreach in CT
-#FreeThemNowCT Highlight Video
-Katal Corner in the Northend Agent’s
-Quotes of the Week
Less Incarceration, More Safety
By: Victoria Law via The Progressive Magazine In 2007, Derek Singletary was twenty-two years old and rebuilding his life after being incarcerated for a drug charge. He had enrolled in vocational school and was hoping to join the carpenters’ union. “I wasn’t running the streets,” he recalls in an interview with The Progressive. “I was focused […]
Katal New York Update – June 10, 2022
In this issue:
-Community Arts Event at the Museum of the City of New York
-NY Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call Recap
-#LessIsMoreNY on the Q Train
-We’re Hiring – NYC Community Organizer
-Quotes of the Week
Update on Criminal Justice Reform in NYS Legislature
By: The Sanctuary for Independent Media via Media Sanctuary With the NYS legislature scheduled to adjourn on June 2, little has been done in the area of criminal justice reform. Gabriel Sayegh of the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice says that critical measures such as Clean Slate, protecting in-person visiting, parole reform, treatment […]
Katal Connecticut Update-June 3, 2022
In this issue:
-Victory to Improve Health Care for Incarcerated People
-CT Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call Recap
-We’re hiring – CT Apprentice Community Organizer
-Quotes of the Week
Katal New York Update-May 27, 2022
In this issue:
-#LessIsMoreNY Update Call & Town Hall
-Upcoming NY Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call
-Supporting the Black Community in Buffalo
-Two Years Since George Floyd’s Murder
-We’re Hiring – NYC Community Organizer
-Quotes of the Week
‘Buffalo reminded us again’: Mass shootings prompt fear, frustration among members of Black, Jewish communities in CT
By: Jordan Fenster via CT Insider The murder of 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket last week hit Marketa Edwards particularly hard. “I was born and raised in Buffalo. My kids still live there,” she said. “I grew up in the area that was struck by this tragedy.” Edwards was a volunteer and later an […]
Katal Connecticut Update- May 19, 2022
In this issue:
-PROTECT Act Signed into Law
-Upcoming CT Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call
-We’re hiring – CT Apprentice Community Organizer
-Quotes of the Week
Community Conversation: Harm Reduction in New Haven
Join us Wednesday, July 31 from 6:00 – 7:45 pm at the New Haven Free Public Library (Ives Branch) for a Community Conversation on Harm Reduction in New Haven! During the conversation, we will discuss the history of harm reduction, latest trends in the field and hear from people throughout the city on how to advance health, equity, and justice in […]
CT Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call
Join us Thursday, March 4th from 11 – 12 p.m. for our CT Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call via Zoom.us The goals of the Monthly CT Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call are: Share and Highlight issues, campaigns, and projects that groups are working on to advance statewide reform; Identify ways to align, coordinate, and support […]
