ReGrowing Power 2025
Two-day old chicks at Katal’s Middletown office, 2.24.25
Cultivating Justice’s Pathway to Agriculture youth have been incubating chicks, and they have begun hatching! Come check them out at Growing Power—Chicks Ahoy Farm, and Katal Center’s annual workshop conference where we grow skills, community, and power. Happening Sunday, March 9th, from 10 AM to 4 PM at The Artists Collective (1200 Albany Avenue, Hartford, CT 06112), this free event offers workshops led by farmers and growers in FLOC (Farmers & Leaders of Color), Pathways 2 Agriculture, and Cultivating Justice leadership.
Workshops include Growing & Composting, Chicken Keeping, Beekeeping, Freshwater Fishing, Organizing, and more! Growing Power centers BILPOC, justice-impacted, and low-income families—everyone is welcome.
Register for Growing Power 2025 here!
If you have any questions Contact Diana at diana@katalcenter.org.
Fix Probation Action Tools
While the probation system was created to be an alternative to incarceration, it has instead become a direct pipeline into the system. Over 30,000 people—three times the incarcerated population—are on probation in Connecticut, and more than one-third of all prison admissions are due to probation violations, often for noncriminal technical issues like missing curfew or testing positive for substances. These unnecessary incarcerations destabilize lives, especially in low-income and BIPOC communities.
Proposed H.B. 6361 aims to change that by eliminating incarceration for noncriminal technical violations, introducing earned time credit, and removing burdensome supervision fees. These reforms will break this cycle, reduce caseloads, incentivize success, and make the system fairer for all.
To take action:
- Use this tool to contact your representatives and urge lawmakers to support H.B. 6361
- Share your experience by filling out our Justice Impact Survey to connect with us and our campaign.
For questions or to get more involved, reach out to our Policy Coordinator, Taina, at Taina@katalcenter.org.
Statewide Call Recap
Lorenzo Jones opening up the CT Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call, 2.20.24
Thank you to everyone who joined our February Statewide Call! Our lobbyist provided a breakdown of the current legislative landscape, broke down the Governor’s budget, and flagged key bills to watch this session. Advocates also shared updates on critical campaigns happening across the state on various issues.
Our next CT Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call is on Thursday, March 20th, from 11:00 a.m. to noon. Register to join us!
If you have any questions or would like to present reach out to Taina at Taina@katalcenter.org
Katal Quote of the Week
“[O]ne of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.” – bell hooks
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