It’s Official! We’ve Launched BLOC 2!
In our 2013 Field Scan, PFF and Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO) outlined the many obstacles that hindered the advancement and progress of Connecticut’s youth-led social change field. BLOC was designed in an effort to address and challenge these...
#AffordtoDream
On April 27th, Connecticut Students for a Dream’s five-year fight #AffordtoDream came to a victorious end when legislation opening access to institutional aid was passed with broad bipartisan support and signed into law by Gov. Dannel Malloy. Prior to this victory,...
“Activating” the Potential of Youth Development – Reflections on PFF’s Recent Workshop
In June, PFF hosted a free workshop, “Activating the Minds of Critically Conscious Youth” at The Connecticut Center for the Arts and Technology (ConnCAT). As part of the the Foundation’s commitment to strengthening the youth sector through capacity...
Making the Road, Charting a Course – Make the Road CT’s Youth Make Strides On Campaign
40 minutes. That’s how long some youth in Bridgeport are walking during the school year just to make it in time for their first class. Unsafe routes and the general lack of adequate school and public transportation creates a “perfect storm” of inaccessibility, that...
Our new lawsuit in Georgia is about the integrity of our elections and making sure Georgia election officials #CountEveryVote.
It's that simple.
To break apart the cornerstone of white supremacy... “our job is to think and act in humanizing terms.” -Scot Nakagawa @change_lab #FacingRace2018
@yoditmj "Nonprofits need visioning" to leave scarcity mindset." #FacingRace2018
“Liberation looks like healthy human beings, first of all”—@TananariveDue reminding the room to take care of ourselves while doing the work. #FacingRace2018
@yoditmj "how do we look at what is real. Microagressions, racism is real for leaders of color" #FacingRace2018 @BldingMovement
Happy #ElectionDay🙌🏼🔥🔥🗳!! Show us how you are voicing your #Vote! Tweet at us @CommsUnited or use the hashtags:
#OurVoteOurFuture
#VoteForOurLives
#WeVote
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!
A new undertaking for PFF President Laura McCargar!
While we're talking about cool @wesleyan_u classes...
Check out Youth, Power + Social Change taught by Laura McCargar of the @Perrinfamilyfdn. A primer on youth activism!
More info: https://t.co/rhmtQ2GGBz
United We Dream Action is building political power for immigrants and people of color by endorsing candidates that share our values and vision! #HereToStay ✊🏽 Curious about the endorsement process? Check it out here:
UWDA Endorses Candidates in the 2018 Midterms Race
United We Dream Action’s (UWDA) main goal is to build political power for immigrants and people of color so we can change the face of politics i...
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We are engaging in a session on Financial Resilience at the Program Officer’s Network for CCP @ctphilanthropy @rodneywrites @fma4nonprofits #Philanthropy #PON #CCP
Closing out #EASJ2018 with our youth plenary and this beautiful original poetry....”The ocean represents me, like the ocean I will never stop fighting.” #ElevateTheGenius #EducationAnew
"How do talk to people about a larger vision for the future of the state...It's not just enough to vote...How do we get more people to join the movement?" Rachel Gilmer @Dreamdefenders