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8:12

"We All Contribute To This Beautiful Society The Best In The World"

"No matter where you're from, what ethnic background, what national background, what color of your skin, color of your eyes or whatever, it doesn't matter we all are contributing and making a huge difference." National Immigrant Heritage Center President, Demetrios Giannaros, explains.

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6:52

Impacts Of Adult Low Literacy Skills From Finding Employment To Community

Adults who lack important skills in literacy have challenges finding and maintaining employment. Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford, Executive Director, Stephen Morris, discusses programs helping students prepare for jobs with a livable wage.

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6:29

Promoting Womens Economic Empowerment And Sustainable Success

"We know that a lot of women, particularly those in the ages 18 to 64, either couldn't enter the workplace during that time or they left the workplace." YWCA Hartford Region CEO, Adrienne Cochrane, discusses the effects of the pandemic on women.

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6:25

This Chorus Is Creating Change And Celebrating Differences Through Music

Music is a catalyst for change. The Hartford Gay Men's Chorus Executive Director, Robert Reader, talks community engagement, breaking down barriers for future generations, celebrating differences and greater acceptance in the city and beyond.

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7:19

Culturally Responsive Approach To Serving Hartford's Hispanic Community

Hispanics are the 2nd largest ethnic group in the United States. Hartford specifically has the highest Hispanic population per capital than any other U.S. city. The Institute for the Hispanic Family's Joel Cruz talks services for this population.

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7:16

How The Humane Society is Caring For Rescues And The Community's Pets

The Connecticut Humane Society provides community support in areas of need from medical services to food from the pet pantry in order to keep pets in homes. CT Humane Society Executive Director, James Bias, talks supporting owners, adopters and fosters.

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6:01

What This Group Is Doing To Mitigate The Urban Heat Island Effect

"Trees are playing a critical role in filtering pollutants out of the air and helping to lower the collective temperature in the city. And all of those things impact people's health." KNOX Hartford's Patrick Doyle talks the the importance of tree canopies.

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8:49

Boys and Girls Club Programs Making Impact On Connecticut Youth

"We know that there's a risk on the streets to our youth and, quite frankly, to our parents in terms of drugs that are being pushed that happened to be laced with fentanyl." Connecticut Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs CEO Don Maleto joins Newsmakers.

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7:16

Support Basic Needs CT Families

"These are folks across our state who are working and still struggling to make ends meet. Every week, they're making really tough trade-off decisions." United Way Of Greater Waterbury's Jason Martinez explains the challenges for ALICE families.

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6:56

Did Your Donations Are Turned Into Jobs Opportunities For Others?

Every donation you make to Goodwill results in employment opportunities for individuals who face barriers to the workforce. Goodwill Industries of Southern New England President, Richard Borer, talks job training and breaking down barriers to employment

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7:15

JA Provides Youth Career Paths And Work Readiness Programs

"Fifty-Onepercent of Junior Achievement alumni end up going into the industry or career of their JA mentor volunteer." Junior Achievement of Southwest New England President and CEO, Jeremy Race, shares about the success JA programs have on youth career paths.

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5:38

Hartford CT Puerto Rican Day Parade And Festival

Hartford has one of the largest Puerto Rican communities in the United States. The Hartford Puerto Rican Parade and Festival promotes the history and education of the community. The Connecticut Institute for Community Development’s Sammy Vega explains.

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4:50

Learn Why So Many Families Choose The Y

"Death by drowning is the number one case of morbidity for Black and Brown children across this country; So we see it as a moral and socially responsible imperative that we provide swim classes for all people within our community." Greater Hartford YMCA President and CEO, Harold Sparrow talks about why the Y is a trusted community resource.

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6:36

Monuments Honoring Gold Star Mothers and Gold Star Families Are Being Insta...

Woody Williams Foundation Memorial Monuments recognize the sacrifice of mothers and families who've lost somebody while serving in the U.S. military. Gold Star Mother, Helen Keiser-Pederson, talks about the meaning of these special monuments.

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6:33

This Free Adult Job Training Program Is Providing A Well- Prepared Workforc...

"A lot of what I see as barriers to employment are things like inadequate childcare, the inexperience, or lack of work experience, lack of skills for the particular jobs and employment arenas that they are trying to enter into." ConnCAT Director of Adult Programs/Co-Director of Operations, Pierre Goubourn, talks free adult programs and working with the business community to prepare the future workforce.

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6:49

Refugees Are Fleeing Horrible Conditions And Seeking Asylum In America

Chris George of IRIS talks services for refugees; people vetted by DHS, who have suffered persecution and have had to flee their home country. IRIS has more than 10 years welcoming refugees from Iraq, Congo, Syria, Afghanistan and preparing for Ukraine.

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