Embracing Returning Citizens: Building Welcoming Communities – On Demand

by | Feb 24, 2021

Congratulations to Ron Houde, Elise Gonzalez, Liz Castle of the Hartford Public Library, and George Dillon of CPA’s Hartford Reentry Welcome Center for bringing together a great panel of speakers for the “Embracing Returning Citizens” kickoff event on February 23rd (View it on demand on the Library’s YouTube Channel).

We want to thank CPA’s Deb Rogala for moderating the discussion. We also appreciate the panelists for sharing their personal journeys of life after prison:

Wanda Wesley, Women’s Peer-to-Peer Case Manager for CPA’s SAMHSA/federally-funded Reentry Treatment Program.

Gordon Lyde, Men’s Peer-to-Peer Case Manager for CPA’s SAMHSA/federally-funded Reentry Treatment Program.

Peter Diaz, Jr., a current participant in CPA’s Reentry Welcome Center in Hartford.