Impact Blog
Interview: Leadership and Inclusion Boot Camp – Lessons Learned
CPA's Deb Barrows and Noely Sanchez Velez As CPA embarks on our journey of self-examination through the lens of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, CPA’s Deb Barrows and Noely Sanchez Velez reflect on their experience participating in the six-week “Leadership and...
Embracing Returning Citizens: Building Welcoming Communities – On Demand
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...
On Demand: 2021 Reentry Advocacy Forums
The Connecticut Reentry Collaborative Policy Working Group is hosted four forums to highlight its 2021 Reentry Legislative Priorities. CPA Executive Director Beth Hines sits on the board for the Collaborative. Lawmakers, service providers, advocates, and...
Deborah Rogala Named New Director of Operations
We are thrilled to announce that Deborah Rogala, LCSW, was named Director of Operations for Community Partners in Action (CPA).In this new position for our agency, Deb and her team of Program Operations Directors will oversee CPA's 12 adult and juvenile programs...
James Greene, A Force in Criminal Justice Reform
Attorney James Greene, 1944-2021 (Photo Credit: Hartford Courant, Jan. 2021) It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Attorney James Greene, a former Program Director for CPA in the 1970s and 80s. During the years when we still were called the...
Implicit Bias and the US Capitol Invasion
A Message from Beth Hines, Executive Director Our work at Community Partners in Action is very much about prison reform and respecting human dignity, but it is much more. The January 6th events in Washington D.C. are a stark reminder of two of our Country's root...
On-Demand: CPA 145th Annual Meeting 2020
The Virtual 145th Annual Meeting of Community Partners in Action was held on Tuesday, December 8, 2020. 115 people joined us as we celebrated and recognized our supporters, participants, funders, donors, volunteers, staff, and community partners who helped us get...
If You Believe, Please Give.
cpa-ct.org/donations 2020 was a year that no one could have ever predicted. And we could not have gotten through it without you. People in our programs face many personal challenges and barriers because of their past. Now COVID-19 has turned their already complex...
Basic Needs Drive: Amazon Charity Lists
Join us in the spirit of giving by making an in-kind gift from one of the Amazon Charity Lists for Community Partners in Action. To view the lists, log into Amazon Smile (or sign up), select Community Partners in Action as your charity, and you will have access to our...
Supporting Justice for All
A Message from Beth Hines, Executive Director Justice is about the dignified treatment of our fellow humans, but all too often justice does not prevail. And unfortunately, injustice in America is highlighted by the inhumane treatment and murder of George Floyd....