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Youth Learn Life Lessons on the Green

Youth Learn Life Lessons on the Green

K J Smith from First Tee Connecticut stepped onto the green at Goodwin Park in Hartford with four tentative-looking youth to show them the basics of golf. It is their first lesson, and they are learning how to hold a proper stance and practice swinging the club. The...

Welcome Lizzette Irizarry

Welcome Lizzette Irizarry

Community Partners in Action is thrilled to welcome our new intern, Lizzette Irizarry (Lizzy), who will help to expand CPA's expanding advocacy work and relationships with area nonprofit organizations. In her role, Lizzy will also work on developing our national...

Making Second Chances Possible

Making Second Chances Possible

With more than three quarters of men and women in Connecticut prisons diagnosed with moderate to extremely serious substance use disorders, Executive Director Beth Hines and Program Operations Director Sue Gunderman carried a message of compassion for formerly...

Blazing a Trail in Youth Justice

Blazing a Trail in Youth Justice

The minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) has been debated in Connecticut and elsewhere, as youth justice advocates continue to discuss raising the minimum age of juvenile court jurisdiction and providing more community-based diversion treatment centers that...

Stand With Us In Our Initiatives For Restorative Justice