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Formerly Incarcerated Woman Breaks the Stigma of Incarceration through Positive Action
Tracie Bernardi Guzman recently took to the stage at TheaterWorks in Hartford where she was inducted into the 2023 Connecticut Hall of Change as a Great 8. This honor has been bestowed upon only eight people each year since 2020, in recognition of their outstanding...
Gordon’s Place: A New Transitional Home for Men in Hartford
One of the biggest struggles facing people who are assimilating back into the community after incarceration is housing. Thanks to a recent Opioid Settlement grant from the City of Hartford, Community Partners in Action (CPA) is now operating a Hartford-based...
Donor’s Enduring Support for People who are Justice-Involved
Margaret Levy’s relationship with Community Partners in Action (CPA) goes back to the 1970’s. After earning her Juris Doctorate (JD) from the University of Connecticut in 1974, Margaret began working at the Connecticut Prison Association, the agency’s name prior to...
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
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...
Prison Artists Envision Their First Taste of Freedom
July 13, 2023 -- Community Partners in Action’s annual Celebrate! CPA Prison Arts at Theaterworks Hartford, Executive Director Beth Hines, donors, board members and Honorary Chair Hartford City Mayor Luke Bronin shared a mutual commitment to justice-involved...
Tom Harris Creates a Positive Environment for Nurturing Hamden’s Youth
Thomas Harris, Assistant Program Manager of Hamden’s phase I Youth Residential Treatment Program joined Community Partners in Action in April 2023. Supervising justice-involved youth takes a lot of energy and Thomas brings more than twenty years of experience running...
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
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...
Opening Doors to Hartford’s Justice-Involved Individuals
Being released from prison into the community, especially following a long sentence, can be overwhelming. Time and technology have moved on, communities have changed, and children have grown up. The April 26 Community Resource Fair for justice-involved individuals was...