The protests at Connecticut College should serve as a reminder of the extent of failed diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts across most higher education institutions in our state.
Community Editorial Board
The Community Editorial Board (CEB) is a new CT Mirror project to amplify diverse voices and perspectives. The Connecticut Mirror invites eight to 12 community members to join the Community Editorial Board for year-long terms. During this time they will write opinion essays on their areas of expertise or interest and provide perspective to the CT Mirror news staff. Learn more about this year’s Community Editorial Board members here. Harriet Jones is the editor of the Community Editorial Board.
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When it comes to housing in Greenwich, exclusion is the point
In a democratic society, people should not be able to explicitly exclude their fellow citizens from access to economic opportunity based on a fear of five-story buildings.
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Want better schools? Listen to teachers
More and more experienced teachers are leaving the classroom, even as administrators seek to return to a pre-pandemic “normal.”
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Participatory budgeting could change Connecticut for the better
If every city and town in the state found a way to begin using participatory budgeting in some form, in time we would see a transformation of the way democracy works throughout Connecticut.
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Kai Belton’s election preserves Q Williams’ legacy
It’s deeply complex that Kai’s very significant win is coated in so much loss. We can’t let that truth lessen the importance of this historic moment.
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Blumenthal, Murphy, Courtney must act to address exploitation of Branford Manor tenants
Groton’s federally funded affordable housing complex has intolerable living conditions. Murphy, Blumenthal and Courtney must do more.
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On Hartford’s broken promises
Of course voting is important, but you have to understand the hesitation of standing at a poll just to get cut by the glass of broken promises.
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CT legislators need to re-evaluate police priorities and accountability
How can Connecticut in good conscience push to pay police officers more without ensuring greater accountability measures?
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Clean slate delay: CT is not following through on its promise
In December, the State of Connecticut announced its intention to break the law beginning on January 1, 2023. The people of Connecticut need to know that this law-breaking by our government cannot last for long. In May of 2021, the Connecticut General Assembly passed the Clean Slate bill. When Gov. Ned Lamont signed the bill […]
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Why do we fail survivors of sexual and domestic violence?
The political reality of creating a state that is safe for survivors requires dramatically changing almost all of our systems and relationships.
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Is the end of racism nearing?
Is Connecticut’s Black and Latino studies curriculum showing our students a path away from racism?
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Be nice…..or else
We’re told to aspire to civility, but what if that call to civility is simply a way to preserve an unequal status quo?
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Is Farmington committed to diversity, equity and inclusion? The jury is out
The Farmington school board’s reversal on religious holidays leaves students and community members wondering if they’d truly been heard.
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The Protect Act protects survivors, protects us all
If we wish to create a safer Connecticut, then it means supporting and protecting ALL survivors, including those who are incarcerated.
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You want a latte? Your barista wants fair pay and sick leave
While globalization and the rightward march of politics largely hollowed out union representation, change looms on the horizon.