-
Connecticut actor Camiryn Dorlinn is set to make her off-Broadway debut in the show “Fight or Flight” this weekend.
-
According to Education Reform Now, a national organization with a Connecticut chapter, teachers of color make up only 11% of the state educator workforce.
-
The Connecticut Judicial Branch is more diverse than it was 40 years ago, but outreach to marginalized communities is still needed, said Chief Justice Richard Robinson as he launched Diversity Week on Monday.
-
Connecticut Chief Public Defender TaShun Bowden-Lewis’ efforts to diversify her agency have received backlash from within it. Now she’s speaking out.
-
Eastern Connecticut State University’s Diversity Week kicked off on Monday. State Treasurer Erick Russell spoke to students and faculty about being the first openly gay African American elected to a statewide office in the U.S.
-
The largest class of New York State Forest Rangers recently graduated in Lake Placid. The ranger force is now larger by more than 30%, though state officials say diversifying the force is still a work in progress.
-
Connecticut farmers joined representatives from the state Department of Agriculture in Bridgeport to help the New Connecticut Farmers Alliance to unveil a five-pillar platform to fight climate change under what is called the “Future of Farming CT” program.
-
Over 100 criminal justice and progressive groups have written a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul, asking her to appoint a new chief judge who has represented the most vulnerable people in society and looked out for defendants’ rights.
-
In Manchester, the number of students of color has more than doubled in the last two decades. But the staff remains 95% white.
-
Up to 28% of corporate and federal contracts set aside for diverse small businesses in the U.S. are still executed by white men at large public companies, according to a study by BJM solutions, a Trumbull, Connecticut-based economic consultancy firm.