Events

From the Grassroots: [Un]Freedom and Community Advocacy

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In collaboration with Connecticut College, we invite the public to the first event in the College's (Un)Freedom Colloquium series. This discussion will bring together local housing, healthcare and education organizers to reflect on the meanings of “unfreedom” in their work.

This event, supported by Connecticut College and CHEO through the Right to Housing: Case Study Connecticut initiative, is part of the larger (Un)Freedom Colloquium, which explores freedom, inequality and resistance in New London’s past and present. It will provide a platform for local advocates to share and discuss their insights on the intersections of political, social and material freedoms in communities.

Speakers

  • Trina Charles Executive Director

    Step Up New London

  • Dr. Monika Lopez-Anuarbe Associate Professor of Economics

    Connecticut College

  • David Morgan Executive Director

    Team Inc

  • Jennifer Paradis Executive Director

    Beth El Center

  • Mayor Michael Passero Mayor

    City of New London

  • Cathy Zall Executive Director

    New London Homeless Hospitality Center

The series continues with additional events in February and March:

Monday, Feb. 24, 4:15–5:45 p.m.
Fighting for Home: Housing Policy and Segregation (Film screening and discussion)
Oliva Hall, Cummings Art Center

Monday, March 3, 4:15–5:45 p.m.
(Un)Freedom in Tribal Nations: The Politics of Food and Housing Security
Oliva Hall, Cummings Art Center

Saturday, March 29, 1–5 p.m.
Local Histories of (Un)Freedom: Student and Community Historian Conference
Evans Hall, Cummings Art Center

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The Mellon Foundation is providing support for this event.

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Hosted in partnership with

  • Connecticut College

    Connecticut College educates students to put the liberal arts into action as citizens in a global society. The College promotes an understanding of local, regional, national, and international peoples, groups, cultures, and issues, and encourages students to take a life-long interest in them.
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