Category: Activism
09
Nov
Another Fatal Pedestrian Crash in West Hartford
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In September 2021, the driver of an SUV crashed into a three-year-old boy on West Hartford’s Oakwood Avenue at the intersection with St. James Street....
06
Nov
Instead of Despair, Try This
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Panic and despair are not helpful. In early 2020 we watched what happened when people succumbed to those emotions. We saw everything from people trying...
04
Nov
Post It Notes Getting Out the Votes
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In West Hartford, I saw a message left at a bus stop. This one is out in the open, for anyone passing by to see.
03
Nov
Activism Design Fairfield County Hartford Hartford County Long Reads Myth Busting New Haven County New London County Transportation
Safe Streets Connecticut: October 2024
by Kerri Ana Provost
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As of publication, it is known that drivers have killed at least 55 pedestrians/cyclists, so far, this year in Connecticut. We will most likely learn...
09
Oct
Safe Streets Connecticut: September 2024
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Assisted by poor policy, street design, and vehicle design, drivers have killed 48 pedestrians/cyclists, so far, this year in Connecticut. Before we take a look...
03
Sep
Safe Streets Connecticut: August 2024
by Kerri Ana Provost
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. . . in which we talk about the inconvenient truth that it doesn't start getting darker in October, but at the summer solstice in...
17
Aug
Less Lawn, More Life Challenge
by Kerri Ana Provost
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On a recent summer morning I was walking through Hartford’s West End, admiring the front yards on one block where not one or two, but...
04
Aug
Safe Streets Connecticut: July 2024
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Drivers have killed 43 pedestrians/cyclists, so far, this year.
01
Aug
When Plastic Comes Home to Roost
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Plastic-Free July just wrapped. That’s the annual campaign for individuals to reduce consumption when possible and switch to reusable materials when it’s not. With that...
11
Jul
As If It Were A Gift
by Kerri Ana Provost
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“How, in our modern world, can we find our way to understand the earth as a gift again, to make our relations with the world...