Category: Activism
21
Jan
Activism Climate Possibilities Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Hartford Quality of Life Unsolicited Advice
Radical Unrepentant Courageous Hope
by Kerri Ana Provost
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“That radical change needs to focus on not only preventing apocalypse but also building up a picture of a future that’s worth fighting for. Imagining...
19
Jan
On the Last Night of the Biden Presidency
by Kerri Ana Provost
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“When we respond to a situation in a way that promotes healing and transformation, we are expressing power.” – Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone in...
05
Jan
Safe Streets Connecticut: Look Back at 2024
by Kerri Ana Provost
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After sending 6,100 people to the emergency room for treatment between 1978 and 1986, and causing the deaths of three children, the Consumer Product Safety...
02
Jan
Safe Streets Connecticut: December 2024
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A look at the preventable pedestrian and cyclist deaths in Connecticut during December
27
Dec
Activism Central Connecticut Cultural Interest Faith Film Free Hartford History Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Reader Tip Winter
A Little Something (January 2025)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Here’s your curated mostly-Hartford event calendar for January 2025. What makes this list? Events that I would either attend or recommend to a good friend....
07
Dec
Tree Lighting a Fire
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A few hundred people gathered in New Britain’s postage stamp Central Park on a Tuesday night in December as thick, fluffy snowflakes swirled around. Children...
01
Dec
Safe Streets Connecticut: November 2024
by Kerri Ana Provost
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As of November 30, 2024, drivers have killed 61 pedestrians and cyclists in Connecticut; that’s only the deaths that we know of. We begin and...
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.