Category: Activism
31
Jan
New Monument on Columbus Green
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The stone likeness of Columbus was removed from “Columbus Green” — a sliver between Washington, Lafayette, and Russ Streets — months ago, yet the pedestal...
28
Jan
Activism Commentary Design Hartford Local News Long Reads Quality of Life Reader Tip Regionalism Transportation
Moving to Slow the Carnage
by Kerri Ana Provost
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After 2020's astounding and unforgivable death count -- at least 60 pedestrians and six cyclists lost their lives in Connecticut -- maybe this will be...
25
Jan
Want To Prevent Pedestrian Fatalities? Here’s One Thing You Can Do
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A minimum of 60 pedestrians and six cyclists were killed by motorists in this state in 2020. These were all preventable deaths.
14
Jan
Patriot, and Other P-Words
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The T%$*p administration’s beginning was marked by worldwide protest in the millions, many wearing pink, knit hats. Pussy hats. The grievance: that holding the highest...
01
Jan
January 1, 2021
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Perhaps in another nineteen days it won’t feel so necessary to post signs declaring what should be the norm.
28
Nov
The Writing’s On The Wall
by Kerri Ana Provost
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While out and about today I passed several people who pulled down their masks to spit in the street or on the sidewalk, and one...
02
Nov
Design Your Reality
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If voting meant nothing, everyone would have been allowed to do it from America’s beginning. People would not have needed to prove they had a...
01
Nov
Access Activism Commentary Design Frog Hollow Hartford Local News Long Reads Quality of Life Reader Tip South Green Transportation West End
Pedestrian Deaths Across Connecticut in October 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Raquel Vasquez, just hours after killing Madeline Feliciano and critically injuring Oscar Ramos-Garcia at the intersection of Park and Washington in Hartford, was arrested and charged...
29
Oct
What You Would Have Done Is What You Are Doing Now
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you’re on social media at all, you’ve seen the memes: “If you’ve ever wondered what you’d do during slavery, the holocaust, or the Civil...
21
Oct
Activism Asylum Hill Community Cultural Interest Design Free Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Progress
Community Values
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Louisa Barton-Duguay, with assistance from other artists in the community, recently improved a wall at the corner of Farmington Avenue and Marshall Street thanks to...