Category: Activism
12
Oct
Activism Cultural Interest Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods History Progress Unsolicited Advice
Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Here’s a thought: instead of replacing the (thankfully) removed Columbus statue, we leave it like this. It can be like a secular version of the...
12
Oct
A Picture of a Photograph
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Pleased to see the remnants of trash graffiti finally covered, and with something that better represents the values of this neighborhood. Visit Capitol Avenue (between...
08
Oct
Activism Autumn Commentary Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford History Long Reads Myth Busting Rivers Transportation West End
If A Tree Falls In The Woods Because We Made These Droughts, Does Anyone Own Up To That?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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I sometimes look at a social media page that overflows with nostalgia. There’s not a firm line for where the nostalgia begins, but I would...
01
Oct
Access Activism Commentary Design Hartford Local News Long Reads Quality of Life Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Pedestrian Deaths Across Connecticut in September 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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On September 16 at 8:17 PM, a woman (who remains publicly unidentified several weeks later) was struck at 1310 Silas Deane Highway in Wethersfield. For...
25
Sep
Our World
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Suggested listening: How to Save a Planet You can begin with any episode, but this week’s edition — Black Lives Matter and the Climate —...
24
Sep
Access Activism Commentary Covid-19 Cultural Interest Hartford Long Reads Quality of Life Transportation
“I Don’t Know How To Explain To You Why You Should Care About Other People”
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The phrase that seems to most sum up 2020 is this: “I don’t know how to explain to you why you should care about other...
10
Sep
Stop, Drop, and Vote?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Hartford’s census return rate has been among the lowest in the country, despite people going door-to-door (multiple times if nobody is home and even when...
02
Sep
Hartford Film Tackles Tough Topics on the Court
by Kerri Ana Provost
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On The Whistle is a tight, short film set and shot in Hartford, with most of its 40 person cast and crew coming from the...
02
Sep
Activism Community Cultural Interest Faith Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Local News Myth Busting Progress Quality of Life Reader Tip Volunteer
Time to Pay Your Respects
by Kerri Ana Provost
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There is something about a cemetery that serves as home to both a department store president’s mausoleum, and to those whose remains are marked by...
The Community That Cares For Itself