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ducation, the problems with charter and magnet schools, and his response to Governor Malloy’s forecast for the state budget.

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Cindy Martinez of Hartbeat Ensemble discusses the fifth annual Plays in the Parks series, coming to Hartford in July.  The plays take on a number of critical issues such as homelessness, mental illness, the mortgage crisis, and health care.

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Got Equality? Not if you’re 51% of the population.

The new campaign slogan for the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women certainly gets right to the point. And if anyone is unconvinced of their assertion, then I wish you could have attended Women’s Day at the Capital on Tuesday.  Invited speakers and the public submitted testimony on Tuesday and called attention to many issues like health care, domestic violence and protection, education, employment, women in politics, and childcare.  Two high school students from the Young Women’s Leadership Program essay contest also read their winning essays which focused on breaking the cycle of domestic violence and the need for more women in leadership positions. Read the full story

Concerned residents rallied at Hartford City Hall in support of a

no-freeze shelter downtown and for additional support to combat homelessness.

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Brian Baker from South Park Inn, a shelter in Hartford, Natalie Matthews and Sara Zucker from the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness discuss CT’s current homeless situation, in a time when the economy is making getting by a lot more difficult.

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Shawn Lang (CT AIDS Resource Coalition) and Matt O’Connor (SEBAC) of BetterChoicesforCT.org discuss advocacy efforts at the state capitol to create a more progressive and egalitarian state budget.

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