COMMUNITY LIFE
SYLVAN LEBRUN, SAI RAYALA & ISAAC YU
Earth Day cycling fundraiser and celebration to resume in person

After the pandemic forced the Elm City to hold its annual Rock to Rock Earth Day Ride in an entirely online format last year, residents […]

March 7, 2021

A group of people attend the outdoor Saturday, Mar. 6 kickoff event for the Rock to Rock bike ride.
NATALIE KAINZ
Yale School of Medicine and cultural ambassadors host town hall on vaccine equity

Side effects, undocumented migrant access to vaccine clinics and the length of antibody protection were all topics raised during a Yale School of Medicine town […]

March 4, 2021

Professor Marcella Nunez-Smith speaks at the virtual town hall on vaccines.
SYLVAN LEBRUN
Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen buys building on State Street, plans to create hub for homeless services

After years of operating out of church basements, Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen is moving into a building of their own on State Street, aiming to create […]

March 4, 2021

CLAY JAMIESON
Pandemic worsens overdoses in New Haven

Two weeks ago, two New Haven community members were found dead — possibly due to a drug overdose — in a storage space behind Jack’s […]

March 1, 2021

ZAPORAH PRICE
‘Integrating an institution’: Reflecting on May Day and social justice in Black communities

More than 50 years after the Black Panther Party trial shook the Elm City, the trial’s legacies of Black activism and social justice are still […]

February 26, 2021

SYLVAN LEBRUN
The Community Foundation ‘steps forward’ to address racial inequity and COVID-19

Since the start of the new year, the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven has begun to implement their $26 million “Stepping Forward” philanthropic initiative […]

February 25, 2021

NATALIE KAINZ & MELANIE HELLER
Black faith leaders, state officials gather to discuss healthcare inequity and legislation

Putting race at the forefront of a state-wide conversation on healthcare equity was a top priority at a virtual legislative town hall on Wednesday.  Elected […]

February 25, 2021

A diagram showing the different steps towards racial healing, according to Powell.
ZAPORAH PRICE & CHRISTIAN ROBLES
NHPS celebrates Black History Month virtually

The New Haven Public Schools Attend, Connect and Engage (A.C.E.) campaign and other local schools have adapted their traditional Black History Month celebrations into a […]

February 25, 2021

SAI RAYALA
New Haven Preservation Trust holds presentation on the Goffe Street Armory

The Goffe Street Armory has sat overlooking Goffe Street in the Dixwell neighborhood for more than 90 years. Though today’s disrepair has limited its utility […]

February 24, 2021

TALAT AMAN, ROSE HOROWITCH & NATALIE KAINZ
Community raises concerns over public safety, shuttle service after Jiang’s death

After the shooting death of Yale graduate student Kevin Jiang ENV ’22 in early February, students and community members are expressing concerns over public safety […]

February 19, 2021

JESSE ROY
Despierta Boricua and La Casa Cultural honor poet Julia de Burgos in conversation with Mayra Santos-Febres

La Casa Cultural and Despierta Boricua hosted Afro-Puerto Rican poet Mayra Santos-Febres on Wednesday in a discussion about the life and work of Julia de […]

February 19, 2021