YWCA Greenwich Panel Talk Equity and Accessibility in Greenwich in Honor of Martin Luther King
Greenwich Free Press January 25, 2024
[Excerpt of feature article by Leslie Yager, Greenwich Free Press, 1/21/24. More photos are available in the article] Thursday night’s “Bending the Arc” panel discussion at the YWCA Greenwich focused on inequity and access in Greenwich. YWCA Greenwich CEO Mary Lee Kiernan quoted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s words from a speech given at the National Cathedral on March 31, 1968 when he said, “We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.”… Read More
Advancing Racial Equity and Improving Communities in Connecticut with DataHaven’s Unique Survey
National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership News November 29, 2023
[Article by Elizabeth Burton and Kathy Pettit at NNIP News, November 2023]… Read More
DataHaven's Hartford Foundation 2023 Equity Profile Highlights Region's Challenges and Opportunities
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving November 27, 2023
DataHaven’s Hartford Foundation 2023 Equity Profile Highlights Region’s Challenges and Opportunities… Read More
New Haven's latest effort to close digital divide will help residents sign up for low-cost internet
New Haven Register October 5, 2023
[Excerpt from New Haven Register article by Elizabeth Moore, 10/5/23] NEW HAVEN — The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on a digital divide in New Haven, but the divide existed before then — and it continues to exist. Now, New Haven will provide more tools to help close that divide with a $250,000 federal grant.… Read More
Join the Advisory Council for DataHaven's statewide survey - participant incentives available
by Mark Abraham September 19, 2023
The DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey completed live, in-depth interviews with over 45,000 randomly-selected adults in every town in Connecticut in recent years, producing robust local-level information (such as data included in the Town Equity Reports) on the issues that are most relevant to community well-being. This survey has been supported by over 100 public and private partners throughout Connecticut, and will be fielded again beginning in early 2024.… Read More
United Way: A family of four needs $126,000 a year to survive in CT
Connecticut Mirror September 19, 2023
[Excerpt from CT Mirror feature article by Keith M. Phaneuf published 9/19/23, which also appeared in print newspapers throughout the state] According to the Federal Poverty Level, a metric with roots going back 60 years, a family of four is impoverished this year if it earns $30,000 or less. But a new analysis Tuesday from the United Way of Connecticut shows the true gap here is more than four times that level — and heading in the wrong direction.… Read More
