{"id":1030,"date":"2020-02-28T05:07:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T05:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2020\/02\/28\/2020228justin-farmer-for-ct-rally-brings-in-support-by-hamden-residents\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:20:25","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:20:25","slug":"2020228justin-farmer-for-ct-rally-brings-in-support-by-hamden-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2020\/02\/28\/2020228justin-farmer-for-ct-rally-brings-in-support-by-hamden-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Farmer for CT rally brings in support by Hamden residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          combination-animation-none\n          individual-animation-none\n          individual-text-animation-none\n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:2500.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:55.01618194580078%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  \n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/img_5f53e4f97dccc.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Farmer, a current Hamden legislative council member running for state 17th district senate, is seen with one of 110 Hamden residents who attended his rally. Courtesy: Peter O\u2019Neill\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/img_5f53e4f97dccc.jpg\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/img_5f53e4f97dccc.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1667\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Justin Farmer, a current Hamden legislative council member running for state 17th district senate, is seen with one of 110 Hamden residents who attended his rally. Courtesy: Peter O\u2019Neill\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5e589f31086b4403a357bc08\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p class=\"\">Justin Farmer, a current Hamden legislative council member running for state 17th district senate, is seen with one of 110 Hamden residents who attended his rally. Courtesy: Peter O\u2019Neill<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Over 110 Hamden residents came to Keefe Community Center to show their support for Justin Farmer, a Hamden legislative councilman. Farmer is running for the state 17th district senate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Several local speakers from the area came to endorse Farmer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;\u201c[Justin] is bringing the most energy, the brightest and boldest ideas, and the most grass-roots support to social justice in this race. Every political campaign I care about, Justin is there,\u201d said Ben Leven, a member of the Yale endowment justice coalition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cAccountability is measured with \u2018where are you?\u2019 and we know [Justin] is there,\u201d said Seth Poole of New Haven.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cIt doesn\u2019t make any sense to be the person running for higher office if I can\u2019t hold down my community,\u201d said Farmer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          combination-animation-none\n          individual-animation-none\n          individual-text-animation-none\n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:2500.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:60.67961120605469%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  \n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/img_5f53e4f9c5a4b.jpg\" alt=\"Miriam Kahn, a Hamden global-youth activist, is seen endorsing Farmer. Her and several other community members endorsed farmer at Keefe community center. Courtesy: Peter O\u2019Neill\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/img_5f53e4f9c5a4b.jpg\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/img_5f53e4f9c5a4b.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1667\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Miriam Kahn, a Hamden global-youth activist, is seen endorsing Farmer. Her and several other community members endorsed farmer at Keefe community center. Courtesy: Peter O\u2019Neill\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5e589e21c849e53ad7030d3a\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p class=\"\">Miriam Kahn, a Hamden global-youth activist, is seen endorsing Farmer. Her and several other community members endorsed farmer at Keefe community center. Courtesy: Peter O\u2019Neill<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">During his speech, Justin talked about the current issues he would like to tackle. He referenced the objective of establishing plausible public transportation, overcoming the opioid crisis, and using funds to fight climate change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cThe best thing about Justin is that he inspires us to continue fighting. Justin is hope for an equitable future,\u201d said Miriam Kahn, a Hamden global-youth activist.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Farmer would be representing the towns of Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Naugatuck, Derby Hamden, and Woodbridge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201c[This] is a diverse community, but I don\u2019t think it is a challenge that we can\u2019t surmount,\u201d said Farmer. <\/p>\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          combination-animation-none\n          individual-animation-none\n          individual-text-animation-none\n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:2500.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:61.0%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  \n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/img_5f53e4fa2ec39.jpg\" alt=\"Justin gave a speech following several Hamden residents who endorsed him. Farmer chooses to focus his attention on public transport, the opioid crisis, and climate change. Courtesy: Peter O\u2019Neill\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/img_5f53e4fa2ec39.jpg\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/img_5f53e4fa2ec39.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1525\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Justin gave a speech following several Hamden residents who endorsed him. Farmer chooses to focus his attention on public transport, the opioid crisis, and climate change. Courtesy: Peter O\u2019Neill\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5e589ce708be6a26a848b273\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p class=\"\">Justin gave a speech following several Hamden residents who endorsed him. Farmer chooses to focus his attention on public transport, the opioid crisis, and climate change. Courtesy: Peter O\u2019Neill<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\">Over 110 Hamden residents came to Keefe Community Center to show their support for Justin Farmer, a Hamden legislative councilman, running for the state 17th district senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":1031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,142],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hamden","category-homepage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1306,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030\/revisions\/1306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}