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As Connecticut redistricts, Common Cause urges citizen involvement in the process

Connecticut State Capitol building in Hartford, CT. Photo provided by Creative Commons.

On Wednesday, nonprofit watchdog group Common Cause in Connecticut held a virtual media conference regarding the state’s redistricting effort and the effects it could have on voters. The state’s 2021 Reapportionment Committee failed to meet the Sept. 15 deadline to develop an updated map based on last year’s census. It was then replaced by a…

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Connecticut legislature approves bill banning discrimination against natural female hairstyles

Rep. Robyn Porter talking about the CROWN Act. Caption: Rep. Robyn Porter of Hamden and New Haven led the passage of the CROWN Act on the House floor. Photo from CT-N.

“Why do I have to put a hot comb to my head?”: Connecticut legislature bans natural female hairstyle discrimination

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Activists, students and human trafficking survivors attempt to change Connecticut law

Quinnipiac School of Law held the second installment of its “Understanding Human Trafficking” webinar series. Panelists include third-year QU law student Cynthia Lill, West Hartford State Representative Jillian Gilchrest, human trafficking survivors Sharifa Abdullah and Theresa Rozyn and activist group leaders Ann-Marie Boulay and Leigh Latimer. Screenshot by Emily DiSalvo,

Two survivors of human trafficking, their advocates and a Quinnipiac law student are working to pass an amendment to a Connecticut law that would allow survivors to clear their records of charges and convictions they acquired because they were being trafficked.  The current Connecticut vacatur statute, allows for victims of human trafficking to vacate convictions…