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Thank you for signing up to attend our next Coop2Kitchen Pop-Up in Middletown this Saturday, September 27th at 11:30am. We'll be meeting at the Universal Healthcare Foundation offices at 425 Main Street, 2nd floor in Middletown. If you're not sure where this building is, it's located between Esca Restaurant and Fujiya Ramen on Main Street. We'll have a table set up out front, too. You can park on the street or behind the building. The entrance to the parking lot is on the Washington Street side of the building next to Wells Fargo Bank. Here's an idea of our schedule for Saturday: 11:30am- Pop-Up Begins 12pm- Sofrito Demonstration and Lunch 1pm- Policy 101 Workshop Begins! You can come for one or all-- the pop-up, the demonstration, and the workshop. Visit here for more information on the Policy 101 Workshop. Hope to see you there! Vii Martinez C2K Coordinator --------- Gracias por inscribirse para asistir a nuestro próximo evento de ayuda mutua Coop2Kitchen en Middletown este sábado 27 de septiembre a las 11:30 a. m. Nos reuniremos en las oficinas de Universal Healthcare Foundation, ubicadas en 425 Main Street, segundo piso, en Middletown. Si no sabe dónde está este edificio, se encuentra entre el restaurante Esca y Fujiya Ramen en Main Street. También tendremos una mesa afuera. Puede estacionarse en la calle o detrás del edificio. La entrada al estacionamiento está en el lado de Washington Street, junto al Wells Fargo Bank. Aquí tiene un ejemplo de nuestro horario para el sábado: 11:30 a. m. - Comienza el evento de ayuda mutua 12 p. m. - Demostración de sofrito y almuerzo 1 p. m. - ¡Comienza el taller de Política 101! Puede asistir a uno o a todos los eventos: el evento de ayuda mutua, la demostración, y el taller. Visite aquí para obtener más información sobre el taller de Política 101. ¡Esperamos verte allí! Vii Martínez Coordinadora de C2K

Chicks Ahoy Farm Chicks Ahoy Farm is excited to announce the dates for group Building Leadership & Organizing Capacity (BLOC) training. Last year, we taught more than 100 people how to build community organizing skills and use their leadership to build collective power. If you missed it last year, could use a refresher, or want to learn and practice alongside others organizing across the state, register to attend. BLOC Session Goals: • Learn Six Rules for effective community organizing • Learn to hold effective one-on-one meetings • Debrief and share takeaways together through shared experiences This four-hour session will include snacks, training materials, lunch and childcare. You will meet people doing this work who are new to organizing and people with years of experience at building community power. Don't concern yourself with the issue you are working on, we are going to talk about the baseline tools and tips for any community-led group building power for system change.  This first session is just over a month away on Saturday, June 28th. Please register so we are able to plan accordingly. BLOC training is free of charge and open to the public and you are invited to attend. This is a hybrid session, being offered on Zoom and in-person in Middletown (exact location will be shared soon). This Summer, we will cover the following topics and you can register for them all at once if you want.  • Rules of Organizing & One on Ones, Saturday, June 28th • Conversations & Planning Meetings, Saturday, July 26th  • Research Hits & Public Meetings, Saturday August 23rd BLOC is a community leadership training designed to build your leadership skills so we all can increase the capacity for our neighbors and families to build power together. BLOC training will assist you with the practice and application of what you learn at these sessions. If you have an urgent organizing coaching or training need, contact Lorenzo Jones at Lorenzo@chicksahoyfarm.org and we will find time to explore potential pathways to support you in meeting those needs.  Register For BLOC June 2025 For more information on this training session contact Jaymiah Herring, Jaymiah@chicksahoyfarm.org

The Local Food Purchase Assistance 2025 Cooperative Agreement (LFPA25), first approved by former USDA Secretary Vilsack in October 2024, has been eliminated as part of an administrative decision on the federal level, U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District said.  Farmer Will DellaCamera speaks to reporters and other farmers Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, at the state Capitol in Hartford about his experience following the loss of his entire crop at the Cecarelli’s Harrison Hill Farm in the Northford section of North Branford. Credit: Doug Hardy / CTNewsJunkie Viktoria Sundqvist is a veteran Connecticut journalist, a CTSPJ board member, and a former newsroom data analyst. She also runs the CT Missing People & Cold Cases Substack.

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