Saturday Evening Elephant in the Room Boxing hosted The Spring Bang at Hillhouse High School. I Love New Haven was on hand to document the event. EIR Founder Devonne Canady addresses the crowd They made sure you knew what round it was Testing out the ropes The Fight Doc is in See many more images […]
Get Fit New Haven – by Gary Holder-Winfield
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Youth Day Project Open Mic -Gary Holder-Winfield
The Youth Day Project holds a monthly open mic which moves between venues (usually libraries) in the city. These events are opportunities for the city’s youth to come out enjoy each others company, some free food and a place to express themselves or show off their talents. This month’s forum took place at the Fair […]
(Mid day update) Robert King of The Angola 3 in New Haven
The Angola Three. Robert Hillary King, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace These men are/were prisoners who were placed in the Angola Prison’s solitary confinement in 1972 after a prison guards murder. King spent 29 years in solitary confinement. His conviction was overturned and he was subsequently released. Wallace, was released October 1, 2013 and died October 4, 2013 from liver cancer. Woodfox has spent […]
Oh SNAP!
I don’t do selfies (OK, I am doing one here) but this isn’t a normal post either… In addition to taking photos for I Love New Haven I am also a state senator (I don’t assume everyone knows this. There is a funny story about a young lady whose mom is friends with me on […]
Can I Ask… by Gary Winfield
I was in the library for a program on domestic workers I stopped some people to ask them if I could ask two questions: 1. Do you believe in a higher power of some kind? 2. If you could ask a question of that higher power what would it be? Meghan V Yes. What the […]