Ben and Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, Stumping for Bernie Sanders in Portsmouth, N.H. Hi Elm Citizens! Today I returned from New Hampshire with lots of memories and even more photos, so here is part II of my on-the-road primary adventure. I’ll be back next week with photos of New Haven and a […]
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Snapshots From The Primary – Lucy Gellman
Hello from New Hampshire, Elm Citizens! This week I am very excited to be covering the first-in-the-nation primary (that’s really what it’s called) for the New Haven Independent with fellow reporter Tom Breen. Each day, we’ve been trying to lend a new or funky angle to the news that is going on here, from following Connecticut […]
Flying High on Escapade – Lucy Gellman
There were a lot of things that happened last weekend. Leora Morris opened her production of Women Beware Women at the Iseman Theater (still going on through Jan. 29!), and it was amazing. BAR kept its doors open during the blizzard — which we from Michigan would call a “dusting” — and had a crazy […]
New Haven As Civic Haven – Gary Winfield
The New Haven Votes Coalition held a meeting at city hall on January 26 to set priorities which include increasing the number of young people participating in public hearings, expanding the scope of the New Haven Democracy Fund, supporting automatic voter registration, making sure ex- offenders know the laws pertaining to their ability to vote […]
Celebrating MLK – Yogasai Gazula
Monday, January 18th was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and the Peabody Museum hosted the 20th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy of Environmental and Social Justice 2016 event. Below are some photos of the various events and performances that took place on Sunday and Monday. Children write down their dreams underneath the “I […]
Fashion Friday #11 | 2016 Zannette Lewis Environmental & Social Justice Poetry Slam – Ifeanyi
Standout looks from the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day poetry slam at the Yale Peabody Museum