Persimmon Petals had the opportunity to delight attendees at @aurorawomen, Luminary event held at Dunkin Donuts Park, 10/13. Attendees also heard Kylee, a 15 year old YWLC participant recite an excerpt from Amanda Gorman's Poem “The Hill We Climb”. youtu.be/Zy3qqbQPAQU

Anything from leanne that can help parents help kids, especially now, is welcome & needed. #mentalhealth #anxiety #depression #socialemotionallearning #socialmedia

Wow: State report says Killingly's "inaction has been so systemic and so prolonged that one could reasonably consider it to constitute an intentional refusal to address its students’ mental health needs.” ctmirror.org/2022/11/01/ct-…

Free Dental Clinic November 12 and 13 at UConn School of Dental Medicine. First-come, first-served clinic. No appointments. Doors open at 8am. Do not arrive before 6am. More information at CTMOM.org. #CTMOM2022 #CTMOMFreeDental #FreeDentalCare #CTFreeDental

Lots of kindness, joy, connection and purpose yesterday as we launched The Series of Us, an inclusive community approach to literacy. Creative writing, spoken work, reading circles, rap-writing workshop, and music/rhythm/dance with Khaiim RapOet | 👊🏾🎤✏️ @HPLCT. HPS Literacy Team rocks!

Tomorrow, November 8, 2022, is Election Day. Your Voice Matters! Share with us, What’s your Why? Why do you vote? Read the report here: ywcahartford.org/advocacy/vote.…

ALL In! Coalition partners helped Hartford Public Schools grads prepare for college & career, thanks to support from Travelers Brown Rudnick Hartford Foundation The Hartford Liberty Bank H.A. Vance, Social Venture Partners & City of Hartford bit.ly/3tcNi4X

We're thrilled that CT state community college students will be taught the skills they need to #persist in college. bit.ly/3tx30s5 CSCU #firstgen

Great to see the expansion of apprenticeships; it's good for young adults & employers: More students, companies are pursuing apprenticeships in CT ctmirror.org/2022/11/13/ct-…

Good to see $5.6 M more in federal support for work-based learning & #apprenticeships: Biden Administration Urges Schools to Expand Apprenticeships and Career Learning edweek.org/teaching-learn…

Congrats to the Hartford Foundation Access Grant winners: Hartford Foundation’s grants aim to dismantle structural racism with a focus on health care access @HatfordParent HartfordYouthScholar Noah Webster House tinyurl.com/5ewsc7sk

We're grateful to the Hartford Foundation for its generous 2-year grant of $163K supporting Summer Transition & College Persistence programs. This helps our Peer Mentors guide recent high school grads to start & persist @capitalcc_ct & Manchester Community College. #GivingTuesday

For #GivingTuesday2022, your gift will help us support recent high school grads so they start & persist through their first year of community college. Thanks to Brown Rudnick's Hartford law firm for giving holiday gifts to students. @capitalcc_ct Manchester Community College @MxCC_CT @QVCC

We're thrilled to announce the appointment of our new executive director, Chris Marcelli. Like the students we serve, he's a #firstgen student who began his education at a #community #college. Formerly our programs director, he got a BA at UConn and MPA at Central Connecticut State University.

Congratulations to our programs director, Chris Marcelli, who our Board named Executive Director. Like the students we serve, he's a #firstgen student who began his education at a #community #college. He got a BA at UConn and MPA at Central Connecticut State University.

Community First School opened in Hartford to empower kids by doing education differently. Here’s how students are thriving. courant.com/news/connectic…

Congratulations to #UConnSPP alum Chris Marcelli for recently being named Executive Director of Achieve Hartford! Chris joined the nonprofit in 2016, and was selected earlier this month by the Board of Directors.

We are grateful to Liberty Bank and the Liberty Bank Foundation for their generous grant supporting our work with #firstgen #community #college students in CT.

Thanks to #thebettyknoxfoundation for its support of our Peer Mentoring programs that help first-generation #Hartford students start & persist through their first year of community college. We're grateful The Betty Knox Foundation supports our work & the Hartford community.

We are very grateful to the @LincolnFinancial Foundation for its most recent grant & for its longstanding support of our work helping underserved students start & persist in #college. #PeerMentors #communitycollege #firstgen