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Join us for CCAG's 48th Anniversary and Awards Celebration
Thursday, November 14th, 2019
Thursday, November 14th, 2019
THE RECIPIENTS OF THIS YEAR'S AWARDS ARE
Pastor AJ Johnson
The Nancy Benedict Social Justice Award!
Read more about Pastor Johnson here
Dan Livingston & Livingston, Adler, Pulda, Meiklejohn & Kelly PC
The Laddie Michalowski Community and Labor Award!
Read more about Dan Livingston here, read more about LAPMK here
RSVP TODAY!
Reception, Hearty hors d’oeuvres by Louis Lista's Pond House Cafe, Drinks, Dessert, Silent & Live Auction, Award Presentations
Pastor AJ Johnson
The Nancy Benedict Social Justice Award!
Read more about Pastor Johnson here
Dan Livingston & Livingston, Adler, Pulda, Meiklejohn & Kelly PC
The Laddie Michalowski Community and Labor Award!
Read more about Dan Livingston here, read more about LAPMK here
RSVP TODAY!
Reception, Hearty hors d’oeuvres by Louis Lista's Pond House Cafe, Drinks, Dessert, Silent & Live Auction, Award Presentations
Host & Program Committee:
Rob Baril President SEIU Healthcare 1199 NE, Eva Bermúdez Zimmerman, Bill Bloss, Beverley Brakeman Dir. UAW Region 9A, Mike Brown, Isabelle Carrasquillo, Bill Collins, Steve Derby, Chris Donovan, Susan Goldman, Juan Hernandez Dist. Leader 32BJ SEIU, Anne Hulick CT Dir. Clean Water Action, Diane Keefe, Sen. Julie Kushner, John Levin, Jennine Lupo, Cori Mackey Dir. Center for Leadership & Justice, Tessa Marquis, Bernie "Terrible" McKinnon, Amy McLean Salls, Max Medina, John Murphy, Hank Murray Board Chair of CCRG, Patty O'Neill President CSU-AUUP, Rep. Robyn Artifaye Porter, Cheri Quickmire Dir. Common Cause in CT, Pat Rehmer, Anne Stanback, Rep. Peter Tercyak, Aaron Turner, Rep. Ed Vargas, Sylvia Vargas, Gretchen Vivier, Rev. Rodney Wade Long Hill Bible Church
Giving levels: $50 Ally- $100 Activist- $250 Resister- $500 Mover and Shaker $1000 plus - Citizen Action Hero! $5000 plus Citizen Action Super Hero! CCAG tickets are not tax-deductible. The first $50 of each CCRG ticket is not tax deductible. Get tickets here.
Preview our fabulous auction!
To purchase an ad in the program book or questions, please contact:Duste Dunn at: duste@ccag.net or 203-241-8403
Download an adform here: http://bit.ly/CCAGad
Download a flyer to share here: http://bit.ly/2M2xmxk
If you prefer to mail in a check, mail to: CCAG or CCRG, 30 Arbor Street 6N Hartford, CT 06106
See you at the party!
Rob Baril President SEIU Healthcare 1199 NE, Eva Bermúdez Zimmerman, Bill Bloss, Beverley Brakeman Dir. UAW Region 9A, Mike Brown, Isabelle Carrasquillo, Bill Collins, Steve Derby, Chris Donovan, Susan Goldman, Juan Hernandez Dist. Leader 32BJ SEIU, Anne Hulick CT Dir. Clean Water Action, Diane Keefe, Sen. Julie Kushner, John Levin, Jennine Lupo, Cori Mackey Dir. Center for Leadership & Justice, Tessa Marquis, Bernie "Terrible" McKinnon, Amy McLean Salls, Max Medina, John Murphy, Hank Murray Board Chair of CCRG, Patty O'Neill President CSU-AUUP, Rep. Robyn Artifaye Porter, Cheri Quickmire Dir. Common Cause in CT, Pat Rehmer, Anne Stanback, Rep. Peter Tercyak, Aaron Turner, Rep. Ed Vargas, Sylvia Vargas, Gretchen Vivier, Rev. Rodney Wade Long Hill Bible Church
Giving levels: $50 Ally- $100 Activist- $250 Resister- $500 Mover and Shaker $1000 plus - Citizen Action Hero! $5000 plus Citizen Action Super Hero! CCAG tickets are not tax-deductible. The first $50 of each CCRG ticket is not tax deductible. Get tickets here.
Preview our fabulous auction!
To purchase an ad in the program book or questions, please contact:Duste Dunn at: duste@ccag.net or 203-241-8403
Download an adform here: http://bit.ly/CCAGad
Download a flyer to share here: http://bit.ly/2M2xmxk
If you prefer to mail in a check, mail to: CCAG or CCRG, 30 Arbor Street 6N Hartford, CT 06106
See you at the party!
We have a very busy fall underway. The following are a few highlights of what your support makes possible. Please join us for the actions and events. If you can’t be there, please help us spread the word. Thank you!
Automatic Voter Registration (AVR). In a nutshell, important voting reforms that would have increased participation, would have saved towns money, and would have eliminated the nightmares we saw in some municipalities on election day in 2018 were never voted on in the Senate this year.
We have a second chance at passage. As Governor Lamont and legislative leaders plan to call a special session to address transportation infrastructure, they should use this opportunity to pass automatic voter registration as well. By including AVR in this special session, we have an opportunity to make our democracy stronger and more vibrant than ever. Tell Governor Lamont to Bring Automatic Voter Registration to CT
Today, 19 states and the District of Columbia have implemented AVR, making it easier for their citizens to register to vote, saving the state money, and cutting down on problems at the polls. The idea is simple—when you go to the DMV, DSS, or another state agency, the data you provide in that interaction is shared securely within state government and used to register you to vote or update your existing voter registration. This means that residents are able to both do their business with the agency and take care of their voter registration needs in one step.
During the recent legislative session, AVR was included in a package of election reforms that Gov. Lamont presented to the legislature, but inside politics prevented the package from receiving a vote and the legislature left town without considering it. Gov. Lamont is expected to call the legislature back into session this fall to address a number of issues.
Send your letter to Gov. Lamont today! Ask him to call a special session to pass AVR this year.
CCAG Organizing Collaboratives.
West Hartford Organizing Collaborative
For more information, contact Gretchen Vivier: gretchenvivier@gmail.com Phone: 860.798.3280
Fairfield County Organizing Collaborative is on the Move. Taking Action on Housing, Health Care & Climate Change.
CCAG members, friends and neighbors are joining together to educate, engage and take action on the fight for quality, affordable health care- pushing CT to take bold, aggressive action to fight our climate emergency- and working with Fairfield County allies to demand affordable accessible housing for ALL people in this state. Interested in finding out more? Contact Bill Collins at Email: 9collins@optonline.net Phone: 203.846.1109
Connecticut’s People Over Big Pharma Profits- Lower Drug Prices Now Campaign. In August, as part of the “People over Pharma Profits” National Day of Action, CCAG joined with advocates, community and faith leaders and patients in 34 states demanding that lawmakers take bold action to lower drug prices for everyone by taking away the pharmaceutical companies’ power to price-gouge patients. CT leaders and constituents called on President Trump and Congress to pass comprehensive policies to hold drug makers accountable, rein in drug monopolies and guarantee all patients can get affordable medicines. Local leaders also called on House Representatives to reject the administration’s proposed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) replacement that locks in high-prices for life-saving medications.
Follow-up actions are being organized now and into 2020. If you are interested in being a part of this campaign, please contact Ann Pratt: Email ann.prattccag@gmail.com Phone: 860.209.1234
The 2019 Legislative Session Ended at Midnight on June 5th!
Click here for Final Actions & Updates on Key Bills for
Climate & Jobs , Health Care, Democracy, Equality & Justice
CONNECT THE DOLLARS PROJECT (CDP) is a collaboration of Common Cause in CT and CT Citizen Action Group to expose attempts to buy our state.
Connecticut super PACs, which can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money to support or oppose electoral candidates, are being used as a tool for a handful of wealthy individuals, lobbying organizations, and businesses to buy our elections to serve their interests. A massive influx of millions of dollars in super PAC donations thus far in 2018 — more than half of it from out-of-state interests — drowns out the voices of Connecticut citizens and candidates, undermines the goals of Connecticut’s strong campaign finance laws, and damages public confidence in the integrity of our election system.
Who is Buying Our Elections? A Pre-Election Guide to Connecticut Super PACS
Download the guide
Connecticut Republicans Maintain Huge Advantage in Super PAC Money: party_pac_report_rev._10-31-18.pdf
Download File
Read the Executive Summary here.
Like & Share the CDP Faceboook page to follow the money and connect the dollars!
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The 2018 Connecticut legislative session ended at midnight on May 9th. View the wrap up of bills of concern to CCAG members & allies here. CCAG focuses on about a dozen key bills every legislative session. We monitor and comment on many others. Important bills often evolve over multiple legislative sessions. Please contact us with questions, comments or suggestions at: action@ccag.net |