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Last fall semester, students enrolled in the first year Community Action Gateway 101 (CACT 101) course worked on a semester-long project to support CHER’s Exploring Hartford page by creating interactive videos showcasing key spots students can find in the city.

This semester, in collaboration with the Hartford History Center, five groups of Community Action students created profiles to add to the Hartford Changemakers collection, an online archive of reference materials on Black, Latinx, and Indigenous historical figures who made a difference in their communities. Each group of students was tasked with researching a Hartford changemaker and learning about their story through archival research and interviews. 

This spring, the 2021-22 cohort produced outstanding work in partnership with Kamora's Cultural Corner, the Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance (SINA), the Center for Leadership & Justice, and Desiree Primus.

One of the most important components of the Community Action Gateway is to help students understand the multiple ways that social change is happening in the city. This semester, the ...

For our Fall 2021 semester, students were enrolled in Community Action 101: Envisioning Social Change. CACT partnered with organizations to create a 1-minute video responding to the partner’s communicated needs. The class worked with an array of Hartford-based organizations, collaborating with Free Center, Night Fall, Health Equity Solutions, and Desiree Primus’ “Mayor Carrie Saxon-Perry” project.

This Spring, the 2020-21 cohort produced outstanding work in partnership with Mutual Aid Hartford, the Connecticut Hall of Change, NARAL Pro-Choice CT, and the YWCA Hartford.

This semester, the 2020-21 cohort is jumping into social change projects with Mutual Aid Hartford, the CT Hall of Change, NARAL Pro-Choice CT, and the YWCA Hartford.

This semester 14 students in Trinity College's Community Action Gateway are getting an entirely new introduction to Hartford as they jump into remote community partnerships.