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Building Knowledge for Social Change, Traveling Around Hartford

In 2007, Charlie Fuentes ‘08 founded “Stop the Raids!” as a student organization at Trinity College. The group, which protested federal raids against undocumented immigrants, offers a powerful example of how students’ co-curricular efforts in partnership with Hartford residents can leave a lasting mark. In addition to mobilizing large groups of students to fight for immigrant rights, "Stop the Raids!" collaborated with Hartford organizations that played a role in passing Hartford’s sanctuary city ordinance in 2008. In Fall 2021, current Community Action Gateway students examined the work of "Stop the Raids!" as they learned about the opportunities and challenges of higher education community engagement and social change. Though the “Stop the Raids!” group is no longer active at Trinity, the rights of undocumented immigrants are still a salient issue in the Hartford community and touch members of the Trinity College community today.

VITA Will Open Soon at Trinfo, Frog Hollow Storytelling

The VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) clinic at Trinfo will open for the 2022 tax season in early February. Now in its fourth year, the clinic offers free tax preparation services to the community.

Reflecting on Trinity's Engagement in Hartford and more

Applications for the Liberal Arts Action Lab, Do It Day, and more

Public Humanities Collaborative, Dump and Run, and more

Over Twenty Years of Trinfo, Reflecting on the 20th Anniversary of the Learning Corridor, and more

In October 2000, Trinfo.Café opened as a neighborhood technology hub. Growing out of earlier college initiatives to bridge the increasing digital divide of the 1990s, Trinfo was part of a new vision of the College as an active community partner in an increasingly urban and global world.

Program anniversaries, environmental engagement, SINA collaboration, and more