NEW HAVEN PEOPLES CENTER SOLIDARITY UPDATE Aug 20, 2020
VIRTUAL EVENTS & ACTIONS
Peoples Center Jobs & Unemployed Committee Resources to assist the unemployed and organize for immediate relief and legislation that puts people before profits.
Fri Aug 21st 1 pm to 5 pm, Back to School Giveaway and COVID testing for all presented by Ice the Beef Latino Caucus, YCL, Never Forgotten and Never Alone. Back packs and school supplies, voter registration and census. Face mask required. 255 Blatchley Ave, New Haven.
If you would like to attend an action with others, here is the event map for Saturday
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/president-salovey-and-ceo-borgstrom-lets-chart-a-course-from-crisis-to-shared-prosperity?link_id=3&can_id=cafe76ef141922245f6bd53ddfb1d1d2&source=email-yale-respect-new-haven&email_referrer=email_814049&email_subject=yale-respect-new-haven
Health Care: Petition to Open HUSKY to All Immigrants, being circulated by CT Students for a Dream. Please consider signing and circulating to others. Petition from Health Equity Solutions for racial equity in CT policies - Health Equity Solutions (state)
Cancel rent throughout the pandemic emergency and recovery period so people do not lose their homes in the midst of this health and economic crisis Sign the petition here.
Dismantle Secret Police: Working Families Party petition regarding use of secret police by Trump in Portland OR and other cities. We cannot be silent in this moment as Trump escalates his authoritarian behavior. Please sign our petition here and tell members of Congress to defund and dismantle Trump's DHS secret police forces:
INFORMATION
Information about Coronavirus in 30 languages: Information about coronavirus in 30 different languages
Food, shelter, and other needs
statewide: call
211 or visit https://www.211ct.org/
CT Mutual Aid - sign up for offerings and/or needs https://ctmutualaid.com/en/home
CTCORE -. Click here to join CTCORE in holding each other up. Mutual aid throughout the state.
Food to Immigrant Families - Semilla Collective of New Haven. distributes boxes of food to hundreds of low income families in quarantine in their homes or wary of accessing food banks because of immigration status.
CT Food System Alliance CT food systems alliance
City of New
Haven
list of
Food
Resources
SNAP - Additional SNAP benefits to nearly half of Connecticut’s SNAP participants Food Assistance - SNAP
Meals to Children - The Ct Department of
Education and
End Hunger
Connecticut
are partnering
to offer free
meals to
children
throughout the
summer.
Connecticut’s
400+ meal
sites offer
combinations
of breakfast,
lunch, supper,
and snacks to
kids and teens
ages
18-and-under -
no ID or
proof-of-need
required. To find a site near you,
click here
Pantry to Pantry food delivery for low-income folks who can't get out. Bi-lingual: 888-910-2960.
Rent
and Mortgage
assistance. Temporary Housing Assistance Programs
As of July 15,
Connecticut's
Temporary
Rental Housing
Assistance
(TRHAP) and
Temporary
Mortgage
Assistance
(T-MAP)
Programs are
now available.
Eligibility
information:
(860)
785-3111.
Additional
information
about either
program is
available on
the Connecticut
Housing
Finance
Authority's
COVID-19
Updates &
Resources webpage.
Know
your rights
information is
on this
site. CTLawHelp.org's
most recent
guidance on Rent
and Evictions
during the
COVID-19
Crisis
.
CT Youth Employment Program. CT has released $2 million from the Coronavirus Relief Funds to expand the Connecticut Youth Employment Program, contact the nearest regional workforce development board for more information.
Know Your Rights in the Workplace: COVID-19 English and Spanish is a resource to help workers navigate state and federal programs, including Unemployment Insurance, paid sick leave and FMLA. Haga clic aquà para la version en español. Issued by CWEALF.
If you have become unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you can apply for unemployment benefits online here.Unemployed Connecticut residents can apply for an extension of unemployment benefits under the CARES Act a new Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program added another 13 weeks of benefits for those who already were receiving benefits prior to the pandemic. The Department of Labor is ready to accept those applications at www.filectui.com.
Workers’
compensation
claims
related to
COVID-19: A guide prepared by CT AFL-CIO.
Workers who
need
additional
assistance
should contact
their union or
an attorney.
Testing
There are seven testing locations across New Haven. There is no barrier to get tested. Visit the City’s COVID-19 website or call the New Haven Health Department at (203) 946-4949 to get tested. For testing sites throughout Connecticut check out CT’s 211 Testing Locator
Emergency Medicaid for Non-Citizens / COVID 19. Ct residents who meet financial eligibility requirements but do not qualify for full Medicaid due to immigration status, including undocumented individuals, are eligible to receive Medicaid to treat an emergency medical condition. COVID-19 testing and testing-related provider visits are emergency visits that will be covered by Emergency Medicaid. Emergency Medicaid is not a factor in federal immigration ‘public charge’ determinations.
https://www.ctdssmap.com/CTPortal/Information/Get%20Download%20File/tabid/44/Default.aspx?Filename=PB20_43.pdf&URI=Bulletins/PB20_43.pdfOperation Fuel: Utility or energy assistance in relation to COVID-19? Call 2-1-1 or email. Links: https://portal.ct.gov/dss/Economic-Security/Winter-Heating-Assistance/Energy-Assistance---Winter-Heating http://www.operationfuel.org/news/
HOTLINES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Disaster Distress Helpline 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746
State, City Updates
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State of Connecticut ct.gov/coronavirus.
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Sign up for City of New Haven updates:: mailchi.mp/newhavenct/signup and New Haven alerts (www.newhavenct.gov/gov/depts/emergency_info/alerts.htm).
EDUCATION AND THE ARTS
View the Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington: Digital Justice Gathering June 20, 2020 attended by 2.5 million people when the Poor People’s Moral Justice Jubilee Policy Platform, was released which offers an agenda that can heal the nation and restore our democracy.
View the MAY DAY RALLY hosted by People's World on May 3rd here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1c76r79jMH-kUBLVstRrw2pjafj1Y6biCT
Board of
Education
Resources
to
Support
Student
Learning
during the
COVID crisis.
https://storage.googleapis.com/pt06-1/messages/attachments/d8e398cdb0906a769124dc23ee866ad8bac47cd0/Connecticut-Covid19-Resources-to-Support-Student-Learning-002-final.pdf
Informative,
scientific and
understandable
articles on
Covid-19.
1)
treats both
economic and
epidemiological
aspects and 2)
explores
better ways of
protecting
ourselves.
Creative Arts Workshop is offering many online classes, demonstrations, and other events through its website under the heading “Creating Freely.”
Tour the National Museum of African American History and Culture here: NMAAHC Digital Resources Guide
Palestine
Museum. Films,
literary
panels, other
virtual events
https://www.palestinemuseum.us/events
New Haven Museum The history of New Haven: learn more about it at the New Haven Museum.
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