Here below is a partial list of some of our newer sponsors. More are available at Directory.CTNewsJunkie.com, and other supporters and members are listed here.
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
The Mashantucket Pequots are a native Algonquin people who endured centuries of conflict, survival, and continuity on and around North America’s oldest Indian reservation (Est. 1666) located in southeastern Connecticut. In 1637, the Pequots became the first native people to survive a genocidal massacre at the hands of European immigrants, in what would become the continental United States. Pequot history is an unprecedented story of redemption and restoration, which is featured at the Tribe’s world-class Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center (www.pequotmuseum.org). Today, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation owns and operates one of the largest and most successful resort casinos…
Save The Sound / CT Coalition for Climate Action
In 2008, environmental organizations, health experts, businesses, and people across the state came together to pass the Global Warming Solutions Act. It requires the state to reduce its total greenhouse gas emissions to at least 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, and to at least 80 percent below 2001 levels by 2050. Over the last few years, the legislature has added a 45 percent reduction requirement for 2030, and established a 100 percent zero-carbon electricity standard by 2040. But Connecticut’s latest greenhouse gas inventory revealed the state is not on track to meet its emissions reduction commitments, and that…
The CT Project Action Fund
The Connecticut Project Action Fund mobilizes neighbors across Connecticut for policies that improve our lives and achieve real-world outcomes toward a just, thriving, and optimistic Connecticut. Learn more about our Make It Count CT campaign by visiting www.makeitcountct.org.
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
The Jackson Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution with a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center and nearly 3,000 employees in locations across the United States (Maine, Connecticut, California), Japan and China. Its mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the global biomedical community in the shared quest to improve human health. For more information, please visit www.jax.org.
Connecticut Hospital Association
The Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA), founded in 1919, represents over 90 hospitals and health-related organizations. The association’s mission is to advance the health of individuals and communities through leadership, representation, and service to hospitals and healthcare providers. CHA achieves this by advocating for the interests of hospitals and related healthcare organizations, providing innovative services to improve community-based healthcare delivery, collaborating with like-minded organizations, conducting innovative research and education, and fostering an environment in which integrated delivery systems can thrive. Additionally, CHA provides assistance to members to ensure quality, increase efficiency and effectiveness, contain costs, and enhance revenue. CHA is governed…
End Hunger CT!
Access to Food & Nutrition is a Human Right. End Hunger Connecticut! (EHC!) believes that every individual, child, and family deserve proper access to food and nutrition, and NO ONE should have to wonder where their next meal is coming from. Founded in 2001, End Hunger Connecticut! (EHC!) is a statewide anti-hunger nonprofit in Connecticut dedicated to eliminating hunger and promoting healthy nutrition through outreach, public education, and legislative and administrative advocacy. By partnering with state and local officials, schools, and community-based organizations, EHC! enhances the visibility and coordination of federal food assistance programs crucial to any effort to improve…
Connecticut Radio Fellowship
WIHS is a ministry of the Connecticut Radio Fellowship, broadcasting music as well as local and national Christian programs of Inspiration and Information 24 hours a day to Connecticut, Western Massachusetts, and parts of Long Island, New York. WIHS is non-commercial, 100% listener-supported, and has been broadcasting the Good News of Our Lord Jesus Christ since 1969. • More information
Connecticut Legal Rights Project, Inc.
Connecticut Legal Rights Project, Inc., (CLRP) is a statewide non-profit agency which provides legal services to low-income individuals with mental health conditions, who reside in hospitals or the community, on matters related to their treatment, recovery, and civil rights. CLRP represents clients in accordance with their expressed preferences in administrative, judicial, and legislative venues to enforce their legal rights and assure that personal choices are respected and individual self-determination is protected. CLRP is a non-profit Connecticut corporation with its principal place of business in Middletown. It is governed by a Board of Directors which meets on a quarterly basis.
AARP Connecticut
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that empowers people to choose how they live as they age.
Conservation Law Foundation (CLF)
Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) protects New England’s environment for the benefit of all people. As a non-profit, member-supported organization, CLF uses the law, science, and the market to solve the region’s most challenging environmental problems from climate change to ocean conservation to transportation. Every day, CLF advocates stand up for New Englanders – in state houses, courthouses, and board rooms, regulatory hearings and community gatherings – to forge innovative paths to environmental progress and economic prosperity for all in our region. To that end, CLF works with communities of color, and those that are economically or otherwise disadvantaged, which often…
Journey Home CT
Journey Home works collaboratively for sustainable solutions to homelessness in the Greater Hartford area. Founded in 2007 as the agency responsible for implementing Hartford’s 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness, Journey Home has grown to become a strategic leader and valued partner for homeless service providers throughout the region.
Health Equity Solutions
The mission of Health Equity Solutions (HES) is to promote policies, programs, and practices that result in equitable access to health care, increased quality in the delivery of health care, and improved health outcomes for Connecticut residents. Our mission is motivated by the vision that every Connecticut resident should have the opportunity to obtain optimal health regardless of race, ethnicity, or socio-economic status. Health Equity Solutions aims to catalyze systemic public policy changes that advance and sustain health equity in Connecticut through a non-partisan, collaborative, results-oriented approach. HES does its work with a three-pronged focus to educate, agitate, and advocate.
SEBAC
The State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) is made up of 15 public sector employee unions representing roughly 46,000 Connecticut state employees. SEBAC was recognized in 1986 to negotiate with the state government on healthcare and pension benefits for both active and retired members of its member unions. Unions members work in many of the state’s agencies, serving Connecticut citizens in areas that impact all of our daily lives: public health, social services, education, public safety, environmental protection, criminal justice, transportation, corrections, and services for the blind, and developmentally disabled.
Connecticut Education Association
CEA is a member organization that advocates for students, teachers, and public schools. The organization has been a leading voice for teacher professionalism and school improvement since it was formed in 1848 when 80 teachers met in Meriden. The Association is the driving force in lobbying legislators for the resources public schools need and campaigning for high standards for teachers and students. CEA is headquartered in Hartford. Its members are public school teachers, including preschool through grade 12 teachers as well as retired teachers and college students preparing to become teachers. CEA advocates for legislation at the state and federal…
Connecticut League of Conservation Voters
The Connecticut League of Conservation Voters works in concert with Connecticut’s environmental advocacy groups to identify and highlight important bills impacting the air, water, wildlife, open space, and public health. CTLCV also supports pro-environment candidates for political office at election time and holds state legislators accountable for their votes in an annual Environmental Scorecard.
Office of the Attorney General
The Attorney General is the chief civil legal officer of the state, and oversees all aspects of affirmative enforcement by the Office, protects consumers from fraud and abuse, and assists constituents. The Office of the Attorney General represents the public interest, not individuals, and cannot provide legal advice. As a public service, however, the Office of the Attorney General may provide informal mediation services to assist consumers who are unable to resolve an issue on their own. The Office of the Attorney General may also refer complaints it receives to other government agencies.
Grace Academy
Grace Academy is a comprehensive educational program for girls’ grades 5-8 at 457 Main Street in Hartford. The academy provides a rare opportunity for students to experience a college-preparatory education in a respectful, responsible atmosphere. The school is also tuition-free. Grace Academy offers a structured, challenging, and supportive educational program for students of all faiths in Hartford, and works to inspire intellectual, spiritual, moral, social, creative, and athletic growth in each student. Find out more here.
Center for Children’s Advocacy
The Center for Children’s Advocacy (CCA) is the largest children’s legal rights organization in New England and was founded in 1997 by long-time civil rights attorney Martha Stone. Attorney Stone wanted to create a nonprofit law firm that specialized in children’s legal issues. CCA combines three advocacy strategies – individual legal representation; legal rights training for youth, parents, and professionals; and advocacy for system reforms. Training and systemic advocacy maximize the reach of CCA’s staff. Trainings increase and improve legal advocacy for children, and systemic reforms benefit thousands of children beyond individual legal representation.
UFCW Local 919
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 919 is located in Farmington, Connecticut, and represents 7,000 workers in the state of Connecticut in a variety of industries. Visit Local 919’s website here.
Transport Hartford Academy at the Center for Latino Progress
Underwriter The Transport Hartford Academy’s goal is to deepen residents’ engagement and to support a growing group of active and informed residents who hope to shape future transportation developments. Transport Hartford educates residents who are passionate about biking, walking, transit, and multi-modal transportation as part of a sustainable and socially just region. For Hartford to succeed and grow it has to move beyond single-occupancy vehicle travel both culturally and with well-designed infrastructure. The Transport Hartford Action Teams hope to improve the region’s economic vitality, quality of life, and environmental sustainability.
Transport Hartford Academy at the Center for Latino Progress
Sponsor The Transport Hartford Academy’s goal is to deepen residents’ engagement and to support a growing group of active and informed residents who hope to shape future transportation developments. Transport Hartford educates residents who are passionate about biking, walking, transit, and multi-modal transportation as part of a sustainable and socially just region. For Hartford to succeed and grow it has to move beyond single-occupancy vehicle travel both culturally and with well-designed infrastructure. The Transport Hartford Action Teams hope to improve the region’s economic vitality, quality of life, and environmental sustainability.
Connecticut State Dental Association
Established in 1864, the Connecticut State Dental Association is a professional membership organization representing licensed dentists in Connecticut. The organization’s members are committed to protecting the health and well-being of people of all ages and ensuring that patients receive the highest quality of care from dental professionals. With a statewide membership of approximately 2,200 members, the CSDA represents nearly 63% of all licensed dentists in Connecticut.
DataHaven
At DataHaven, our mission is to empower people to create thriving communities by collecting and ensuring access to data on well-being, equity, and quality of life. We have served Greater New Haven and Connecticut as a nonprofit organization since 1992, working with many partners to develop reports, tools, and technical assistance programs that make information more useful to local communities. DataHaven is a partner of the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership, National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP), a learning network, coordinated by the Urban Institute, of independent organizations in 30 cities that share a mission to ensure all communities have access to data and the skills to use…
Made In America With Ari Santiago
Ari Santiago is the CEO of CompassMSP, a Technology Managed Service Provider with offices from Miami to Milwaukee and down the eastern seaboard. He has a passion for the manufacturing industry and the incredible impact it makes on our economy. This podcast focused on the manufacturing industry is brought to you by CompassMSP (www.compassmsp.com) and is produced by Miceli Productions (www.miceliproductions.com).
Connecticut State Colleges & Universities (CSCU)
The Connecticut State Colleges & Universities (CSCU) provide affordable, innovative and rigorous programs for students to achieve their personal and career goals as well as contribute to the economic growth of Connecticut. CSCU includes four state universities, 12 community colleges and Charter Oak State College.
Western Governors University (WGU)
WGU degree programs are designed for high-growth, highly rewarding career paths in high-demand fields: K–12 teaching and education, nursing and healthcare, information technology, and business.
Elm City Communities / Housing Authority of the City of New Haven
ECC/HANH is the public housing agency serving the City of New Haven. The agency serves over 6,100 families and over 14,000 individuals through public housing, housing choice voucher, and low-income housing tax credit programs. Through our programs, residents pay no more than 30% of their income toward their housing expenses. Families are supported through a full array of supportive services leading to increased income, entrepreneurism, education, homeownership, and more.
Connecticut State Medical Society
The Connecticut State Medical Society is a federation of eight component county medical associations, with total membership exceeding some 7,000 physicians. CSMS itself is a constituent state entity of the American Medical Association. Founded by physician-patriots of the American Revolution, the Society operates from a heritage of democratic principles embodied in its Charter and Bylaws.
Digital BackOffice
Digital BackOffice has been a leader in managed IT, managed firewall and cloud services since we opened our first data center in 1998. An operating unit of Advanced Corporate Networking (ACN), Digital BackOffice provides managed IT services to hundreds of businesses, schools, libraries, state agencies and town halls.
Sportech PLC
Sportech is Connecticut’s regulated and ready partner for safe and legal betting. For over 25 years, Sportech has been the exclusive licensee of Connecticut’s off-track betting system. Sportech’s brands in Connecticut include our Winners off-track betting venues, our Bobby V’s Restaurant & Sports Bar locations and our MyWinners.com website. A portion of every dollar wagered with Winners goes to the Connecticut General Fund, to local municipal tax funds and to funds for responsible gaming.
