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The Hartford News – January 14 – 20, 2021
ONWARD AND UPWARD A conversation with Stan McCauley as he takes the reins at the GHAAABY ANNE GOSHDIGIAN No one was more surprised than J. Stan McCauley–Hartford’s most prolific videographer, longtime TV host, founder and CEO of AccessTV.org, and three-time candidate for Mayor–when he was asked to run, and then elected, President of the Greater Hartford African American Alliance in December 2020. During a recent interview with the Hartford News, Stan talked about his new role and how he and the leadership team plan to expand the scope of GHAAA’s participation and influence in several areas of concern to residents of Hartford and its environs. Hartford News: Stan, how pleased…
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One Community-One Voice Coalition Statement
One Community-One Voice Coalition Statement NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE GREATER HARTFORD BRANCHP.O. BOX 1012, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06143 TELEPHONE: (860) 253-2750Email: info@greaterhartfordnaacp.org The Greater Hartford NAACP has formed a coalition with community leaders to collectively address their abhorrence and opposition to local law enforcement, and those who govern them operating under a backdrop of systematic racism. The constant news of irresponsible police misconduct causing grief and division in communities of color where our people are continually being discriminated against, marginalized and killed must not be allowed to continue. The most recent and visible events in Hartford are the “Dead Pool” incident, where a Hartford detective offered to…
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RESOLUTION TO REMOVE PRESIDENT DONALD JOHN TRUMP
GREATER HARTFORD AFRICAN AMERICAN ALLIANCE An emergency vote by the GHAAA Executive Committee on a RESOLUTION TO REMOVE PRESIDENT DONALD JOHN TRUMP4 Yes1 No1 Not Present Resolution Passes RESOLUTION TO REMOVE PRESIDENT DONALD JOHN TRUMP Whereas on January 6, 2021, White Supremacists at the urging of Donald Trump, President of the United States, stormed the Capitol; scaled Capitol walls; broke out windows; forced their way into the Congressional Senate Chambers and the offices of high-level Congressional representatives, forcing all members of congress present, to be moved into bunkers for their own protection and terrorizing Congressional leaders participating in this Joint Session of Congress, and Whereas this successful attempt by White…