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The following directory includes mental health and educational resources to inform, guide, and inspire individuals seeking information for their whole health and wellness. Resources also include organizations that are meeting the needs of education, social justice, advocacy, activism, and healing for communities during times of strife.
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- Community Education
- Educational Resources
- Mental Health
- Support Groups
Brian Dagle Foundation and Brian’s Healing Hearts
The Brian Dagle Foundation — anchored in hope and empowered to support, is dedicated to the healing of grieving adults as well as community education on suicide prevention and awareness.
- Community Education
- Educational Resources
- Mental Health
- Support Groups
Bridgeport Anti-Racism Collective (BARC)
BARC is a multiracial, intergenerational anti-racist community dedicated to developing anti-racism awareness and leadership in Bridgeport. We have over 70 people involved committed to the collective, as individuals and representatives of community-based organizations and institutions. BARC is a community and container to hold people as they deepen their anti-racist analysis...
- Educational Resources
- Social Justice
Campaign Zero
Birthed from the protests in Ferguson, Baltimore, and a host of other cities over cases of civilians killed by police, Campaign Zero was launched in August 2015 as a research-based platform to move to an understanding of public safety beyond policing. Since its inception, Campaign Zero has designed and launched...
- Educational Resources
- Social Justice
- Youth & Young Adult
Center for Children’s Advocacy
The Center for Children’s Advocacy is a nonprofit law firm which fights for the legal rights of Connecticut’s most vulnerable children.
- Community Education
- Educational Resources
Center for Empowerment and Education
We are a non-profit organization with a vision to end the violence against individuals and families, to foster equality and empowerment for all. We serve the needs of individuals and families in the Northern Fairfield and Southern Litchfield county communities of Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, Kent, New Fairfield, New Milford,...
- Mental Health
- Support Groups
Center for Latino Progress
The Center for Latino Progress – CPRF is a partner in building stronger communities and celebrating the strength, vitality and potential of our Latino community. We do this by providing culturally competent services and programs that foster individual and community growth, and create economic opportunities for all. Our mission is...
- Educational Resources
- Social Justice
Center for Leadership & Justice
The Center for Leadership and Justice, formerly known as the Christian Activities Council, is the legacy of an urban mission founded in 1851. We have a long history of partnership with United Church of Christ congregations and now engage in faith-based organizing with diverse faith communities throughout the Greater Hartford...
- Educational Resources
- Social Justice
Center for Policing Equity
The Center for Policing Equity’s (CPE’s) North Star is protecting, empowering, and supporting vulnerable communities—particularly Black and Brown communities—to redesign their public safety systems. CPE provides decision-makers with data, stories, and relationships to facilitate change that’s bold, innovative, and lasting. We do science to promote justice
- Community Education
- Educational Resources
- Social Justice
Center for Racial Justice in Education
The Center for Racial Justice in Education’s mission is to train and empower educators to dismantle patterns of racism and injustice in our schools and communities. At the Center for Racial Justice in Education, we envision a world where all young people learn and thrive in racially equitable, liberating, and...
- Educational Resources
- Social Justice
Change Can’t Wait (CT Sun)
Create positive change for all marginalized groups with a focus on Black and Brown communities within Connecticut and New England, through year-round partnerships, advocacy, events, educational initiatives & materials and player appearances that move to eradicate systemic racism and oppression.
- Community Education
- Educational Resources
- Youth & Young Adult
Child Guidance Center of Southern CT: Gender Diversity & Resilience Program
CGC’s Gender, Diversity & Resilience program serves transgender, nonbinary and gender expansive youth through age 18 and their caregivers. Through a tailored combination of group, individual, and family therapy, as well as case management, psychiatry, and gender affirming medical care, our multidisciplinary team meets teens and families where they are...
- Educational Resources
- Youth & Young Adult
Citywide Youth Coalition
The New Haven urban area hosts a true youth-serving system that effectively speaks with a unified voice when articulating youth needs and goals, fosters collaboration so that youth service providers reach all young people, and publicly acknowledges the positive value in youth voice and youth leaders, as well as the...
- Community Education
- Mental Health
- Youth & Young Adult
College Substance Abuse Statistics, Facts, & Recovery
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- Educational Resources
- Social Justice
Color of Change
Color Of Change helps you do something real about injustice. We design campaigns powerful enough to end practices that unfairly hold Black people back, and champion solutions that move us all forward. Until justice is real.
- Educational Resources
- Social Justice
Coming to the Table
Working together to create a just and truthful society that acknowledges and seeks to heal from the racial wounds of the past, from slavery and the many forms of racism it spawned.
- Mental Health
- Support Groups
Community Healing Network
Our mission is to mobilize Black people across the African Diaspora to heal from the trauma caused by centuries of anti-Black racism, to free ourselves of toxic stereotypes, and to reclaim our dignity and humanity as people of African ancestry.
- Educational Resources
- Support Groups
Connecticut Addiction Treatment Resources & Information
If you know of someone in Connecticut seeking help for any type of drug or alcohol problem, Addiction-Treatment-Services.com can assist you in not only finding a program but also in verifying the insurance benefits and setting up interventions as well.
- Educational Resources
- Social Justice
Connecticut Association for Community Action (CAFCA)
Incorporated in 1974, the Connecticut Association for Community Action, Inc. (CAFCA) is the state association for Connecticut’s nine Community Action Agencies (CAAs), the state and federally designated antipoverty agencies, established by President Johnson to help fight the War on Poverty. Through our strong partnership with the state and federal agencies,...
- Educational Resources
- Social Justice
Connecticut Association of Human Rights (CAHR)
CAHR is a network of human rights professionals and representatives of local human rights commissions across the State to share information, provide training, support local activities, and encourage the development of human rights commissions in all Connecticut municipalities.
- Mental Health
Connecticut BIPOC Mental Health & Wellness Initiative
The CT BIPOC Mental Health & Wellness Initiative was created to provide a safe space for people of color in Connecticut to discuss the impact of the pandemic and racial trauma.
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