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HAPPENING NOW: Clearing the Roadblocks Town Hall with Matt Ritter and Josh Elliott with 250 activists filling the room.

Happening now: activists in Hartford Federation of Teachers, The 4Cs, SEIU 1199NE, CSEA SEIU Local 2001 join Connecticut For All advocates for town hall w/#CTGeneralAssembly House Speaker Matt Ritter on clearing fiscal roadblocks to progress. #FundOurFutureCT AFT @AFTTeach SEIU SEBAC - State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition

State employees from SEIU 1199NE and the The 4Cs spoke at the Connecticut For All Paving the Roadblocks Town Hall with Matt Ritter and Josh Elliott to discuss the importance of investing in public services.

Full house at today’s Town Hall with Speaker Ritter and Rep. Elliot 🔥

“We need a commitment from you to shift from the ‘M’ to a ‘B’ on investments we need in this state!” -Leslie Blatteau, President of New Haven Federation of Teachers

“The building is on fire, we have some water but we’re conserving it in case there is another one” #ClearingTheRoadblocks

Happening NOW! We're kicking off our 2025 Equity Agenda, a roadmap to a better future for all of CT, not just the privileged few. #FundOurFutureCT

Happening now: New Haven Federation of Teachers Local 933, CSU-AAUP, SEIU 1199NE activists add voices to Connecticut For All's ‘25 equity agenda launch at #CTGeneralAssembly, urge lawmakers clear roadblocks to progress. #FundOurFutureCT AFT @AFTTeach AFT Higher Ed American Association of University Professors SEIU SEBAC - State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition

Rob Baril, Prez SEIU 1199NE “Our unity is our once source of strength. We want bold investments that avoid a race to the bottom. Together we are a movement that is unstoppable and that is fighting for a CT for ALL.”#FundOurFutureCT

Valentina Diaz, CT Students for a Dream HUSKY 4 Immigrants CT State Gateway stdnt. “It's inhumane to be prevented from seeing Dr. simply bc of status - despite our $406 mil in annual contrib to state/local taxes. We make CT a better place for all working ppl & we do it w/o the benefits others enjoy.”

Meriam Robinson, nursing home worker & SEIU 1199NE member questions, “Who will care for us?” as demand for the care she provides to residents grows, yet wages remain low w/shifts 16 hrs long.” #FundOurFutureCT

Simple question: “Why don’t we extend these protections to everyone?” Zach Postle Connecticut Tenants Union leader asks in ref to 40 yr. state #JustCause law banning no-fault evictions against renters 62 +, or have disability & live in bldg w/5+ units.

Jenny Graves, VP New Haven Federation of Teachers Local 933 & #NHV spec ed teacher "Zip codes must no longer determine #PublicEd opportunities. It’s time to modify the fiscal roadblocks and invest in equitable education for all. The time for action is NOW! #FundOurFutureCT

John O'Connor, Central Connecticut State University Socio Prof & CSU-AAUP member, calls for tuition relief thru expansion of PACT prgm to benefit #CTworkforce. “#PubHigherEd stdnts are not getting degrees in Shakespeare, but in Austerity. To invest in #education, is to invest in CT’s future.” #FundOurFutureCT

State Rep Jillian Gilchrest. “Our current fiscal policies have created CT’s working poor. That will continue to happen unless we do something. It’s tone deaf and an insult to our residents to say that CT is on good fiscal footing.” #FundOurFutureCT

The Rev. Cn. D Littlepage from the Greater Hartford Interfaith Action Alliance (GHIAA) says financial responsibility should uplift the community and address intergenerational poverty and the effects of institutional racism. #FundOurFutureCT

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This is the year we pass Just Cause!!

Today, we joined Connecticut For All at the State Capitol for this year’s All Equity Agenda Launch. In addition to discussing this year’s priorities, we also spoke with elected officials like Sen. Gary Winfield about our ongoing efforts to seek justice for displaced workers at the Connecticut Science Center.