Contributed by Charles R. Venator-Santiago

Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans|Connecticut

Creating a Collective Agenda

Connecticut Legislative Office Building

Saturday, 11 January 2025

As the UConnPRSI has documented, Puerto Ricans consistently experience the highest inequalities among all racial and ethnic groups in the state in the state of Connecticut. The goal of this inaugural summit was to retake the conversation on how to develop a Puerto Rican collective agenda for the state of Connecticut. The Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans|Connecticut summit sought to provide a safe space for the discussion of policy issues and the articulation of community responses to develop a collective agenda that could address the particular experiences of Puerto Ricans in Connecticut. We brought together the perspectives of stateside Puerto Ricans and other stakeholders in Connecticut to develop a collective agenda that can help shape public policies and legislation that address the inequalities experienced by Puerto Ricans in Connecticut.

The summit sponsored ten roundtable sessions that included wide-ranging topics such as housing inequalities, health disparities, Puerto Ricans and the Media, education inequities, Puerto Rican Day Parades in Connecticut, Hispanic Serving Institutions, elections, Boards, Councils, and Commissions, environmental justice and Puerto Rican Women and Leadership in Connecticut. For more information on the program and related events, please visit the following site: 2025 Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans|Connecticut | Puerto Rican Studies Initiative for Civic Engagement and Public Policy

The Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans|Connecticut will be meeting every January in Connecticut.

 

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