Berenice Valencia

First Presbyterian Church bustled with color and warmth on Saturday as Elm City residents arrived to purchase handmade crafts from members of New Haven’s Integrated […]

December 4, 2017

BERENICE VALENCIA

City moves forward with transit initiative

For the first phase of a new initiative to improve New Haven’s transit system, citizens spent the last year evaluating the system by submitting suggestions […]

November 29, 2017

BERENICE VALENCIA

Author talks activism, colonialism

Puerto Rican author Iris Morales came to campus on Friday to talk about fighting colonialism with grassroots activism. New Haven students and residents gathered at […]

November 14, 2017

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Film festival mounts Trump resistance

Around 60 activists, artists and New Haven residents attended the screening of 17 short films that addressed gender, race and immigration on Tuesday night, one […]

November 9, 2017

BERENICE VALENCIA

Citywide Youth hosts self-love workshop

Fifteen New Haven residents on Thursday discussed the value of self-love and its applicability to activism. Citywide Youth Coalition, a network of young New Haven […]

October 27, 2017

BERENICE VALENCIA

Principal’s family stuck in Puerto Rico

The hurricanes that struck Puerto Rico last month caused devastation across the island, forcing families into shelters and producing damage that will take years to […]

October 5, 2017