Contact Your State Representative – Today Support Police Accountability Bill

We Need Your Help, Now! Hello MMCT Family! As you know, Pamela and I along so many others have worked tirelessly around issues of police accountability, brutality and overreach.  We have lead the way on a number of fronts over the last five to six years.  In the midst of this national reckoning regarding policing, I believe … Continue reading Contact Your State Representative – Today Support Police Accountability Bill

On Qualified Immunity

On Qualified Immunity by The Rev. Josh Pawelek I spent virtually all of Friday, July 17th, 2020 listening via Zoom to public testimony as members of the Connecticut General Assembly’s Joint Committee on the Judiciary considered LCO 3471, “An Act Concerning Police Accountability.” If this act becomes law, it will make Connecticut a national leader … Continue reading On Qualified Immunity

Pamela Selders Written Testimony on Police Accountability

Written Testimony of Pamela Selders Founder of CT Black Women Before The Judiciary Committee Listening Session of Proposed Legislation on Police Accountability July 17, 2020 Good Morning State Senator Winfield and State Representative Stafstrom and members of the Judiciary Committee. My name is Pamela Selders, Founder of CT Black Women, a group of Black women … Continue reading Pamela Selders Written Testimony on Police Accountability

Bishop JS’s Written Testimony on the Police Accountability Bill

Written Testimony of Bishop John Selders Co-Founder of Moral Monday CT Before The Judiciary Committee Listening Session of Proposed Legislation on Police Accountability July 17, 2020 Good Morning State Senator Winfield and State Representative Stafstrom and members of the Judiciary Committee. My name is John Selders, Pastor of Amistad United Church of Christ, Hartford, CT … Continue reading Bishop JS’s Written Testimony on the Police Accountability Bill

My Tribute to The Rev. Dr. C. T. Vivian and Congressman John Lewis

My Tribute to The Rev. Dr. C. T. Vivian and Congressman John Lewis As I sit watching and listening to the wonderful reactions and remarks of so many about these two giants for the cause of human and civil rights, I feel compelled to share my own.  For I too have had my life be … Continue reading My Tribute to The Rev. Dr. C. T. Vivian and Congressman John Lewis