2023-10-23T19:13:12-04:00 2022-12-31 Samuel N Wilson Jr CPA 1000 Lafayette Blvd Ste 408 Bridgeport CT 06604 990 2022-01-01 061392836 CONGREGATION ORGANIZED FOR A NEW CT CONG P O BOX 4298 Hamden CT 06514 PHILIPPE ANDAL CO CHAIR 8607413088 2023-09-18 false PHILIPPE ANDAL Samuel N Wilson Jr P01441307 2033686086 2023-10-23 X 0 00 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z 667265 false X X 1993 CT TO DISCOVER, RESEARCH, ANALYZE AND ARTICULATE A POWERFUL MORAL VOICETO NEGOTIATE REGARDING SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ISSUES THAT AFFECT OUR MEMBER CONGREGATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS. 22 22 5 250 0 0 722846 664325 23165 2940 0 0 746011 667265 0 0 308891 338011 0 0 230247 282678 539138 620689 206873 46576 578641 623327 3567 1677 575074 621650 TO DISCOVER, RESEARCH, ANALYZE AND ARTICULATE A POWERFUL MORAL VOICETO NEGOTIATE REGARDING SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ISSUES THAT AFFECT OUR MEMBER CONGREGATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS. false false 579523 452500 1)Organized a Sacred Listening House Meeting Campaign involving more than 20 member congregatiopns,training nearly 100 leaders, and listening to over 1000 people share their stories and experiences;2)Organized two Assemblies related to the House Meeting Campaign-a kick-off in January and report back assembly in May-via zoom and 6 training sessions for leaders to learn how to facilitate a House Meeting and to practice facilitator stories; 3)Organized Exploratory Issue Research Teams on 7 top issue areas identified in the House Meeting campaign, eventually selecting education, Health/Mental Health, and Criminal Legal Reform as the three priority issue topics for action;4)Organized a non-partisan 500 person Candidate Assembly with Republican and Democratic candidates for statewide offices of Governor, Treasurer and Secretary of State; 5)Organized and supported local issue work in New Haven (asthma),Hamden(home foundation repair, open space, policing),Bridgeport (eid holiday), Fairfield (Eid holiday), and more; 6)Won campaigns to get Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday added to the Bridgeport and Fairfield school calendars as days off of school in the future;7)Monitored implementation of the Clean Slate criminal record expungement law and called press conference to alert the community when we the Organizayion learned of its implementation delay late in the year;8)Worked to develop a strategy for community education and buy in on sharingRace, Ethnicity, and Language(REAL)data with health care providers; 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