Supporting Individuals with Disabilities in Building Healthy Relationships, Part 1
Nov
18

Supporting Individuals with Disabilities in Building Healthy Relationships, Part 1

Objectives :

  1. To increase participants' awareness of the relationships that affect the life of the person with disabilities that they are supporting.

  2. To analyze the relationship continuum and identify characteristics of healthy, unhealthy, abusive, and commercially exploitative relationships.

  3. To determine the factors that increase or decrease a person's vulnerability in a relationship, with an emphasis on helping decrease risk and increase safety

Link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/5NLelPMyRVGoEqkHYoM9Ng

Questions? Contact Yury Cruz, Bilingual Family Support Coordinator, Northwest and Southwest at ycruz@ctfsn.org.

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Digital Safety for Youth: What Parents Should Be Talking About
Nov
20

Digital Safety for Youth: What Parents Should Be Talking About

Stranger danger is nothing new – but online gaming and social media have brought strangers into the home in the guise of peers and friends. With platforms changing constantly and new apps appearing every day, how can adults keep their kids safe from online exploitation? This interactive, 90-minute workshop designed for parents and caregivers of teens and tweens provides a foundation for talking with youth about online safety, including online stranger danger, cyberbullying, artificial intelligence, and more. This will be a safe space for adult participants to practice having the often uncomfortable conversations that can make all the difference in the life of a child who has been targeted for exploitation. This program is free and open to the public.

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DVAM Film and talkback: Another Body
Oct
25

DVAM Film and talkback: Another Body

A discussion and Q&A will follow the film, with Project Sage's Kristen van Ginhoven, Executive Director; Linda Ciano, Director of Community Engagement; and Virginia Gold, Director of Client Services.

Directors: Sophie Compton, Reuben Hamlyn
Writers: Sophie Compton, Reuben Hamlyn, Isabel Freeman

Another Body follows a college student's search for justice after she discovers deepfake pornography of herself circulating online. We live in a time when videos or images created by artificial intelligence are indistinguishable from the real thing. This riveting documentary highlights a serious problem with AI that can, in some cases, ruin lives. The subject in this case embarks on a harrowing journey into the dark world of deepfake technology to find answers, justice, and to reclaim her true identity.
1hr 20mins / NR

Learn more & buy tickets here

www.themoviehouse.net

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Connecticut Parent Leadership Summit
Oct
11

Connecticut Parent Leadership Summit

The Connecticut Parent Leadership Summit, presented by Project SAGE, is a free annual event created by parents, for parents and parent-leader allies statewide. It’s designed to foster networking, learning, and collective empowerment. This year’s theme is: “From the Home to the World: Unlocking the Leader Within”, celebrating the vital role parents play as leaders in their families, schools, and communities!

Keynote Speaker: Abdul-Rahmaan I. Muhammad

Abdul-Rahmaan I. Muhammad is the Executive Director and Founder of My People Clinical Services. He created the Manhood Tree. Mr. Muhammad founded The Dream Support Network to encourage individuals to live the life of their dreams. Mr. Muhammad is also a spoken word artist and has authored four children’s books, a collection of poetry, two motivational books and produced two spoken word CD’s.

This year’s workshops

  • Parents Who Lead: Advocacy & Civic Engagement in Action

  • Digital Safety for Youth: What Parents Should Be Talking About

  • Growing Up in A New Era: Teen, Trends, and Substances

  • Provider and protector, but what about love, teach, and inspire?

  • Early Childhood Development & Education:

  • Why Social Determinants of Health Matter

  • Trabajadores del Hogar - Conozca Sus Derechos

  • The Courage to Lead: Starting with Self

  • Familias que Sueñan Juntas

  • Dads Matter 2Why

There will also be a panel discussion with parent leaders from across the state and a presentation from the Office of Early Childhood!

There will be great workshops, information, conversation, resource tables and raffle prizes! Breakfast and lunch included! Childcare is not provided. Come be a part of this dynamic and inspirational day. It won't be the same without you!

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DVAM Community Vigil and Red Sand Project Action
Oct
9
Community Engagement, Events

DVAM Community Vigil and Red Sand Project Action

Please join Project SAGE in honoring those lives lost to relationship violence last year in Connecticut.

At 6:15 pm, a participatory Red Sand Project Action will take place on the sidewalk in front of Community Field in Lakeville. The Vigil will begin at 6:30 pm at Community Field and proceed to the Project SAGE office via a short candlelight Remembrance Walk. A reception at Project SAGE will follow.

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The Revolutionary Love Project - A Workshop in Collaboration with The Center on Main
Sep
18

The Revolutionary Love Project - A Workshop in Collaboration with The Center on Main

In this interactive workshop and guided art practice, participants are encouraged to reflect on the power of love in their lives, recognize moments of kindness or support that had a significant impact, and share these insights to build empathy and compassion.

Participants will begin by reflecting on the guiding question, “When did an act of love change everything?” Through thoughtful introspection and journaling, participants will explore moments when they felt truly seen, supported, or understood by another.

Participants will then design a vision board that visually represents their response to the guiding question. By piecing together materials such as magaziones, newspapers, printed images, colored paper, and other craft supplies, participants will visually transform the small and large acts of love they have experienced into a powerful call for solidarity, unity, compassion, and community.

There will be time at the end of the workshop for participants to come back together and, if they choose, share what they have created and speak about their reflections.

No experioence is necessary. All adult and young adult participants are welcome.

REGISTER HERE: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/revolutionary-love-project

Are you interested in a children’s version of this workshop? Contact Linda at lindac@project-sage.org.

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Kent Sidewalk Sale
Aug
9
Community Engagement, Events

Kent Sidewalk Sale

Come visit our Project SAGE table! If your idea of fun is great sales, fabulous food, and music, Kent is the place to be the first weekend of August. Rain or shine! Sponsored by the Kent Chamber of Commerce the Kent Sidewalk Sale Day takes place in 2025 from Thursday August 7 through Sunday August 10. The event is free and offers super-sized retail therapy as well as entertainment for the whole family.

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Kent Sidewalk Sale
Aug
8
Community Engagement, Events

Kent Sidewalk Sale

Come visit our Project SAGE table! If your idea of fun is great sales, fabulous food, and music, Kent is the place to be the first weekend of August. Rain or shine! Sponsored by the Kent Chamber of Commerce the Kent Sidewalk Sale Day takes place in 2025 from Thursday August 7 through Sunday August 10. The event is free and offers super-sized retail therapy as well as entertainment for the whole family.

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Kent Sidewalk Sale
Aug
7
Community Engagement, Events

Kent Sidewalk Sale

Come visit our Project SAGE table! If your idea of fun is great sales, fabulous food, and music, Kent is the place to be the first weekend of August. Rain or shine! Sponsored by the Kent Chamber of Commerce the Kent Sidewalk Sale Day takes place in 2025 from Thursday August 7 through Sunday August 10. The event is free and offers super-sized retail therapy as well as entertainment for the whole family.

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Sharon on the Green Arts & Crafts Festival
Aug
2
Community Engagement, Events

Sharon on the Green Arts & Crafts Festival

Come visit our Project SAGE table at the Sharon on the Green Arts & Crafts Festival. The Annual Sharon on the Green Arts and Crafts Fair is held on the Sharon Town Green the first Saturday in August.  There are typically 60-80 vendors offering original works.  The show opens at 10am and closes up at 5pm rain or shine.  Food services are available.  This is a free event.

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