{"id":5083930,"date":"2024-05-06T09:26:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T13:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/?p=5083930"},"modified":"2024-05-06T09:26:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T13:26:25","slug":"housing-disparities-income-inequality-among-topics-of-latino-legislative-summit-at-ct-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2024\/05\/06\/housing-disparities-income-inequality-among-topics-of-latino-legislative-summit-at-ct-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Disparities, Income Inequality Among Topics of Latino Legislative Summit at CT Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>CT Latino News produces and amplifies stories focused on the five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/socialdeterminants\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social determinants of health<\/a>\u2014community context, education access and quality, the built environment, health care access and quality, and economic stability. These conditions in which people live, grow, learn, work, and play in, intersect to shape our overall well-being.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HARTFORD \u2014 Gov. Ned Lamont, the Puerto Rican and Latino Caucus, the Hispanic Federation and other Latino advocacy groups and students from Bulkeley High School gathered for the 10th Annual Connecticut Latino Legislative Summit on April 23 at the State Capitol.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They chose to talk about pressing issues that affect the Latino community, such as housing, income, voting rights, language access and representation among elected officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe all experience the same issues. There&#8217;s a lack of affordable housing, there&#8217;s a lack of health care, there&#8217;s a lack of quality childhood education. There&#8217;s a lack of jobs,\u201d said Sen. Patricia Miller, D-Stamford. \u201cSo we stand here as the Black and Puerto Rican caucus; we&#8217;re here to fight for you.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the chair of the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus, she said that her priority was to make sure that policies submitted to the General Assembly are centered on social equity and do not have a negative impact.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctinsider.com\/recordjournal\/article\/latino-legislative-summit-ct-19417697.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story by the Record-Journal\u2019s Latino Communities Lab at:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctinsider.com\/recordjournal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ctinsider.com\/recordjournal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Publisher\u2019s Note:<\/strong> CT Latino News partners with the Latino Communities Reporting Lab in best serving the Hispanic-Latino communities of Connecticut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/F72EF98A-AA06-4198-AC34-B9F772EE7BB1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5058394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/F72EF98A-AA06-4198-AC34-B9F772EE7BB1.png 350w, https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/F72EF98A-AA06-4198-AC34-B9F772EE7BB1-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. 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