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Policy & Advocacy
State and local policy engagement, public testimony, and advocacy rooted in lived experience and community-centered solutions.
A Different Perspective… Before They Had a Name for It
“Before the funding, before the language—this was the perspective shaping real community change from lived experience.” October 31, 2019
NewBritain Legacies
Apr 212 min read
From Reaction to Prevention: A Scalable Community Health Model
We don’t wait for crisis—we build systems that prevent it. A new model for health, stability, and community impact.
NewBritain Legacies
Apr 122 min read
When Youth Took the Seats of Power: A Shift Inside the Legislative Office
Youth took lawmakers’ seats while leaders listened—shifting power, perspective, and policy through real lived experience and truth.
NewBritain Legacies
Mar 213 min read
A Voice From Experience Enters the Room
A testimony that reframed poverty and truancy—not as behavior, but as a response to instability—and shifted the conversation in the room.
NewBritain Legacies
Mar 213 min read
When Lived Experience Enters the Policy Room
Community leader Deivone Tanksley Sr. brings lived experience to the CT Appropriations Committee, highlighting real barriers children f
NewBritain Legacies
Mar 142 min read
Bringing Youth-Focused Solutions Across the Finish Line: JJPOC Votes to Advance Key Recommendations with CEW Support
“Deivone M. Tanksley Sr. speaks before the Juvenile Justice Policy & Oversight Committee on youth, equity, and real solutions.”
NewBritain Legacies
Jan 232 min read
Deivone is a Patriots Difference Maker for CT and all of NE.
“The New England Patriots and the Kraft family honor Deivone M. Tanksley Sr. as a 2025 Patriots Difference Maker.”
NewBritain Legacies
Jan 81 min read
Deivone M. Tanksley Sr. Appointed to the Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee
Founder Deivone Tanksley Sr. appointed to Connecticut’s JJPOC Community Expertise Workgroup to help shape youth justice policy.
NewBritain Legacies
Sep 23, 20252 min read
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