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CT MLK Legacies
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
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 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
A New Digital Home for a Revolutionary Movement CT MLK Legacies Corp
An announcement introducing the official CT MLK Legacies Corp website as a new digital headquarters for the organization’s mission, vision,
NewBritain Legacies
Jul 18, 20252 min read
Copy of CT MLK Legacies Secures $1 Million Grant to Drive Community Transformation Initiatives in Connecticut
CT MLK Legacies Secures $1 Million Grant for Community Transformation
NewBritain Legacies
Jan 15, 20243 min read
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