Community Conversations

North Hartford Ascend Monthly

Community Conversations

North Hartford Ascend prioritizes engaging with community members and residents. As part of that approach, Ascend hosts monthly community conversations to partner with community members and residents in the planning and implementation of Ascend activities. 

If you are passionate about positive change in the North End and creating opportunities for the neighborhood’s children and families, please join us for a Community Conversation about the North Hartford Ascend Pipeline. Residents, community members, and community representatives are encouraged to provide input based on resident and community priorities to help shape the initiative. Hartford residents are eligible for an incentive for meeting participation.

Community Conversations

Incentives

If you are a Hartford resident and have participated in any of the monthly Ascend community conversations, you may be eligible for an incentive. 

Recordings of Previous Community Conversations

January Ascend Sustainability Plan:

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February Summer Programs Fair:

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Summer Programs List

January – Family Navigation System Building Workgroup: 

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February – Hartford Adult Education Center: 

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March – The Village for Families and Children:

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April – The Department of Families, Children, and Youth:

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May – Mental Health with Wheeler Clinic & InterCommunity:

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August – Hartford Public Schools:

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September – Hartford Public Schools Superintendent & CEO – Dr. Andrae Townsel:

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October – Data Walk:

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November – Raise the Bar – Goals After High School:

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January – Ascend Mapping Tool, CT Data Collaborative & Community Leaders: 

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February – Ascend Service Provider Engagement Monthly Meetings: 

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March – Community & Family Engagement Workgroup:

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April – Early Literacy & Learning:

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May – Mental Health Resources:

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August – Student Health:

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September – Community Safety:

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Meeting Recording (Spanish)

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October – Hartford Public Schools – Navigating Support Systems:

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November – CT Data Collaborative and Data Walk:

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January – Year 1 Review & Year 2 Aspirations:

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February – Kindergarten Readiness Data:

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March – Student Health and Nutrition Data:

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April – High School Graduation Data:

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May – Postsecondary Education and Training Data:

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June – Community Engagement:

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August – School Attendance:

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September – Chronic Absenteeism and Ascend Family Navigators:

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October – Ascend Information:

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November – Featured Ascend Partners:

 

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January – Community Engagement Updates and Governance and Recruitment:

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February – Budget Review and Ascend Governance Framework:

 

March – Resident and Community Advisory Group and Governance Community Seats:

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April – Programs, Resources, and Services:

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May – Pipeline Development and Community Participation:

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June – Guest Speaker: Geoffrey Canada, Harlem Children Zone:

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August – Hartford Public Schools, Governance Updates, and Marketing and Communications Firm FourteenG:

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September – Data Sharing for Program Results and Performance Measures:

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October – Hartford Public Schools and Chronic Absenteeism*:

Meeting Recording (Passcode: 3@JC@74L)

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November – Hartford Public Schools and Chronic Absenteeism:

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Meeting Recording