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# The Consortium Speaks

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### [2021 CGA Session Recap](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/2021-cga-session-recap)

 The 2021 legislative session has ended, and many of the issues the Consortium supported and advocated for through testimony and outreach hav...

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### [A Look Back: The Consortium for Substance Abusing Women and Their Children](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/a-look-back-the-consortium-for-substance-abusing-women-and-their-children)

 I started working at the Connecticut Women’s Consortium in 2015 amidst a mid-career change. As childhood influences resurfaced, my new profe...

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 21 Apr, 2021  • 3 minute read

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### [Punching the Air (Book Review)](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/punching-the-air-the-trauma-of-injustice-and-the-promise-of-art-in-recovery-book-review)

 In the midst on the COVID-19 pandemic the summer of 2020 was defined by the national resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement. The COVI...

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### [Our Legislative Priorities for 2021 and Beyond](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/our-legislative-priorities-for-2021-and-beyond)

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