about US
board members
Carmen Colon
Carmen Colon, MSW, has served the goals of both social work and social justice throughout her career of service and commitment in greater Bridgeport. Currently, as Vice President of the Bridgeport Y¹s, Carmen administers a network of facilities serving housing insecure individuals and families; one of the largest early education programs; community and youth programs; and traditional YMCA camps and fitness programs.
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Evonne klein
Evonne Klein served as the first Commissioner of Housing for the State of Connecticut in over 30 years during the Malloy Administration from 2013-2019, leading the establishment of Connecticut’s Department of Housing. During her tenure the state financed the construction of 24,000 units of housing, of which 22,000 are affordable.
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TONI HARP
Chair
Toni Harp’s enduring respect for working people and her tireless advocacy for issues important to all citizens has been unwavering. For 21 years she served as Connecticut’s State Senator for the 10th District and earned a reputation as “the conscience of the Senate” at the Connecticut State Capitol. For 11 years, Toni was co-chair of the legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations Committee, deftly balancing fiscal prudence with state government’s many financial obligations.
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Dr. Jeffrey Ogbar
Jeffrey Ogbonna Green Ogbar was born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles, California. He received his BA in History from Morehouse College in Atlanta. He earned his MA and Ph.D. in U.S. History with a minor in African studies from Indiana University in Bloomington. Since 1997 he has taught at the University of Connecticut’s Department of History.
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Our Focus
Impact CT – which is an Independent Expenditure Committee – will focus its activities on supporting policies and candidates that will help to open up doors of opportunity for all residents, especially those that have been historically marginalized. Priority policy issues for Impact CT include affordable housing, healthcare, education, public safety, and transportation. Harp said that all donors to Impact CT will be publicly disclosed and that she intends for the organization to be “100% transparent in all its activities.”
“We believe Connecticut must do more to create opportunity for all our residents,” said Harp. “More quality and affordable housing and homeownership options, equitable access to better healthcare, and better schools – if we can improve in each of these areas, more people will have access to more and better economic opportunities moving forward. And that benefits everyone in our state.”
