Each week when the LovedIn team enters the perpetual darkness of the windowless adult entertainment club in Eastern Connecticut, a sliver of light cuts through. The team has one goal in mind: to bring hope, help and love to a population that is often overlooked and deeply hurting...
Hundreds of people gathered at U-Nite 2018: 10 Years Together on April 26, to celebrate a decade of impact that has been made by listening, responding, and building relationships to help people in our local community.
When we look around our Greater Hartford community, it’s not hard to recognize that many people are facing immense needs and struggles, including broken relationships and families, poverty, educational and health disparities, addiction, homelessness, hopelessness, and many other challenges, just to name a few.
At some point in their lives, most people will experience a situation that is so distressing that they will struggle to effectively cope. In fact, research suggests that nearly 90% of the population will experience a trauma at some point in their life. And, many others harbor feelings of shame and are lacking the tools to process their emotions and heal in a healthy and powerful way.
