Daniela Doncel

3 days ago | ctpublic.org | Daniela Doncel

Published April 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM EDT The UConn School of Social Work Puerto Rican/Latine Studies Project is hosting the Connecticut Latina Campaign School, a full day bilingual workshop designed to provide Latinas the resources they need to build political confidence. Professor Lisa Werkmeister Rozas is the Director of the Puerto Rican/Latine Studies Project. She would like to see more Latina representation in all forms of government in Connecticut.

1 week ago | ctpublic.org | Daniela Doncel |Eddy Martinez

Students and faculty members in Connecticut spoke out Thursday in defense of higher education, joining nationwide protests against the Trump administration's efforts to reshape college campuses. Several hundred people gathered at Yale University in New Haven and at the Storrs Campus of the University of Connecticut.

2 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Daniela Doncel

Standing in the rain wearing an American flag scarf, 71-year-old Sally Tucker of Guilford chanted “This is what democracy sounds like” and “Musk and Trump have got to go” with protesters in front of the State Capitol as cars driving by honked in support. It was one of nearly two dozen Hands Off! demonstrations organized in Connecticut on Saturday, joining more than 1,200 locations in all 50 states. The groups IndivisibleCT and 50501 hosted the Hands Off! rally in Hartford.

2 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Daniela Doncel

Published April 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM EDT Standing in the rain wearing an American flag scarf, 71-year-old Sally Tucker of Guilford chanted “This is what democracy sounds like” and “Musk and Trump have got to go” with protesters in front of the State Capitol as cars driving by honked in support. It was one of nearly two dozen Hands Off! demonstrations organized in Connecticut on Saturday, joining more than 1,200 locations in all 50 states.

2 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Daniela Doncel

Published April 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM EDT Tyler Russell / Connecticut PublicCarlos Alvarado Quesada, 48th president of the Republic of Costa Rica, speaks at UConn Law School about the current state of democracy, human rights, and multilateralism on April 3, 2025.