Community Conversation On The State Budget To Be Hosted By Old Lyme Church

OLD LYME, CT – The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme announced Tuesday that the church and the nonprofit organization Moral Monday CT would host a “Community Conversation on the State Budget.” The event will take place on Monday, June 26, at 7 p.m., according to a release.

The event is hoped to help facilitate a peaceful, respectful, community conversation on the state budget between area elected officials, nonprofit groups and members of the general public. The public forum hopes to inspire an insightful discussion surrounding the state’s planned cuts to health care, education and social services and their likely impact on marginalized populations. (To sign up for the Lymes breaking news alerts and more, click here.)

More than 30 area elected officials have been invited to attend the public forum on the church’s front lawn. Those invited include state senators and representatives who represent the citizens of:

• Branford
• Cheshire
• Chester
• Clinton
• Deep River
• Durham
• East Haddam
• East Haven
• East Lyme
• Essex
• Guilford
• Haddam
• Hamden
• Killingworth
• Lyme
• Meriden
• Middlefield
• Middletown
• Montville
• New Haven
• New London
• North Branford
• North Haven
• Old Lyme
• Old Saybrook
• Salem
• Wallingford
• Waterford
• Westbrook

In the event of weather, the forum will take place inside the church’s historic Meetinghouse.

Moral Monday CT is a statewide coalition of individuals and organizations originally brought together through the Black Lives Matter movement. The organization was founded by Bishop John Selders, Lady Pamela Selders and Minister Cornell Lewis.

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