Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities

The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities stands with the 28 protected classes under our law. Read our op ed at https://ctmirror.org/2025/02/04/chro-full-steam-ahead-on-civil-rights-enforcement/ and read our statement on Transgender Students' Rights in CT here. #CivilRightsUnites

From Me to You Program

 

"From Me to You" is a new program where students in Connecticut read stories aloud for others. The following books will be included in the program with more to come. 

  1. "Say Something!" by Peter H. Reynolds
  2. "Calvin" by by J. R. Ford, Ronald Martin Ford, and Vanessa Ford
  3. "Change Sings" by Amanda Gorman
  4. "Gary and the Great Inventors" by Akura Marshall
  5. "Finding Your Spot in the World" by Diane Alber
  6. "The World Turns Round and Round" by Nicki Weiss
  7. "The Youngest Marcher" by Cynthia Levinson
  8. "Right Now!: Real Kids Speaking Up For Change" by Miranda Paul
  9. "It’s Okay to Be Different" by Todd Parr
  10. "Sofia Valdez and the Vanishing Vote" by Andrea Beaty
  11. "They, She, He, Me, Free to Be" by Maya Gonzalez
  12. "My Brown Skin" by Thomishia Booker
  13. "Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History" by Vashti Harrison
  14. "Don’t Touch My Hair!" by Sharee Miller
  15. "Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race" by Megan Madison
  16. "I Am Enough" by Grace Byers
  17. "We’re Different, We’re the Same (Sesame Street)" by Bobbi Jane Kates
  18. "All Are Welcome" by Alexandra Penfold
  19. "Sofia Valdez, Future Prez" by Andrea Beaty
  20. "Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom" by Lynda Blackmon Lowery
  21. "Through My Eyes"' by Ruby Bridges
  22. "Freedom Soup" by Tami Charles
  23. "Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History" by Vashti Harrison
  24. "An Equal Shot (How the Law Title IX Changed America)" by Helaine Becker
  25. "Hair Love" by Matthew Cherry
  26. "Kamala Harris Rooted in Justice" by Nikki Grimes and illustrated by Laura Freeman
  27. "Gordon Parks: How the Photographer captured Black and White", by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Jamey Christoph  
  28. "A is for Activist" written and illustrated by Innosanto Nagara