A Democrat is taking on a Democrat for one of Hamden’s state legislative seats, but on an independent line — with a focus on her experiences as an immigrant and without taking shots at the incumbent. Weruché George is challenging incumbent Michael D’Agostino as a petitioning candidate for his seat representing the 91st State House of Representatives District.
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Read MoreWeruché George shares with Patch why she should be elected to the state House of Representatives to represent Hamden.
Read MoreWeruche George (Petitioning) is running for election to the Connecticut House of Representatives to represent District 91. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2020.
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Read MoreI was talking to my teenage daughter the other day about “a mother’s fear” — that debilitating feeling we experience when our children go through things that are out of our control: heartbreak, disease, life choices and so on. But on that day, sadly, my focus on “a mother’s fear” transcended the obvious. It was focused instead on the epidemic in the United States and what we now have to continue to document as “domestic terrorism.”
Read MoreFor Weruche Uzoka George, a Nigerian immigrant, Thursday marked five years since she had been granted citizenship in the United States. She chose to celebrate the day alongside Sen. Chris Murphy, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin and gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont at a rally in Hartford to advocate for immigrant children to be reunited with their parents. “These kids are going through trauma that will live with them a long time,” George said.
Read MoreThere was a passionate rally outside the Charter Oak Family Health Center in Hartford Thursday as immigration advocates called for an end to family separation at the US border, even after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to end the practice. Many are still fearful about what comes next for thousands of children separated from their families at the southern border.
Read MoreWeruche George, who fled Nigeria with her two children, is committed to raising money through IRIS' Run for Refugees in New Haven. She's gearing up now for this year's run, on Sunday, Feb. 4. You can run during the day and still catch the Super Bowl later. Learn more at the IRIS website, at irisct.org
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