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Subject: FW: GOVERNOR LAMONT ANNOUNCES REOPEN CONNECTICUT ADVISORY GROUP<br>
TO HOLD COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE TUESDAY AT 2PM<br>
From: "Sigman, Brian" <<a href="mailto:Brian.Sigman@ct.gov">Brian.Sigman@ct.gov</a>><br>
Date: Mon, May 18, 2020 7:36 pm<br><br>
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</style> <div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"> <b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">From: Sullivan, Kathleen <<a href="mailto:Kathleen.Sullivan@ct.gov">Kathleen.Sullivan@ct.gov</a>> <br> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 6:41 PM<br> Subject: FW: GOVERNOR LAMONT ANNOUNCES REOPEN CONNECTICUT ADVISORY GROUP TO HOLD COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE TUESDAY AT 2PM<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;letter-spacing:1.2pt">Please share with our partners<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;letter-spacing:1.2pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center"> <b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a target="_blank" href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fct.gov%2Fgovernor&data=01%7C01%7CKathleen.Sullivan%40ct.gov%7C055143a0f0f5415518ae08d7fb768c1d%7C118b7cfaa3dd48b9b02631ff69bb738b%7C0&sdata=t1UqUtGa6pon78v6R1CvCuT1u5S4fqi59PVY3jMr8VU%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="624" height="178" style="width:6.5in;height:1.8541in" id="Picture_x0020_9" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D62D4B.8E4A7610" alt="Header Image: Office of Governor Ned Lamont" wbeuser="llee@nfbct.org"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">GOVERNOR LAMONT ANNOUNCES REOPEN CONNECTICUT ADVISORY GROUP TO HOLD COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE TUESDAY AT 2PM<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Members of the Public Encouraged to Submit Questions Related to the Impact of COVID-19 on Their Communities<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that members of the Reopen Connecticut Advisory Group’s community committee will hold a roundtable discussion on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. regarding how best to balance health and economic outcomes amid the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly for those who are among the state’s most vulnerable populations.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Members of the public who have questions for the panel can email their inquiries to <a target="_blank" href="mailto:reopen@ct.gov">reopen@ct.gov</a>. The discussion will be broadcast live by the Connecticut Network (CT-N) and available to watch on its cable television channel and through a live stream on <a target="_blank" href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fct-n.com%2F&data=01%7C01%7CKathleen.Sullivan%40ct.gov%7C055143a0f0f5415518ae08d7fb768c1d%7C118b7cfaa3dd48b9b02631ff69bb738b%7C0&sdata=C3PSjGf0zdlQvrJeV17%2FS3hHMbqlx4%2Ftet9FFXmG20c%3D&reserved=0"> CT-N.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Some of the members of the advisory group’s community committee who are anticipated to participate in this roundtable include:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Marie Allen, Executive Director of the Southwestern Connecticut Agency on Aging and Independent Living<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ken Alleyne, Vice Chair of the Connecticut Health Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nora Duncan, State Director of Connecticut AARP<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mike Freda, First Selectman of North Haven<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Marcella Nunez Smith, Director of Equity Research and Innovation at the Yale School of Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rochelle Palache, Assistant District Leader for SEIU, Local 32BJ<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jordan Scheff, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Disability Services<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Daria Smith, Executive Director of the Connecticut State Independent Living Council<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Last week, members of the advisory group’s <a target="_blank" href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FT2e69WCAEII&data=01%7C01%7CKathleen.Sullivan%40ct.gov%7C055143a0f0f5415518ae08d7fb768c1d%7C118b7cfaa3dd48b9b02631ff69bb738b%7C0&sdata=lV0vvRoWdUAAns6wltMwTl8PMk%2BvmM5xotVVDhoD3Cg%3D&reserved=0"> business committee</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FbKBmIWy8tao&data=01%7C01%7CKathleen.Sullivan%40ct.gov%7C055143a0f0f5415518ae08d7fb768c1d%7C118b7cfaa3dd48b9b02631ff69bb738b%7C0&sdata=BuygICnb4%2FFgBGbfW7iqoP5%2B%2Fd%2BDZugz6ewXIu%2F5YWs%3D&reserved=0"> education committee</a> each held similar roundtable discussions regarding the issues they are responsible for reviewing.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Reopen Connecticut Advisory Group is a panel of local health, business, workforce, and education experts who are consulting with the Lamont administration and legislative leadership on the reopening of Connecticut’s economy and education system as the nation emerges from the unprecedented public health emergency caused by COVID-19. The group is providing Governor Lamont with recommendations, which the governor is using to inform his decisions on the reopening of the state.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">###<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For Immediate Release: May 18, 2020<br> Contact: Connecticut Joint Information Center<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a target="_blank" href="mailto:COVID19.JIC@ct.gov">COVID19.JIC@ct.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">860-754-8342<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ct.gov/governor">www.ct.gov/governor</a><br> <a target="_blank" href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FGovNedLamont&data=01%7C01%7CKathleen.Sullivan%40ct.gov%7C055143a0f0f5415518ae08d7fb768c1d%7C118b7cfaa3dd48b9b02631ff69bb738b%7C0&sdata=%2Fj6bI0OJMFUObeGiNOLzcUk%2Be%2F%2B29QGBsoi4yuwgzQ4%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="30" height="30" style="width:.3125in;height:.3125in" id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image007.png@01D62D4B.8E4A7610" wbeuser="llee@nfbct.org"></span></a><a target="_blank" href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FGovNedLamont&data=01%7C01%7CKathleen.Sullivan%40ct.gov%7C055143a0f0f5415518ae08d7fb768c1d%7C118b7cfaa3dd48b9b02631ff69bb738b%7C0&sdata=kNCMwHFlYanWn5mXPT5JpNZ13htXadGFP%2BTBHkPQx9o%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="30" height="30" style="width:.3125in;height:.3125in" id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image008.png@01D62D4B.8E4A7610" wbeuser="llee@nfbct.org"></span></a> <a target="_blank" href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fgovnedlamont%2F&data=01%7C01%7CKathleen.Sullivan%40ct.gov%7C055143a0f0f5415518ae08d7fb768c1d%7C118b7cfaa3dd48b9b02631ff69bb738b%7C0&sdata=vxfklNQfp3X1g15fyPVso%2FwT%2BZq81Xq4UHe9rE4QYpM%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="30" height="30" style="width:.3125in;height:.3125in" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image009.png@01D62D4B.8E4A7610" wbeuser="llee@nfbct.org"></span></a> <a target="_blank" href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2FGovNedLamont&data=01%7C01%7CKathleen.Sullivan%40ct.gov%7C055143a0f0f5415518ae08d7fb768c1d%7C118b7cfaa3dd48b9b02631ff69bb738b%7C0&sdata=%2BJD63neCQrDBC4%2FiYTSgzlT7pkoL9LKN6LrCHkwYer0%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="30" height="30" style="width:.3125in;height:.3125in" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image010.png@01D62D4B.8E4A7610" wbeuser="llee@nfbct.org"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div> </div>
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