State Senator Eric Coleman

Health advocates from across the state gathered at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford to hear highlights of the Connecticut NAACP’s newly-released document, “A Health Status Report of African Americans in Connecticut”. Pictured from left to right are: Senator Coleman; James Rawlings, Connecticut NAACP Health Committee Chair; Terri Smith, Urban Community Outreach Coordinator for the National Kidney Foundation of Connecticut; Scott X. Esdaile, Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches President; and Glenn Cassis, Executive Director of the Connecticut African-American Affairs Commission. (August 30, 2007)