By Angi Carter, Community Engagement Editor, acarter@nhregister.comTwitter: @ReachAngi, @nhrvoicesFacebook: Angi Carter, Community Media Lab

Christian Community Action Inc., Advocacy & Education, based in New Haven, is offering a 10-week training course on ways to make your community better. At the end of the training sessions, participants will present their community projects during an award ceremony.

Training dates are from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on May 2, 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 and June 7, 14, 21 and 28. The location will be announced at a later time.

For more information, contact Sylvia Cooper at 203-777-6072 or send an email to scooper@ccahelping.org. People Empowering People Training

Unidad Latina en Acción (ULA) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) are offering a Legislative Advocacy Training Tuesday, March 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the New Haven People's Center, 37 Howe St.

The organizations will give participants background on five bills being considered by the Connecticut General Assembly that affect civil rights, and teach people how to prepare and give testimony before a legislative committee.

Here the bills that will be addressed Tuesday:

¡La legislatura de Connecticut está considerando cambios de ley que afecten nuestros derechos humanos! Aprenda sobre propuestas de ley sobre: Racial Profiling by The Police - Discriminación racial por la policía Right to Record The Police - Nuestro derecho de grabar video de la policía Abolishing the Death Penalty - Aboliendo la pena de muerte Red Light Cameras & Surveillance - Uso de cámaras de vigilancia por la policía Medical Use of Marijuana - Uso medicinal de marijuana Pizza will be served. For more information, contact (para mas informacion, puedes llamar) Unidad Latina en Acción (ULA) at (203) 479-2959. For those who may be reading this from the Hartford area, the University of Connecticut's Urban Community Studies Program will be sponsoring two events this week. On Wednesday, March 7 there will be a discussion at 7 p.m. on economic individuality and social activism. On Thursday, March 8 local community activists and organizers will share experiences and tools that can be used to create change. Both events will be held at the UConn Greater Hartford campus, Room 104 in the Information Technology Building, 1796 Asylum St., West Hartford. Special thanks to the the sponsors of the New Haven and West Hartford gatherings. Feel free to send community news to Angi Carter or Ed Stannard via email at voices@nhregister.com. We're also on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Your Open Newsroom and on Twitter @nhrvoices.