From the Executive Director’s Desk on March 25, 2024 
(in an announcement to CCA Friends and Supporters)

I have been asked many times in the last couple weeks how I feel since learning the news that I would become the Executive Director of Christian Community Action. The two words that come to mind are “grateful” and “sobered”.

Grateful because I have been given an opportunity to continue living out my call to serve people in need in New Haven in this capacity. Grateful because I get to do this with a wonderful team at CCA and much support from the community. Sobered because I know that the work we have ahead of us is bigger than any one of us. 

My work in this area started during my senior year in college 30 years ago, when reading Isaiah 58 in my Scriptures moved me to get to know those in my neighborhood who were experiencing homelessness. I didn’t have much to offer, except maybe sandwiches packed from the dining hall. Hearing the stories of the people I met led me to write my senior thesis on the need for holistic services our city’s homeless system. These were small things, but small things in God’s hands can often turn into bigger things.

Over the years, I have been additionally inspired by the picture of personal ownership, security, freedom and flourishing painted in Micah 4:4, in which “Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid.” (Micah 4:4). This vision continues to motivate my work.

Reverend Grubbs gave 35 years to ensure that CCA’s emergency services, long-term support and advocacy provided help, housing and hope to families in New Haven. We will continue and expand this work of supporting and giving lift to families in poverty and to work towards a better future for families and the community around us.

Thank you for your support and partnership, some of you for decades. I look forward to more good work together.