Shante' Hanks

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Shante' Hanks Deputy Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Housing

🗣️Calling all Bridgeport Leaders, join us Saturday, Oct 24th.
09/25/2026

🗣️Calling all Bridgeport Leaders, join us Saturday, Oct 24th.

09/11/2026

If you’ve moved or changed your name, be sure to update your voter registration! It only takes a few minutes. Go to https://ow.ly/emBq50X5S6g. You can also do it in person by visiting your local Registrars of Voters.

09/09/2026

I spoke tonight about the proposed redevelopment of the Casino Bathhouse at Seaside Park. I support bringing this historic building back to life, but before Bridgeport commits taxpayer owned waterfront property for potentially 30yrs, there are questions we all should be asking:

• What is this property actually worth?
• How was $5,000 a month determined?
• What does the full financial plan & pro forma show?
• What exactly will be built, and how will the historic character be protected?
• What will Bridgeport residents receive, and at what cost?
• What happens if the project needs more money or underperforms?
• If it becomes highly profitable, how does Bridgeport share in that success?
• Why 30 years instead of a shorter term with extensions based on performance?

I support investment. I also support standards, accountability and doing our due diligence.

Show me the money. Show me the plans. Show me the projections. Show me the experience.
*What experience do the developer and architect have completing comparable waterfront projects, and what can we learn from the developer’s Westport proposal that was ultimately denied?

This is before the Board of Park Commissioners now and could ultimately come before the City Council. Take a look, ask questions and let your Council representatives know what you think.

Thirty years is a long time.

08/29/2026

Friday Civics: YOUR VOICE BELONGS AT THE TABLE
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WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY • AUGUST 26th, 63rd Anniversary of the MARCH ON WASHINGTON and there’s still work to do

08/28/2026

Want a meaningful way to connect with your community? Becoming a poll worker lets you serve your neighbors, support free and fair elections, and make a real difference on Election Day. Your town may be recruiting now for the general election happening in November. Start here: https://ow.ly/eI5S50WvrQ4

Women’s Equality Day is observed each August 26th to commemorate the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment, which pro...
08/26/2026

Women’s Equality Day is observed each August 26th to commemorate the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment, which prohibited denying the right to vote on the basis of s*x.

That milestone did not mean all women could immediately exercise that right. Black women, particularly in the South, continued to face poll taxes, literacy tests, intimidation, violence and other Jim Crow barriers that suppressed their votes for decades. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 became a critical federal protection against many of those practices.

More than a century later, women’s equality also speaks to equal access to education, economic opportunity, fair pay, leadership, representation and full participation in civic life.

August 26 is both a recognition of the progress women have made and a reminder of the work that remains.

08/22/2026

Investing in early childhood education sets up students for a lifetime of success in learning. Teachers tell me all the time they can tell when a child has had access to quality pre-k, and the work my administration has done will ensure zip codes will never be a factor in defining the quality of education our children receive.

08/22/2026

TOMORROW @ NOON @ Black Rock Porchfest Music by the people, for the people and of the people. 🔥🧡💙

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