{"id":165,"date":"2021-05-04T18:45:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T18:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/bprc\/?p=165"},"modified":"2021-05-04T18:45:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T18:45:04","slug":"welcome-state-representative-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/bprc\/2021\/05\/04\/welcome-state-representative-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome State Representative Paris!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Black and Puerto Rican Caucus would like to welcome Corey P. Paris to the Connecticut House of Representatives following his April 26, 2021 landslide special-election victory in Stamford&#8217;s 145<sup>th<\/sup> district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/bprc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Headshot-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/bprc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Headshot-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/bprc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Headshot-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/bprc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Headshot-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corey has made it his life&#8217;s purpose and mission to be guided by public service and community activism. Throughout his professional career, those values energized the work he is committed to achieving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As development\ndirector, Paris leads philanthropic strategies for the Children&#8217;s Learning\nCenters of Fairfield County (CLC).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to his\nprofessional career, Paris has been an active participant in politics for\nnearly a decade, including his most recent role as the Connecticut Young\nDemocrats President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His leadership as a\nboard member includes serving as the Vice President of Western Connecticut\nState University&#8217;s Alumni Association and as a national trainer for Young\nPeople For, a People For the American Way program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, Corey is\nVice-Chairman for the Mayor&#8217;s Multicultural Council for the city of Stamford &#8211;\na role he was appointed to in 2016 by Mayor David Martin and on the Board of\nDirectors for the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Fairfield\nCounty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corey was born in\nLittle Rock, Arkansas, and grew up in Kansas City, Kansas.&nbsp;He is an alumnus\nof Western Connecticut State University, where he earned a degree in political\nscience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Black and Puerto Rican Caucus would like to welcome Corey P. Paris to the Connecticut House of Representatives following his April 26, 2021 landslide special-election victory in Stamford&#8217;s 145th &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/bprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/bprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/bprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/bprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/bprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/bprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/bprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/bprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/bprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/bprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}