Vanessa Jenkins is the newest member to the African American subcommission of the CWCSEO.\u00a0 Vanessa has been an advocate for justice in education funding since she was a child.\u00a0 Vanessa spoke in Washington D.C. at twelve years of age in support of new education opportunities in her hometown of Hartford, CT. In addition, Vanessa is a member of the\u00a0 East Hartford Board of Education and continues to volunteer her time as the Chair of the East Hartford Commission on Services for Persons with Disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vanessa believes that wherever you live, civic and community engagement and education are important. As a founding member of the East Hartford Black Caucus, she leads the Community and Civic Engagement committee with a laser focus on educating community members on how to make an impact in their municipality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5925,"menu_order":0,"template":"","sub_commission":[35],"class_list":["post-5924","board-members","type-board-members","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","sub_commission-african-american-sub-commission"],"acf":[],"spectra_custom_meta":{"_edit_lock":["1757712842:8"],"_thumbnail_id":["5925"],"_edit_last":["8"],"title":[""],"_title":["field_62fba31901886"],"email":[""],"_email":["field_62fba3ed01887"],"town":["East Hartford"],"_town":["field_62ff9ce0a8e7e"],"_uagb_previous_block_counts":["a:90:{s:21:\"uagb\/advanced-heading\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/blockquote\";i:0;s:12:\"uagb\/buttons\";i:0;s:18:\"uagb\/buttons-child\";i:0;s:19:\"uagb\/call-to-action\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/cf7-styler\";i:0;s:11:\"uagb\/column\";i:0;s:12:\"uagb\/columns\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/container\";i:0;s:21:\"uagb\/content-timeline\";i:0;s:27:\"uagb\/content-timeline-child\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/countdown\";i:0;s:12:\"uagb\/counter\";i:0;s:8:\"uagb\/faq\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/faq-child\";i:0;s:10:\"uagb\/forms\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/forms-accept\";i:0;s:19:\"uagb\/forms-checkbox\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/forms-date\";i:0;s:16:\"uagb\/forms-email\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/forms-hidden\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/forms-name\";i:0;s:16:\"uagb\/forms-phone\";i:0;s:16:\"uagb\/forms-radio\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/forms-select\";i:0;s:19:\"uagb\/forms-textarea\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/forms-toggle\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/forms-url\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/gf-styler\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/google-map\";i:0;s:11:\"uagb\/how-to\";i:0;s:16:\"uagb\/how-to-step\";i:0;s:9:\"uagb\/icon\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/icon-list\";i:0;s:20:\"uagb\/icon-list-child\";i:0;s:10:\"uagb\/image\";i:0;s:18:\"uagb\/image-gallery\";i:0;s:13:\"uagb\/info-box\";i:0;s:18:\"uagb\/inline-notice\";i:0;s:11:\"uagb\/lottie\";i:0;s:21:\"uagb\/marketing-button\";i:0;s:10:\"uagb\/modal\";i:0;s:18:\"uagb\/popup-builder\";i:0;s:16:\"uagb\/post-button\";i:0;s:18:\"uagb\/post-carousel\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/post-excerpt\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/post-grid\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/post-image\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/post-masonry\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/post-meta\";i:0;s:18:\"uagb\/post-taxonomy\";i:0;s:18:\"uagb\/post-timeline\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/post-title\";i:0;s:20:\"uagb\/restaurant-menu\";i:0;s:26:\"uagb\/restaurant-menu-child\";i:0;s:11:\"uagb\/review\";i:0;s:12:\"uagb\/section\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/separator\";i:0;s:11:\"uagb\/slider\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/slider-child\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/social-share\";i:0;s:23:\"uagb\/social-share-child\";i:0;s:16:\"uagb\/star-rating\";i:0;s:23:\"uagb\/sure-cart-checkout\";i:0;s:22:\"uagb\/sure-cart-product\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/sure-forms\";i:0;s:22:\"uagb\/table-of-contents\";i:0;s:9:\"uagb\/tabs\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/tabs-child\";i:0;s:18:\"uagb\/taxonomy-list\";i:0;s:9:\"uagb\/team\";i:0;s:16:\"uagb\/testimonial\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/wp-search\";i:0;s:19:\"uagb\/instagram-feed\";i:0;s:10:\"uagb\/login\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/loop-builder\";i:0;s:18:\"uagb\/loop-category\";i:0;s:20:\"uagb\/loop-pagination\";i:0;s:15:\"uagb\/loop-reset\";i:0;s:16:\"uagb\/loop-search\";i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/loop-sort\";i:0;s:17:\"uagb\/loop-wrapper\";i:0;s:13:\"uagb\/register\";i:0;s:19:\"uagb\/register-email\";i:0;s:24:\"uagb\/register-first-name\";i:0;s:23:\"uagb\/register-last-name\";i:0;s:22:\"uagb\/register-password\";i:0;s:30:\"uagb\/register-reenter-password\";i:0;s:19:\"uagb\/register-terms\";i:0;s:22:\"uagb\/register-username\";i:0;}"],"_uag_css_file_name":["uag-css-5924.css"],"_uag_page_assets":["a:9:{s:3:\"css\";s:263:\".uag-blocks-common-selector{z-index:var(--z-index-desktop) !important}@media (max-width: 976px){.uag-blocks-common-selector{z-index:var(--z-index-tablet) !important}}@media (max-width: 767px){.uag-blocks-common-selector{z-index:var(--z-index-mobile) !important}}\n\";s:2:\"js\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"current_block_list\";a:1:{i:0;s:14:\"core\/paragraph\";}s:8:\"uag_flag\";b:0;s:11:\"uag_version\";s:10:\"1774960001\";s:6:\"gfonts\";a:0:{}s:10:\"gfonts_url\";s:0:\"\";s:12:\"gfonts_files\";a:0:{}s:14:\"uag_faq_layout\";b:0;}"],"_elementor_page_assets":["a:0:{}"]},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Vanessa-Jenkins-Headshot.jpg",748,1000,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Vanessa-Jenkins-Headshot-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Vanessa-Jenkins-Headshot-224x300.jpg",224,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Vanessa-Jenkins-Headshot.jpg",748,1000,false],"large":["https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Vanessa-Jenkins-Headshot.jpg",748,1000,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Vanessa-Jenkins-Headshot.jpg",748,1000,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Vanessa-Jenkins-Headshot.jpg",748,1000,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Melvette Hill","author_link":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Vanessa Jenkins is the newest member to the African American subcommission of the CWCSEO.\u00a0 Vanessa has been an advocate for justice in education funding since she was a child.\u00a0 Vanessa spoke in Washington D.C. at twelve years of age in support of new education opportunities in her hometown of Hartford, CT. In addition, Vanessa is…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/board-members\/5924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/board-members"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/board-members"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"sub_commission","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sub_commission?post=5924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}