Salons at Stowe

Guilty by Race: Profiling in Connecticut: Featured Guest Bios

Recent news reports and events indicate that racial profiling and stereotyping are factors that many citizens face on a daily basis. What are the facts? What can we do to ensure that "walking while black" is not considered to be criminal activity?


Thursday, May 24th, join the discussion with guests Matthew Kauffman from the Hartford Courant and CT State Representative Gary Holder-Winfield. Come at 5 pm for refreshments; the conversation begins at 5:30 pm and finishes promptly at 7 p.m. RSVP to Info@StoweCenter.org


The Spring 2012 Salons at Stowe are part of a site-wide initiative, Stereotypes: Designed to Degrade, that includes exhibits, tours and programs to encourage dialogue on racism and stereotypes.



Matthew Kauffman: Hartford Courant

Kauffman has been a reporter at The Hartford Courant since 1986 and is currently assigned to the paper's investigative desk, where he works on longer-term projects. He also specializes in computer-assisted reporting and manages the newsroom's databases and Intranet. In 2007 he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting for a series he co-authored on mentally ill troops sent to war. He has also received a Polk Award, the Selden Ring Award, the Worthe Bingham Prize and the Heywood Broun Award, and has twice been a finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award. He was also named a "Master Reporter" by the New England Society of Newspaper Editors. Outside the paper, Kauffman teaches graduate-level courses in investigative reporting and computer-assisted reporting at Quinnipiac University.


Gary Holder-Winfield: CT State Representative


Representing the 94th Assembly District of New Haven, Holder-Winfield was first elected to the General Assembly in 2008. He currently serves at the House vice-chairman of the Judiciary Committee and chairman of the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus. Representative Holder-Winfield has been the lead sponsor of legislation to abolish the death penalty, and he led the fight to pass an abolition bill in 2009, resulting in the first passage of an abolition bill by both the House and Senate. He is recognized as a leader on issues of campaign finance and education reform. Holder-Winfield graduated from Southern Connecticut State University in 2006 with a bachelor of science in political science. He currently works for the Connecticut State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors.


Salon admission is FREE thanks to our members, donors and the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, Travelers Foundation and the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.