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How can learning how to sew empower individuals and strengthen communities?

This hour, residents relay the power of learning to quilt, sew and stitch. Hear from Hartford Stitch, members of the Norwalk Community Quilt Project, and Tamanna Rahman, a New Haven local who sews her own clothes.

Plus, a recent study finds mask-making for front-line workers was a “means of control” for people at home.

GUESTS:
Laura Kasowitz - Owner and lead teacher, Hartford Stitch
Tamanna Rahman - Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Lizzy Rockwell - Children’s book author and illustrator; founder, Peace by Piece: The Norwalk Community Quilt Project
Viola Sears - Member, Peace by Piece: The Norwalk Community Quilt Project

How can learning how to sew empower individuals and strengthen communities?
This hour, residents relay the power of learning to quilt, sew and stitch. Hear from Hartford Stitch, members of the Norwalk Community Quilt Project, and Tamanna Rahman, a New Haven local who sews her own clothes.
Plus,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/intellect/crre/2021/00000012/00000002/art00003">a recent study</a>&nbsp;finds mask-making for front-line workers was a &ldquo;means of control&rdquo; for people at home.
GUESTS:
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<li>Laura Kasowitz&nbsp;- Owner and lead teacher,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hartfordstitch.com/">Hartford Stitch</a></li>
<li>Tamanna Rahman&nbsp;- Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner</li>
<li>Lizzy Rockwell&nbsp;- Children&rsquo;s book author and illustrator; founder, Peace by Piece: The Norwalk Community Quilt Project</li>
<li>Viola Sears&nbsp;- Member, Peace by Piece: The Norwalk Community Quilt Project</li>
</ul>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.