Spotlight on Bridgeport

CMP is answering the call from local communities facing the health effects of housing, food, employment, education and healthcare insecurity. 

CMP is answering the call from local communities facing the health impacts of housing, food, employment, education and healthcare insecurity.  We break down barriers that can make it hard to access the scientifically-proven benefits of meditation and mindfulness - including barriers related to financial resources, time, transportation, language, culture and inclusion.  

We’ve moved deeper into the Bridgeport community, where data indicate the greatest unmet need.  Bridgeport community stakeholders have voiced a need for mental and emotional health supports and have opened their doors to Community Mindfulness Project. 

We’ve worked hand-in-hand with Optimus Health Care, participating in a program designed to provide 100 women and girls in Bridgeport with weekly mindful meditation programming in English and Spanish.

Our partnership with the Bridgeport Library provides weekly meditation via zoom, allowing those who are homebound, lack transportation, or who have childcare needs an opportunity to participate in mindfulness programming, and our in-person sessions create time and space for mindful community gathering.

In collaboration with Bridgeport Public Schools, we offer mindful meditation programming to guidance counselors, student ambassadors, security guards, faculty and staff, parents and families.  Our work supports the district's social and emotional learning curriculum, as well as much-needed self-care skills for educators.  And stay tuned for upcoming mindfulness videos created by Bridgeport teens for teens everywhere!  We know that people learn best when we learn with and from peers and that the best way to learn something is to teach it. 

We’ve engaged with many other Bridgeport organizations as we learn about the needs and dreams of the community and collaborate on ways to meet them. 

In 2023, we will be deepening our work in Norwalk and Stamford.  

Join us as we support mothers and fathers, teachers, teens, community members, and all of our neighbors who wish to benefit from mindfulness practices.

With gratitude,

Your CMP family