Common ground student wins capitol essay contest

Rep. Pat Dillon presented Arlene Davis Rudd with a citation at the Founder's Day celebration.

Rep.Dillon, retired police Detective Stacy Spell, Jamila Marr and Jerry Poole at the West River Neighborhood Services Corporation's press conference on keeping kids out of the "school-to-prison pipeline"

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New Haven state Rep. Pat Dillon chatted with Yale Law students Allysa King and Kathryn Cahoy, who are taking part in a veterans' legal services clinic at the law school. A bodyguard for the governor watched over the crowd.

Reps Dillon, Lemar and Albis at the CT Food Bank in East Haven.

Rep Dillon helps unload a refrigerated truck from a local supermarket with 1500 holiday turkeys for the CT Food Bank.

Groundbreaking at Fellowship Place in New Haven on a $1.2 million renovation of the Elm Street mental health care facility.

New Haven Fire Academy Ribbon Cutting.

Dr. Allen Sack, a constituent of Rep. Dillon's and former scholarship athlete at the University of Notre Dame; Rep. Dillon and Ramogi Huma, founder and president of the National College Players' Association.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, seated center, gives the first pen to Maria Praeli, 18, a New Milford High School senior, during the ceremonial signing of an in-state tuition bill for illegal immigrants Thursday at Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven. Praeli is a native of Peru who came to the United States when she was 5. Also pictured are, from left, Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman; state Rep. Patricia Dillon, D-New Haven; state Rep. Juan Candelaria, D-New Haven; and state Sen. Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven. Peter Hvizdak/Register

Rep. Dillon and Rep. Holder-Winfield meeting with members of Fatherhood Initiative when they came to testify at the Capitol.

Rep Dillon meeting with members of Solar Youth when they came to the Capitol to testify about funding before the Appropriations Committee.

Ribbon Cutting for Mother Hicks Center for Women, a collaboration with the faith community for prison re-entry for women. Esther Armmand, Rep. Dillon, Pastor Susan Hogan, and Priscilla Taylor.

Linda Townsend-Maier, community advocate and director of Montessori School on Edgewood, with State Rep. Pat Dillon at Celebrating Children & Chocolate: Valentine Chocolate Festival Benefit for The Montessori School on Edgewood. Thomas Golden Center at St Thomas More, 268 Park St, New Haven. January 2010.

West River International Day of Peace, Peace Park on Legion Ave.
In this photo: Stacy Spell, Pat Dillon, John Fitzpatrick and Kevin Ewing.

Rep. Dillon speaks at the ribbon cutting of the community room of Dwight School.

Rep. Dillon and represenatives from New Haven's Solar Youth after the group testified before the Appropriations Committee.

Rep. Dillon with members of the New Haven's Commission on Substance Abuse Policy and Prevention - Teens Breaking Barriers youth leadership members at MADD's "Take it Back" Community Briefing at the Capitol on March 5, 2008. Teens Breaking Barriers, a New Haven Leadership Initiative formed to create greater awareness by informing other teens about the issues and risks associated with underage drinking and other drug use. (pictured l-r) Esther Armmand, Director of CSAPP; Ariel Morriar, Student at James Hillhouse High School; New Haven Rep. Patricia Dillon; Taneisha Granger, Student at James Hillhouse High School, New Haven; and Genesis Harris, Student at Hill Regional Career High School, New Haven.

Rep. Dillon meeting with Yale and UConn med students to discuss health care.

Rep. Dillon prepares to testify on funding for Westville Village. Also pictured are Westville residents Thea Buxbaum, Kate Bradley, Anne Lozon and Sharon Lovett-Graff.

Rep. Dillon and Latoya Myres and Jennifer Cotton from New Haven Home Recovery during AIDS Advocacy Day.

Rep. Dillon receives the Clarence Daniels Award for Exemplary Advocacy on behalf of people with HIV/AIDS from The CT AIDS Resource Coalition.

Rep. Dillon and Yale Medical School Students at the Capitol.

Pat honored by Hospital of St Raphael.

Rep. Dillon, with Hill Health Center's CEO Gary Spinner, (left) and its founder, Cornell Scott at an event honoring Rep. Dillon's advocacy for access to quality health care.

Rep. Dillon delivers address at Keep The Promise Day at the State Capitol.