https://matthew.mccluster.org/newsroom.htmlMatthew McCluster ยท newsroomDated, documented milestones for Matthew McCluster and McCluster Corp.2026-10-03T00:00:00ZMatthew McClusterhttps://matthew.mccluster.org/matthew-mccluster.htmlhttps://matthew.mccluster.org/newsroom.html#docket-516r-closed-2026Siting Council rejects UI's monopole appeal; Docket 516R is closed2026-10-03T00:00:00Z2026-10-03T00:00:00ZFebruary 5, 2026: On February 5, 2026 the Connecticut Siting Council rejected United Illuminating's petition for reconsideration of its Fairfield to Congress Railroad Transmission Line 115-kV Rebuild Project, which the Council had denied 5-3 on October 16, 2025. The final reconsideration decision is dated February 9, 2026, and the Council lists Docket 516R as closed. Equity Uprise's October 5, 2025 event in Bridgeport had focused on this docket, and the plain-English record of the case is now the front page of the Equity Uprise group.https://matthew.mccluster.org/newsroom.html#bridgeport-human-rights-day-2025Bridgeport proclaims December 10, 2025 Equity Uprise Human Rights Day2026-10-02T00:00:00Z2026-10-02T00:00:00ZDecember 10, 2025: Mayor Joseph P. Ganim proclaimed Wednesday, December 10, 2025 Equity Uprise Human Rights Day in Bridgeport, commending the participants of the Equity Uprise Fellowship, which the proclamation describes as a civic fellowship created by Bridgeport native Matthew McCluster and McCluster Corp.https://matthew.mccluster.org/newsroom.html#georgia-proclamation-2025Governor Kemp proclaims Georgia Youth Innovation & Civic Leadership Week, citing McCluster Corp's Equity Uprise Fellowship2026-10-02T00:00:00Z2026-10-02T00:00:00ZOctober 27, 2025: Governor Brian P. Kemp signed a proclamation on October 27, 2025 declaring December 12 to 18, 2025 Georgia Youth Innovation & Civic Leadership Week. It cites McCluster Corp, founded by Matthew McCluster, for expanding its Equity Uprise Fellowship to Georgia, and the 2025 summer cohort's environmental-justice and digital-literacy projects.https://matthew.mccluster.org/newsroom.html#cga-matthew-2025Connecticut General Assembly issues Official Citations to Matthew McCluster and McCluster Corp2026-10-02T00:00:00Z2026-10-02T00:00:00ZOctober 5, 2025: The Connecticut General Assembly issued two Official Citations dated October 5, 2025 at the State Capitol in Hartford: one to Matthew Christian Perry McCluster, recognizing his leadership across arts, media and community organizing as founder of McCluster Corp and creator of the fellowship then called Equity Rise, and one to McCluster Corp for its programs advancing cultural equity, environmental justice and religious freedom. Both are signed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House and the Secretary of the State.https://matthew.mccluster.org/newsroom.html#equity-uprise-bridgeport-event-2025Equity Uprise holds its October 5 event in Bridgeport2026-10-03T00:00:00Z2026-10-03T00:00:00ZOctober 5, 2025: On October 5, 2025 the Equity Uprise fellowship held an event in Bridgeport. The City of Bridgeport's proclamation of December 10, 2025 says the event "transformed the discussion around environmental-justice concerns in Docket 516" through art, music and policy dialogue. Matthew McCluster photographed it.https://matthew.mccluster.org/newsroom.html#dna-policy-memo-2024Matthew McCluster's policy memorandum on DNA collection from misdemeanor offenders2026-10-03T00:00:00Z2026-10-03T00:00:00ZNovember 29, 2024: Matthew McCluster wrote a policy memorandum, addressed to Governor Brian Kemp and dated November 29, 2024, opposing legislation to mandate DNA collection from people convicted of misdemeanors on constitutional, equity, fiscal and efficacy grounds. It was his writing sample for the Urban Leadership Fellowship and is published in full.