Kenneth P. Green is a

social worker Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social work ...

and Democratic and Independent politician from

Hartford, Connecticut Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...

. He served as a Representative to the

Connecticut House of Representatives The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an ...

for

Connecticut's 1st assembly district The 1st Connecticut House of Representatives district elects one member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. Its current representative is Matthew Ritter. The district consists of the southeastern part of the town of Bloomfield and north ...

Early life

Green was born in

. He has a BA in Social Science from Hampshire College and earned a MA in Social Work at the

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...

School of Social Work in 1979.

Political career

Green represented Connecticut's 1st assembly district from 1994 to 2010. During his legislative career he chaired Connecticut's Legislative Black and Puerto Rican Caucus. In 2010, Green lost the Democratic primary to challenger Matthew Ritter; 1,153 votes to 1,151 votes. In 2017, Green ran as an Independent in a three way race for Connecticut House of Representatives District 7 against Democrat Rickey Pinckney Sr. and Working Families Party candidate Joshua Malik Hall.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Kenneth Democratic Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives Politicians from Hartford, Connecticut Living people Hampshire College alumni University of Connecticut alumni Year of birth missing (living people)