Connecticut State Library Launches 3rd Annual All CT Reads for 2024

Connecticut State Library Launches 3rd Annual All CT Reads for 2024

All CT Reads is a year-long initiative to promote lifelong reading, learning, and connection that uses a rotating community committee structure to select one main book title and three shortlist book titles, each calendar year for three age groups: kids (ages 8-12), teens (ages 13-18), and adults.

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Hartford International University Documentary Filmmaker Earns Award for Feature on Yale's First Muslim Chaplin

Hartford International University Documentary Filmmaker Earns Award for Feature on Yale's First  Muslim Chaplin

Hartford International University of Religion and Peace has produced its first documentary, which focuses on the life and career of Islamic Chaplaincy alum Imam Chaplain Omer Bajwa '10. Bajwa was the first Muslim chaplain at Yale University, starting in 2008.

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Hartford Artists Featured, Art Organizations Recognized for Support of Greater Hartford’s Creative Economy

Hartford Artists Featured, Art Organizations Recognized for Support of Greater Hartford’s Creative Economy

The Greater Hartford community—including artists, arts supporters, arts and nonprofit organizations—came together this month to celebrate and showcase 10 artist fellows who participated in the 2nd Artists of Color Accelerate (AOCA) program, an initiative of The 224 EcoSpace in Hartford.

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224 EcoSpace Selected for Hartford Foundation's Social Enterprise Accelerator Program

224 EcoSpace Selected for Hartford Foundation's Social Enterprise Accelerator Program

The Conference of Churches (TCC), parent organization of The 224 EcoSpace, was recently selected to participate in The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Social Enterprise Accelerator (SEA) program. The impactful program was created to strengthen each organization's entrepreneurial capacity by launching or growing revenue-generating ventures that are mission-aligned. 

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