Capital Community College Partners with Eversource Energy and IBEW Locals 420 and 457 on a New Lineworker Certificate Program
Capital Community College announces a new educational partnership with Eversource Energy and The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Locals 420 and 457. The Eversource Lineworker Certificate Program is an 11-week course developed to prepare individuals for a career as a Lineworker. Read more…
Building Entrepreneurial Leaders in the African American Community
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Hartford’s Black History Connects to College Experience
It was 1826 when the Talcott Street Congregational Church was built at Talcott and Market Streets in Hartford. The church, which would become the first for Black congregants in Harford and the site of the first school for the city’s Black children, began as a protest against the segregation of Blacks in other Harford churches. Today, all that remains is …
CT CWCSEO: COVID-19 Vaccine. Is it safe? African Americans want to know. (Featuring CEO Dr. G. Duncan Harris)
Connecticut CWCSEO Address the COVID-19 Vaccine. Is it safe? African Americans want to know. African American Doctors, Professors, Elected State Officials and Health Advocates discuss the history, mistrusts, safety and facts about the covid-19 vaccine. Panelists include: Shawn T. Wooden, State Treasurer of the State of Connecticut, Dr. Deidre S. Gifford, DPH Acting Commissioner & DSS Commissioner of the State …
Capital Community College developing curriculum around first Black church in Hartford with NEH grant
Capital Community College recently received a $149,426 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop a curriculum, exhibit and lecture series about the history of the Talcott Street Church, the first Black house of worship in Hartford. Jeffrey Partridge, an English professor and chairman of the Department of Humanities, is spearheading the “Black Heritage Project: Empowering Students through …
Face the State: Education leaders look back at how pandemic impacted classrooms (featuring CEO Dr. G. Duncan Harris)
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Capital Community College Awarded $149,426 Grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded a $149,426 grant to Capital Community College (CCC) to focus on the history and people of Hartford’s historic Talcott Street Church and Black School. The full release can be found via the link below. https://conta.cc/3arOCca
Hartford Stage reinvents ‘Christmas Carol’ as free, online ‘Community Carol’ (featuring Julia Rosenblatt, Theater Arts Program Coordinator)
Hartford Stage will perform a whole new “Carol” this Christmas while its theater remains shuttered due to the pandemic. Unable to stage its traditional “A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas,” Hartford Stage has gathered some of the most recognizable actors from that show and created a new, free, virtual piece, “A Community Carol,” which premieres Dec. 17 and …