How a Donor Advised Fund is Helping Women in Connecticut
ARTICLE FROM GREATER HARTFORD GIVES FOUNDATION By Pam Dawkins Pieper, MBADonor Experience Officer at Greater Hartford Gives Foundation Charlotte and Hy Goode Family Fund: Supporting Women’s Potential A donor advised fund created at the Greater...
The Importance of Being Foolish
by Rabbi Donna Berman, Ph.D. A sermon given at Fenwick, 2025 In 1894, Oscar Wilde wrote his famous play, The Importance of Being Earnest. Not surprisingly, some great lines came out of that work like, “I never travel without my diary. One should...
Virtual Lecture: American Imperialism in the 19th Century with UConn Professor Jerry Phillips
https://youtu.be/HKSG1YJN_1U?si=1mH5LIj6-7xwh3Eg THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EMPIRE IN 19th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY with UCONN Professor Jerry Phillips Presented by Charter Oak Cultural Center on August 6, 2026 via Zoom In his famous essay on “the...
City School of the Arts Brass Band Performs “When the Saints Go Marching In.”
Our City School of the Arts summer programs are in full swing and our big brass band is already swinging! Enjoy this performance of "When the Saints Go Marching In" by our youth and teaching artists! Your support of Charter Oak makes this FREE...
City School of the Arts Brass Band Performs “Iko Iko”
Our City School of the Arts summer programs are in full swing and our big brass band is already swinging! Enjoy this performance of "Iko Iko" by our youth and teaching artists! Your support of Charter Oak makes this FREE educational program...
BIRDIES FOR CHARITY 2026
Working with the Zachs Family Foundation and their Endow Hartford 21 Initiative, you can help Charter Oak build its endowment, so it can continue its vital work for many generations to come! Each organization that raises money through Birdies for...
Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz Justice Institute Lecture: MUJERISTA ALIVIAR ETHICS
https://youtu.be/BvF8wIXTOZQ?si=AI6rbGsqBHeab6mo Rev. Dr. Kenia Vanessa Mendoza, Esq. will present her theoretical and practical approach to mujerista aliviar ethics, drawing on the foundational pillars of mujerista theology. She will explore the...
REFRAMING THE AMERICAN IMAGE: The Lost Perceptions of Reconstruction 1864-1878 with Dr. Leslie Wilson
WHY ARE WE AT WAR WITH IRAN? A Virtual Lecture
https://youtu.be/qKwvUGE0I9E?si=uaQ_srmgZGTwT6ch
CHARTER OAK IN CONTEXT: Women’s Activism in the 19th Century with Dr. Dorothy Rogers
https://youtu.be/pRFXnTlCvdg?si=DSckOMQ5-Z1_QY9k
LEGACY IN STONE: The Creation of Charter Oak’s Home with Ira Smith
https://youtu.be/cQmoTCJFGf0
Ada Maria Isasi Diaz Justice Institute at Charter Oak presents Favianna Rodriguez on SACRED IMAGINATION
https://youtu.be/rzu_TtgCz2I?si=F9unWrLa7qz_hqts Charter Oak Cultural Center presents An Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz Justice Institute Event FAVIANNA RODRIGUEZ on SACRED IMAGINATION: Art and the Spirit of Social Change Recorded: Thursday, December 11 at...
Kristallnacht Interfaith Commemoration 2025
https://youtu.be/Q5nNN4TOu5Y?si=c_ovxHhUAP7AY5RU
A Conversation with Dr. Riane Eisler
A virtual conversation with Dr. Riane Eisler and Rabbi Donna BermanRecorded Thursday, Nov 13, 2025 6:30pmCharter Oak Cultural Center is honored to bring you the opportunity to hear Dr. Riane Eisler, author of the iconic The Chalice and the Blade...
This is My America Video
Charter Oak is excited to share submissions that we received for our This is My America Project. We are grateful for those who have taken the time to create thoughtful, lovely videos that outline their vision for "a more perfect union." Want to...
How to Maximize Your Charitable Contribution…
How to Maximize Your Charitable Impact Under the New Tax Law? Make a Plan. by Sari McConnell of Donor Boom There’s never been a better time to give to your favorite nonprofits and support the missions you care deeply about. According to a 2024 WSJ...
THIS IS MY AMERICA Project
If you are feeling like you don’t recognize the United States anymore as a land of freedom and democracy and opportunity for all and you’re feeling like it’s all slipping through our fingers and you don’t know what to do, here’s something to do…...
Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz Justice Institute Lecture with Yohana Junker, Ph.D.
https://youtu.be/9FvkeUmqmF4
Deportations by Decree Virtual Lecture
https://youtu.be/49IHnhFr_Fo
PLEASE, CALL ME TAO – An Essay by Tao LaBossiere (1968-2024)
When I was born my parents filed out my Birth Certificate as follows. First Name - ( none. ), Middle Name: Tao, and Last Name: LaBossiere. They intentionally did not give me a first name, to allow me the opportunity to give myself my own...
Adam Kuzma on “Ukraine’s Resistance and Path to Peace”
https://youtu.be/20KSBjFN3dQ?si=27qOfzHhX_nVLer6 A virtual lecture with Alex Kuzma, executive director of the Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation Three years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and in light of the United States’ recent shift...
Anne Frank’s House as Memorial and Metaphor
Anne Frank’s House as Memorial and Metaphor by Rabbi Donna Berman, Ph.D. In 2007, at Charter Oak, we created a life-size replica of Anne Frank’s Secret Annex, in our gallery. So that you can picture it: When you walked into...
CSOA Student of the Month for January 2025
We are happy to announce that Kendra Terrazas is our Music Student of the Month. Kendra joined Charter Oak Cultural Center, City School of the Arts Brass Band this summer, where she played flute in the Brass Band Camp. She is back this fall with...
A Note from Donna
Dear Friend, I hope this finds you well and feeling the joy of the holiday season. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the relationship between the arts and science. It’s pretty interesting and indicative, I think, of where we are as a society....
“Our House Is a House for All People” Video
We debuted this GORGEOUS video about Charter Oak Cultural Center's past, present and future at our A Night of Thanksgiving event last week. It highlights our accomplishments and what the Greater Hartford community can expect when our expansion and...