Charter Oak Announces Final Phase “Our House is a House for All People” Capital Campaign and A Night of Thanksgiving
Hartford, CT/October 10, 2024 – Charter Oak Cultural Center, a nonprofit multicultural arts center and historic landmark in Hartford, is excited to announce the launch of the last phase of its “Our House is a House for All People” Capital...
Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz Justice Institute: THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS with Rev. Dr. Cristian De La Rosa
Charter Oak Cultural Center’s Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz Justice Institute presents THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS: How Latina|x|e Women Are Changing The Way Theology is Done with Rev. Dr. Cristian De La Rosa, Clinical Assistant Professor of Contextual...
“Charter Oak in Changing Times” – An Essay
by Michael McDermott, Charter Oak Cultural Center's Facilities Manager I remember as a child watching Orson Welles’s post-modernism 1973 final film F for Fake and being struck by a moment in the film where he gives a speech about mankind, and the...
“Holding Out Hope for Israel and Palestine” with Yoav Peck
A longtime peace activist, Yoav Peck offers his perspective on the current news coming out of Israel. In addition to describing the sources of Israel’s present dilemma, Yoav points to some of the phenomena that accompany the situation and outlines...
Virtual Lecture: PROJECT 2025 AND AUTHORITARIAN AMBITION
UCONN Professor Christopher Vials returns to Charter Oak's virtual platform with PROJECT 2025 AND AUTHORITARIAN AMBITION. The Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” is a 900 page document that represents the American far right today, one of their...
Virtual Lecture – TWIST OF FATE: How an Afro-Caribbean Man Ended Up in a Concentration Camp
https://youtu.be/WlPieivWR5I?si=0Wcp8CoP4kJkpgz1 MARY ROMNEY-SCHAAB, Speaker Recorded: Thursday, August 15 Join us for the riveting story of how Lionel Romney, an Afro-Caribbean civilian, became a prisoner in Mauthausen, a Nazi concentration...
BOOKS for BOTS
Charter Oak Cultural Center's BOTS Center for Creative Learning provides a completely free education for those experiencing homelessness. This groundbreaking program consists of three semesters per year of mostly arts-based classes. Upon...
The Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz Justice Institute: Amirah Orozco on “The Memory Legacy of Las Hermanas”
Recorded Thursday, May 30 In this talk, Doctoral candidate Amirah Orozco will shed light on the history of the organization of Latina Catholic women known as Las Hermanas and their importance for contemporary thinkers. Founded in 1971, the...
April 2024 Student of the Month: Estelle Knurek
Estelle is 11 years old and is homeschooled. She has been attending Charter Oak Cultural Center for 2 years. In that time, she has taken Piano, Arts and Crafts and Violin. Currently Estelle is enjoying taking Violin for her...
Virtual Lecture: “The Story of Jews & Baseball” with Professor Rebecca T. Alpert
https://youtu.be/xNsIt7uVcQg?si=YVIZ6pKAeXDOjqoo
March 2024 Student of the Month: Jaelie Lanier
Jaelie is in 11th grade at Rockville High School she is 16 years old Jaelie has been attending Charter Oak for over 2 years. She has taken Cooking, Salsa Dance, Poetry, Painting and drawing and is currently in Brass Band where she plays the...
Sham Elections & Internet Strongmen: The Rise of 21st Century Authoritarianism
https://youtu.be/pThE9E4kJZ4?si=_vI9sXkIYxd4EIbz
Help us feed the souls of so many people.
Dear friend, I hope the holiday season is off to a good start and that during these very difficult, painful days you are finding ways to nourish yourself, feed your soul, and find joy. That’s actually what I wanted to write to you about—about how,...
The Lives of Latina|x|e Women Matter
The Life Stories of Latina|x|e Women Matter. Would You Like to Be a Part of Preserving Them? Las historias en las vidas de mujeres latina|x|e importan. ¿Te gustaría ser parte de preservarlas? Are you a Latina|x|e woman who would like to learn...
Virtual Conversation: Black Farmers, Black Farming & “Black Earth Wisdom”
https://youtu.be/GjIpTLU6Yn8
Summer Fun with our Youth Arts Students!
We've just a wrapped a fun and education summer of Youth Arts classes at Charter Oak Cultural Center. Enjoy some highlights of our great students who worked, played and learned! https://youtu.be/rdP01amLrQM Movement Class Movement Class Movement...
SPLIT SCREEN, Part 1: America’s Underlying Current of Racism
By Rabbi Donna Berman, PhD The Talmud tells us that to destroy one life is to destroy an entire world. In other words, each human life transcends the usual metrics of longevity, wealth, influence, status. Every life, the Rabbis are...
Stephen Riege’s Essay Inspired by The 1619 Project
Fear of the Unknown? Choose Learning I am a retired middle and high school teacher. Truth be told I retired ten years ago. I have been busy these years but do miss the classroom and the learning environment where young people wrestle with ideas....
Robert Cooper’s Reflections on The 1619 Project
March 1, 2023 Dear America, I don't have my gaze on being the next Black martyr - dead. turn your guns the other way. keep your promise, never again a black martyr. And, I have something to say and, I'm saying it: I don't go anywhere...
“Moishe Teichman to Arthur Murray” Virtual Talk with Duby McDowell
https://youtu.be/w1xe8MNjjE4 Enjoy these images that accompany Duby's talk.
Historic Stained Glass Restoration
Charter Oak Cultural Center Kicks Off Major Renovation Project With Restoration and Installation of Historic Stained Glass Windows Charter Oak Cultural Center, housed in one of Connecticut’s architectural jewels--the first synagogue built in...
WAKING UP IS HARD TO DO
A Reflection by Rabbi Donna Berman There is a famous Buddhist teaching about how, soon after his enlightenment, the Buddha passed a man on the road who was struck by the Buddha’s peaceful and radiant presence. The man stopped and asked, “My friend,...
BRING BRITTNEY BACK!
In February 2022, nine-time WNBA All-Star and two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Brittney Griner was detained at an airport in Russia for possession of vape cartridges with trace amounts of medicinal cannabis. Most people arrested for such an offense...
The Ada Maria Isasi Diaz Justice Institute Launch Event
https://youtu.be/tE5goXToPT4 You can now view the launch event of The Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz Justice Institute held on October 6, 2022. EN LA LUCHA: What is “The Struggle” in 2022 for Latinas/for Us All? Featuring a distinguished panel: Dr. Melissa...
April 2022 Student of the Month: Andrea Cotto-Juarbe
Andrea Cotto-Juarbe is a 13-year-old student at Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy in Hartford, Connecticut. She has been a Youth Arts student for a year and attends the program alongside her sister one night a week. Andrea has a love for...