COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS AT CONNCAT
Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology
4 Science Park
New Haven, CT
(203) 823-9823
www.conncat.org
CONNCAT Press Release
Contact: Erik Clemons
Phone: (203) 823-9823
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 3, 2014
COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS AT CONNCAT
NEW HAVEN, CT (NOVEMBER 3, 2014): The Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology (CONNCAT) will host a series of community conversations. One in the series of events to be held at ConnCAT on December 4, 2014, from 6:30-8:00 pm, will include a panel discussion around the misconceptions of strong, powerful, and impactful African-American women in the workplace, in academia, in the community, and in the household.
The panel will consist of Enola Aird, Founder Community Healing Network; Diane Brown, Community Activist, Librarian; Barbara Tinney, New Haven Family Alliance Executive Director; Sharon Clemons, SharonJoy Salon Co-owner and Founder; and Jamilah Prince-Stewart, Executive Director, FaithACTS for Education, and Genevive Walker, ConnCAT Director of Programs.
“Engaging one another in courageous conversations about issues that impact the culture of our city is the impetus for this panel discussion series ", said CONNCAT's CEO and President. He concluded that “When a community comes together to truly consider the root and impact of the way we think then we can begin the work of changing our misconceptions. African-American women have long been a deep source of strength, courage, and love for the African-American family and community. It is imperative to always listen for and hear their prophetic and powerful voices.”
ABOUT CONNCAT:
CONNCAT is a 501C(3) affiliate of the National Center for Arts & Technology and is modeled on the nationally acclaimed Manchester-Bidwell model founded in Pittsburgh by Bill Strickland. The Center, which opened in 2012, currently offers a youth arts program and an adult job-training program. The youth program includes Dance, Theatre, Digital Studio and Design Studio courses, Entrepreneurial Academy, and is offered at no cost to underachieving students identified by New Haven and Hamden public schools. The intention is to leverage the demonstrated value of arts education as a weapon against high dropout rates.
CONNCAT’s adult program provides affordable industry-specific job training to the city’s under-employed and unemployed adults. With assistance from partners including Yale-New Haven Hospital, CONNCAT carefully selected and developed programs in medical coding and phlebotomy. The programs provide students with practical, in-demand skills that can move them into meaningful employment. CONNCAT’s adult programs are free of charge, but students must demonstrate commitment by meeting registration, attendance, behavioral, and course completion requirements.
For more information, visit www.conncat.org.
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