Past Events / Resources

• The Connecticut 9-11 Memorial Service – “UNITED IN PEACE, HEALING WITH HOPE”
  
  The Muslim Coalition of Connecticut, along with an alliance of faith communities, interfaith and community organizations and labor unions, has joined together to organize a memorial service around the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on our nation. On September 11th 2011, a service with the theme “United in Peace, Healing with Hope” will be held at St. Joseph’s Cathedral on Farmington Avenue in Hartford. This event will commence at 7:00pm and last about an hour and a half. Please join us to hear this diverse community speak strongly of the need to live as an American family in peace, remembering and honoring all who were lost on September 11th 2001, and to chart a course of hope in our future. We have invited Governor Dannel Malloy as our guest of honor, and we will have four key speakers: on Unity, Peace, Healing and Hope. This will be accompanied by prayers, poems and music from many faith traditions. Please visit our website at ctpeacehealinghope.org for further details on this service and the complete list of participating faith communities and organizations. View Press Release and list of participating faith communitys and organizations. View Poster

• Open House for mosques – Getting to know your Muslim neighbor.
  
  Throughout the state of Connecticut, on September 10th 2011 from 7pm to 8:30pm, mosques listed below will participate in an Open House welcoming our neighbors to get to know us better. Participants will witness a prayer service and the hospitality of the Muslim community, and get to know us and our dreams for a vibrant, prosperous and peaceful America. This event is coordinated by the Muslim Coalition of Connecticut, muslimcoalitionct.org Please see an updated list of participating mosques at ctpeacehealinghope.org

  Participating mosques and organizations:

  1. Bosnian American Islamic Cultural Center - 595 Franklin Avenue, Hartford, CT 06114
  2. Bridgeport Islamic Community Center, 525 Clinton Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06605
  3. Islamic Association of Greater Hartford - 1781 Berlin Turnpike, Berlin, CT 06037
  4. Islamic Center of New London, 16 Fort Street, Groton, CT 06340
  5. Islamic Society of Western Connecticut, 388 Main Street, Danbury, CT 06810
  6. Jafaria Association of Connecticut, 1 Meriden Road, Rockfall, Connecticut 06481
  7. Madina Academy, Full Time Islamic School, 519 Palisado Avenue, Windsor, CT 06095
  8. Muhammad Islamic Center of Greater Hartford – 155 Hungerford Street, Hartford, CT 06105

• Thursday, May 19th 6:00 PM-9:00 PM - CCIU Annual Meeting Religious Diversity: Recognizing Differences, Bringing Us Together
  
  Join us to hear how CCIU has been active over the past year in interreligious dialogue, education and advocacy,and how you can be part of our plans for the future.This year’s meeting will feature a panel presentation with members of the Speakers’ Bureau of the Muslim Coalition of Connecticut. They will discuss issues in Islam important to all of us -- including how to work against Islamophobia and all religious prejudice, and they will respond to your questions of interest & concern. We will begin the evening with dinner -- get to know your fellow CCIU member-neighbors of many faiths, and learn more about local interreligious activities ! Annual Meeting Flyer, Speaker Panel

• FILM SCREENING AND FACULTY COMMENTARY of Constantine's Sword: A Film Addressing Challenges in Interfaith Relations and Their Implications for Public Policy
  
  Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 6:30 pm
  
  Program: Constantine's Sword is a cinematic parallel to James Carroll's landmark book of the same name. Both the book and the film chronicle the often tragic history of Jewish-Christian relations over the past 2000 years. Constantine's Sword follows former priest James Carroll on a journey of remembrance and reckoning. Warning of what happens when military power and religious fervor are joined, this film from Oscar-nominated director Oren Jacoby asks: Is the fanaticism that threatens the world today fueled by our own deeply held beliefs? The film also relates the dangers of religious triumphalism to aspects of American foreign policy. The 95-minute film will be screened, and then a discussion will be led by Professors Kelton Cobb and Yehezkel Landau.
  
  Location: Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman Street, Hartford, CT
  
  Note: to register for this free event visit http://www.hartsem.edu/pages/news-events/2011-Constantines-Sword.aspx#REG

• January 16th – World Religions Day – Devotional Concert
• Monday November 29th – 7:00PM – Movie Screening “Frontier Gandhi” a film by T.C. Muluhan
  Program: View this wonderful new movie that tells the story of Badshah Kahn a non-violent Muslim leader from Pakistan who led a hundred thousand nonviolent Moslem warriors
  Location: Vance Hall Room 105 Central CT State University
  For More Information: Badshah Khan Community
  Sponsored by: Catholic Worker
  
• Sunday November 21st – 3:00 – 5:00 PM - Understanding Your Neighbor’s Religion Series
  Program: Visit to The Hartford Karma Thegsum Choling & Tara Shedrup Tibetan Buddhist Center
  Location: 157 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT
  Note: Space is limited - Advanced Registration is required
  
  
  
• Thursday November 18th, - 7:00 PM – Sing Along
  Program: Based on inspiration from the Interfaith Amigos' visit last month Susan Campbell of the Hartford Courant has organized this secular community sing-along for all to enjoy.
  Location: Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT
  Sponsored by: Susan Campbell
  
  
• Sunday, October 24th – 3:00 – 5:00 PM - Visit to Mosque of the Islamic Association of Greater Hartford
  Location: Mosque of the Islamic Association of Greater Hartford
  1781 Wilbur Cross Highway (Berlin Turnpike)
  Berlin, CT
  Note: Space is limited - Advanced Registration is required – Visit to Mosque see flyer for details
  
  
• Saturday, October 2nd – 10:30 AM – 2:30PM -2010 Annual Ahimsa / Nonviolence Seminar –
  Program: “PEACE BEGINS AT HOME -Overcoming Domestic Violence in Connecticut”
  Location: University of Connecticut, Thomas Dodd Center** (405 Babbidge Road, Storrs)
  Non CCIU Event – Organized by: Asian American Studies Institute and Jain Center of Greater Hartford; Co-Sponsored by UCONN Women’s Center and Institute for Puerto Rican and Latino Studies.
  2010 Annual Ahimsa see flyer for details
  
  
• Friday, October 1st 2010 – 3pm - 4:30pm - Interfaith Press Conference on Religious Intolerance & Islamophobia
  Purpose: With the rise in hate rhetoric and crimes across the country, it is imperative that elected officials address the rise in Islamophobia. This press conference will be an opportunity for elected officials to speak out against religious intolerance.
  Location: Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman St. Hartford, CT 06105
  Sponsored by: The Muslim Coalition of Connecticut, / Hosted by Hartford Seminary and co-sponsored by other faith communities
  Interfaith Press Conderence see flyer for details
  
  
• Monday, September 27, 2010
  The 3 Amigos - Getting to the Heart of Interfaith Dialogue
  Location: Asylum Hill Congregational Church, UCC, 814 Asylum Avenue, Hartford
  Moderator: Rabbi Donna Berman
  
• Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast
  DATE: May 6, 2010
  LOCATION: MACC Community Kitchen at 466 Main Street in Manchester.
  TIME: 7:00 – 8:00 AM
  Sponsored By: Manchester Area Conference of Churches (MACC)
  More Information: View here
  
• CCIU Dialogue Discussion Program – “How Religious People Can Transform Differences and Build Bridges of Understanding”
  
  with special guests:
  • HEIDI HADSELL, Ph.D., President of Hartford Seminary; Professor of Social Ethics
  • INGRID MATTSON, Ph.D., Director of Hartford Seminary's Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations; Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations; President, Islamic Society of North America /
  • YEHEZKEL LANDAU, Director of Hartford Seminary’s “Building Abrahamic Partnerships" program and Faculty Associate in Interfaith Relation
  DATE: May 4, 2010
  LOCATION: Congregation Kol Haverim, 1079 Hebron Ave. Glastonbury, CT
  TIME: 7:00 – 9:00 P.M.
  More Information: View here
  
  
  
  
• Peace by Peace
  DATE: April 25, 2010
  LOCATION: New Haven Green New Haven, CT
  TIME: 1:00 PM
  More Information: View here
  
  
  
  
• Dialogue Series – “How Religious People of Peace Can Transform Differences & Build Bridges of Understanding”
  DATE: March 3, 2010
  LOCATION: Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation – Emek Shalom
  55 Bush Hill Road
  Simsbury, CT 06070
  TIME: 7:15 PM – 9:00 PM
  More Information: View here
  
  
  
  
• Interfaith Symposium – “Loyalty and Love for your country as prescribed by religion”
  DATE: March 13, 2010
  LOCATION: Baitul Aman Mosque 410 Main Street, Meriden, CT 06451
  TIME: 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
  Sponsered By: Baitul Aman Mosque – Meriden, CT
  More Information: View here
  
  
  
• Dialogue Series – “How Religious People of Peace Can Transform Differences & Build Bridges of Understanding”
  DATE: March 3, 2010
  LOCATION: Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation – Emek Shalom
  55 Bush Hill Road
  Simsbury, CT 06070
  TIME: 7:15 PM – 9:00 PM
  More Information: View here
  
  
  
  

Board of Directors Calendar

• May 20th – CCIU Annual Meeting @ Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, CT
• May 16th – CCIU Board Retreat 1:30 – 7 PM @ Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, CT
• April 29th – CCIU Executive Committee Meeting @Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, CT
• March 18, 2010
• April 15, 2010

• View Annual Meeting Pictures here