Events

January 9, 2011 & January 23, 2011

YWCA Facilitators Training

Youth Action Coalition will offer two training sessions for ANYTOWN women to be trained as NCCJ Youth Facilitators as part of a partnership with the YWCA of Greater Hartford.  Participants will spend two days developing workshops on various topics that educate and empower young women from high schools across Hartford to become effective and conscious leaders.  Last year’s group developed workshops on the impact of media on women as well as how women of color experience race.  This year the focus will remain the same, but will also include topics such as women’s leadership, classism, bullying, and homophobia.  After the two trainings, the participating women will co-facilitate their own workshops at over 9 high schools in the Hartford area as part of YWCA’s Young Women’s Leadership Corps.  This event is invite only. 

Any interested participant is asked to contact Muneer Panjwani at mpanjwani@nccj.org or by calling 860-683-1039 x102.

January 29, 2011

ANYTOWN 6th Annual Reunion

Date: Saturday, January 29th

Location: Camp Jewell, Colebrook, CT

Fee: Suggested $5 - $10 donation

The Youth Action Coalition will once again convene for our 6th Annual ANYTOWN Reunion 2011 will be held at Camp Jewell.  The theme of this year’s Reunion is “Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Stopping All Bullying in Our Schools!” We will spend the day snow-tubing, ice-skating, song singing, games playing, broom balling, rock climbing, and updating each other on the change we have all brought to our families, friends, schools, and communities post-ANYTOWN.  We will build a larger coalition of ANYTOWN leaders, and will discuss a current social issue that impacts young people every day. Not to mention making hippos smile and the alligator our friend! All you have to do is send in the attached forms (Registration Form, YMCA Health Emergency Permission Form, and YMCA Liability Form).  Transportation to camp is provided from NCCJ offices in Windsor, Classical Magnet in Hartford, and a location in Western MA that is yet to be determined.  You may download the forms on this website or contact Muneer Panjwani at mpanjwani@nccj.org to request forms and to get transportation details.  The reunion is free to all participants who have ever attended ANYTOWN.  There is a suggested donation of $5-$10 to help us provide an ANYTOWN scholarship to those who cannot afford it.  All forms must be received by January 14th, 2011!

March 21, 2011

Transforming Stereotypes: Muslims in America, Religious Freedom, and Citizenship"

Sponsored by the Interfaith Council of Western Massachusetts and

WNEC Campus Ministry and the Diversity Task Force

Please join us for a panel discussion on:

Date: Monday, March 21, 2011

Time: 7:30pm - 9pm

Host: Rabbi Jerome Gurland, Director, Campus Ministry

Location: Western New England College

              Rivers Memorial Hall

Fee: Free and open to the public

Come with your questions.

Come with your confusion & concerns.

Come and dialogue about this important issue.

The panelists will discuss issues of stereotyping, discrimination,
prejudice and harassment of Muslim communities and other
religious communities. The question of race and religious
harassment will also be addressed. The hope is to open a
wider dialogue on tolerance, religion, democracy and citizenship.

Moderator: Dr. Kamal Ali - VP of the Islamic Society of WMA

Panelists: Dr. Yehezkel Landau – Faculty Associate in Interfaith Relations - Hartford Seminary, Rev. Dr. Andrea Ayvazian – Senior pastor of Haydenville Congregational Church - UCC, Dr. Timur Yuskaev - Prof. of Contemporary Islam, Hartford Seminary

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April 28, 2011

2011 Connecticut Human Relations Award Banquet

2011 Honorees: 

The Chase Family

Louis R. Chenevert, Chairman & CEO, United Technologies Corporation

Dr. Yehezkel Landau, Hartford Seminary

Aida Monsoor, Muslim Coalition of Connecticut

Time: Cocktail Reception   6:00 pm

         Dinner and Program 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location: Marriott Hartford, Downtown

Tickets: For ticket information contact Gigi Paolantonio:                 gpaolantonio@nccj.org

To attend the banquet, or for sponsorship information, please contact NCCJ at (860)683-1039

May 27– May 31, 2011

Interdistrict ANYTOWN

Location: Camp Jewell

              Colebrook, CT

Registration for May Interdistrict ANYTOWN will open in early spring. 

June 14 , 2011

2010 Western Massachusetts Human Relations Award Banquet

Time:  Cocktail Reception 6:00 pm

          Dinner and Program 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location: Basketball Hall of Fame

Tickets: For ticket information contact Gigi Paolantonio:                 gpaolantonio@nccj.org

To attend the banquet, or for sponsorship information, please contact Gigi at (860)683-1039 ext. 105

July 31 - August 5, 2011

Regional ANYTOWN

Location: Saint Joseph College

              West Hartford, CT

Camp ANYTOWN is open to all high school students throughout Connecticut and Western Massachusetts.  Please submit your registration form prior to June 15, 2010 to reserve your spot at Camp ANYTOWN.

Any questions, please contact Muneer Panjwani at mpanjwani@nccj.org

or give him a call at 860-683-1039 ext. 102

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October 23, 2011

YES! Youth Establishing Strength Kickoff

Time: 9am - 5pm

Location: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

              Springfield, MA

Who Can Attend: Pre-registed Participating Schools from CT, MA & RI

The national spotlight has been trained on the devastating impact of bullying following the recent suicides of youth who were targets of bullying in their schools. Concerned adults, including parents, educators, advocates, and law enforcement, have scrambled to come up with effective solutions. Through YES! (Youth Establishing Strength), our national youth campaign, NCCJ will do something unique - gather 300 high school students at a daylong conference to ask them what should be done to stop the epidemic of bullying that overshadows their lives. Integrating social media, technology, and the arts, this conference will launch a multi-year initiative that promotes youth voices, strategies, and solutions nationwide. Employing NCCJ’s effective youth leadership model, this national campaign’s goals are to:

• reduce the incidence of bullying in participating schools by 25% in three years;
• improve school climate in the areas of safety, diversity awareness, and inclusion;
• increase the number, capacity, and visibility of youth leaders; and
• mobilize youth nationwide across all media platforms to end bullying.

Students from 35 schools in Southern New England (CT, MA, RI) will spend the day identifying strategies and solutions to transform the culture in their schools. NCCJ and its Youth Leadership Team will incorporate these ideas into a replicable model of effective, youth-driven solutions to be implemented in school communities nationwide.

October 25, 2011

Middlesex Consortium’s Annual Diversity Conference

Location: Wesleyan University

NCCJ will be facilitating 4 workshops on creating safe schools.