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Our Mission
The mission of the African-American Affairs Commission (AAAC) is to improve and promote the economic development, education, health and political well-being of the African-American community in the State of Connecticut.
The AAAC accomplishes these goals through information sharing, promoting cultural awareness, community networking, and legislation. [more]
May 23, 2013
Honoring State Representative Douglas McCrory
| Location | Crown Plaza Hotel, Cromwell, CT | | Time | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | | Contact | (860) 524-4029 Email Contact
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May 23, 2013
Forum
| Location | Legislative Office Building - Room 2B | | Time | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | | Contact | (860) 240-8555 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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November 2, 2011
To improve and promote the economic development, education, health and political well-being of the African-American community in the State of Connecticut, through advocacy, information sharing, cultural awareness, community networking and influencing legislation.
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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November 16, 2011
CT State Department of Education & Education Resource Center (SERC)
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Advance the agenda of equity and social justice for young Black & Hispanic/Latino males in Connecticut.
| Location | Central CT State University | | Time | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | | Contact | Lauren D. Jones (860 6321485 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Close
Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Close
Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Close
Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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November 25, 2011
Featuring Comedian Ventriloquist, Willie Brown & his Cool Sidekick Woody. Willie has been seen on Laughalujah, BET Comicview & HBO.
Bring an upwrapped toy..
| Location | CUOM Banquet Hall, West Haven, CT | | Time | 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm | | Contact | (203) 823-3741 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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November 29, 2011
In honor of World AIDS Day where the theme this year is "Getting to Zero" ~ Zero NEW infections, Zero Discrimination, Zero AIDS related deaths.
| Location | 500 Main Street, Hartford, CT | | Time | 2:00 pm - 1:30 pm | | Contact | DeLita Rose-Daniels (860) 920-5149 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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November 30, 2011
William Fothergill and Sons of the American Revolution
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Learn how to locate a variety of documents, including marriage, probate, land grant and military records. Focus on best approaches for those with African American and Native American ancestors.
| Location | | | Time | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | | Contact | Carol Brown (203) 946-8835 Email Contact
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Oct 8 - Dec 30, 2011
focuses on the lives of people with dual African American and Native American ancestry.
| Location | 110 Pequot Trail | | Time | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | | Contact | Pequot Museum (800) 411-9671 Email Contact
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Why is Jason Collins coming out a bigger deal than Brittney Griner?
With the nation's attention fixated for much of the last week on Jason Collins becoming the first active male athlete in a major team sport to come out as gay, you might be forgiven for forgetting - if you ever knew - that the number one WNBA draft pick, Brittney Griner, came out a few weeks ago. Or that Sheryl Swoopes did in 2005. Or that Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King did in the 1980s.
How do we explain the difference in media fanfare between Griner's announcement and Collins'? Why is Collins heralded over and over as a Jackie Robinson-type figure, while Griner gets a shrug from much of the press? (Continue)
CHRO'S 70TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Date: May 14, 2013
Time: 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Place: Capitol North Steps
The CT Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities (CHRO) invites you to attend its 70th Anniversary Celebration. A historical event with multicultural music, food and fun! The event is free and open to the public. See flyer for details or contact: cheryl.sharp@ct.gov or Heather.petit@ct.gov.
AAAC CLASSIC AWARDS
May 17, 2013
6:30 PM - Legislative Office Building - Hartford, CT
RSVP - (860) 240-8555

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Stanley F. Battle
Woman of the Year
Constance J. Coles
Man of the Year
Foday Dumbuya
Youth of the Year
Dionne C. Parker
Youth of the Year
Khalil Harris-Abrams
Lifetime Achievement
George A. Coleman
Business & Economic Development
KJB Associates, LLC.
Karen J. Bellamy
State of Connecticut Supplier Diversity Program |
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State Capitol 210 Capitol Avenue, Room 509 Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 240-8555 Fax: (860) 240-8444
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