CT Youth Workshop

            History

 

The Connecticut Bahá’í Youth Workshop members range in age from 8 to 16.  The Workshop began in August of 1988.  Since then, the Workshop has performed at a wide variety of places and events, including:

 

Apple Harvest Festival, Southington CT

Joe Cool Anti-drug March, Hartford, CT

Main Street, USA, New Britain, CT

Atlanta Bahá’í Youth Conference, Atlanta GA

Bahá’í Youth Conference, Washington, DC

June Teenth Parade, Norwich, CT

Race Unity Picnic, New London, CT

Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, Torrington, CT

Appeared with the Maxwell Bahá’í Youth Workshop in:

   Quebec City, Quebec and Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA

Conflict Resolution Workshop, Landegg Academy, Switzerland

Unitarian Church, Manchester, CT

First Night, First Light Multicultural Millennium Celebration, Hartford, CT

Unity Showcase Performance, West Hartford, CT

Summer in Fun Multi-faith Program, New Haven, CT

Winter Concert Series, First Congregational Church, Vernon, CT

Siena College, Albany NY

 

 

As the Workshop grows and evolves, so also does its repertoire.  Through the performing and dramatic arts, the Workshop will continue to convey messages of universal peace, unity in diversity and spiritual awareness.

 

 

Awards

 

3rd Place Rap

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Youth Assembly

August 26-29, 1993 - Washington, D.C.

 

1st Place Drama

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Youth Assembly

August 26-29, 1993 - Washington, D.C.

 

1995 Roger Sherman Award

TOMORROW Human Rights Achievement for Future Generations

Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities