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Identity Spaces

Identity Spaces and places where you can find religious solitude or a community, cultural spaces, queer safe spaces, and any other places or spots where you can express yourself and find community within the city! We understand we don’t have all spaces included in this page please reach out to us on spaces, organizations groups you recommend or find in the Hartford area.

Religious Communities

Churchs: 

  • First Church of Christ in Hartford/Center Church – This is the oldest and still active Christian community in the City of Hartford. Since its founding by the Rev. Thomas Hooker, who established the city in 1636, there has always been a “Center Church” on Hartford’s Main Street.
  • Faith Congregational Church: Originally Talcott Street Church, this is one of the oldest Black churches in Hartford.
  • St. Patrick – St. Anthony Church – Oldest Roman Catholic Parish in CT
  • St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral – one of the only Greek Orthodox churches in Hartford, this church values community and hosts the annual Greek Festival in Hartford
  • Church of the Good Shepard
  • Memorial Baptist Church
  • Emanuel Lutheran Church
  • Shiloh Baptist Church
  • Cathedral of Saint Joseph

Mosques

  • Muhammad Islamic Center of Greater Hartford – one of the oldest mosques in CT and the first mosque in Hartford. Hartford was chosen by the late Honorable Elijah Muhammad and coordinated by the late Al-Hajj Malik Shabazz (Malcolm X) to be the center point for the start of Islam in Connecticut.
  • Bosnian American Islamic Cultural Center
  • Masjid Umar Ibn Al Khattab
  • Masjid Es Salam

Synagogues/Jewish Spaces

  • Trinity College Hillel
  • Hartford Jewish Organizing Collective
  • Congregation Beth Israel West Hartford- closest synagogue to Hartford

Cultural and Ethnic Affinities

  • West Indian Social Club of Hartford
  • Swahili Community Center
  • Ukrainian National Home
  • Center for Latino Progress

Queer Spaces

  • ChezEst