History Day Partners
About the Connecticut Democracy Center:
The Connecticut Democracy Center (CTDC) provides people with a lifetime pathway to active citizenship and the tools to take civic action in their own communities. CTDC strengthens civic engagement in the Constitution State by providing comprehensive and unbiased educational programming and outreach on state government, civics, history, and citizenship, particularly through its two signature programs: Kid Governor® and Connecticut History Day
The Connecticut Democracy Center (CTDC) provides people with a lifetime pathway to active citizenship and the tools to take civic action in their own communities. CTDC strengthens civic engagement in the Constitution State by providing comprehensive and unbiased educational programming and outreach on state government, civics, history, and citizenship, particularly through its two signature programs: Kid Governor® and Connecticut History Day
Major Funding and Partnership Support
Program Support
Additional Funding:
Franklin Foundation
Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation
Connecticut State Library and the Connecticut State Historical Records Advisory Board through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
New Haven Museum
Retired Teachers of Fairfield County
Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford
Travelers Community Connections
Numerous individual donors
Franklin Foundation
Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation
Connecticut State Library and the Connecticut State Historical Records Advisory Board through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
New Haven Museum
Retired Teachers of Fairfield County
Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford
Travelers Community Connections
Numerous individual donors
Contest Hosts:
Capitol Region Educational Council
Central Connecticut State University
Norwich Free Academy
Sacred Heart University
Southern Connecticut State University
Torrington High School
University of Connecticut, Storrs Campus
Special Prize Donors:
Archives & Special Collections of the University of Connecticut Library
Akomawt Educational Initiative
Association for the Study of Connecticut History
The Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity and Transnational Migration at Yale University
Connecticut Coalition for History
Connecticut Council for the Social Studies
Connecticut Democracy Center
ConnecticutHistory.Org, a program of Connecticut Humanities
Connecticut Explored, the magazine of Connecticut History
Connecticut Landmarks
Connecticut League of History Organizations
Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office
Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society
Friends of the Prudence Crandall Museum, Inc.
The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Hartford History Center at Hartford Public Library
History Department, Southern Connecticut State University
Jewish Historical Society of Fairfield County
National Maritime Historical Society
New England Air Museum
Remembering World War One: Sharing History/ Preserving Memories
Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford
Wadsworth Atheneum
The Washington Library at George Washington's Mount Vernon
Capitol Region Educational Council
Central Connecticut State University
Norwich Free Academy
Sacred Heart University
Southern Connecticut State University
Torrington High School
University of Connecticut, Storrs Campus
Special Prize Donors:
Archives & Special Collections of the University of Connecticut Library
Akomawt Educational Initiative
Association for the Study of Connecticut History
The Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity and Transnational Migration at Yale University
Connecticut Coalition for History
Connecticut Council for the Social Studies
Connecticut Democracy Center
ConnecticutHistory.Org, a program of Connecticut Humanities
Connecticut Explored, the magazine of Connecticut History
Connecticut Landmarks
Connecticut League of History Organizations
Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office
Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society
Friends of the Prudence Crandall Museum, Inc.
The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Hartford History Center at Hartford Public Library
History Department, Southern Connecticut State University
Jewish Historical Society of Fairfield County
National Maritime Historical Society
New England Air Museum
Remembering World War One: Sharing History/ Preserving Memories
Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford
Wadsworth Atheneum
The Washington Library at George Washington's Mount Vernon