Events
CoDE hosts and supports a variety of community events every year. Learn more about our annual events below, and check out our upcoming events calendar. We hope you’ll join us!
Pride Celebrations
Small Town Pride Connecticut and East Hampton Pride, affiliates of CoDE, host joyful Pride celebrations each June. Learn more & join us for the next one!
Juneteenth
CoDE partners with many people each year to bring educational, moving, and remarkable Juneteenth events to the community.
The Human Library®
We hosted our first Human Library event on Saturday, October 17 in Marlborough. It was a remarkable day!
Multicultural Book Drive
CoDE’s Multicultural Book Drive helps to enhance and expand local library collections with an emphasis on stories that portray children and young adults from around the world and that represent diversity within the United States.
Book Discussions
CoDE hosts regular book discussions and author events, featuring books on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Multicultural School Assemblies
By partnership with local PTO/PTAs, CoDE is able to bring multicultural assemblies to local schools. Through though engaging performances, students learn about history, dances, and more from other cultures.
Martin Luther Jr. King Day
Each year, we host an event to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Our most recent event featured an incredibly moving reading of Julius Lester’s book, Day of Tears.
Community Conversations
CoDE hosts regular free, live discussions on the housing, diversity, and equity issues affecting our communities.