Chaplain Aida Mansoor

Director of Field Education at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace, working with students in the Peacebuilding and Chaplaincy Graduate Programs. Born in London to parents from Sri Lanka, she is active in the community and works with the Islamic Association of Greater Hartford and on the Community Service Committee of the Muslim Coalition of Connecticut, where she was President from 2011-2015. A Community Chaplain in the Greater Hartford area committed to building bridges of understanding, Aida has been making presentations about Islam and the Muslim world since 1999. She is also a board member of the Connecticut Council for Interreligious Understanding, the Coalition for Elder Justice in Connecticut and the State of Connecticut's Commission Against Hate Crimes. Her awards include the Human Relations Award from the National Conference for Community and Justice, a Pubic Service Award from the Permanent Commission on the Status of Hartford Women (City of Hartford), and she was named one of 30 Women of Distinction in 2019 by Hartford Magazine. She holds an undergraduate degree with honors in biology and physiology from King's College (London), a master's degree in community health from California College of Health Sciences and a master's degree in Islamic studies and Christian Muslim relations from Hartford Seminary.

New Nonprofit Operates Immigrant Heritage Hall of Fame

The Immigrant Heritage Hall of Fame was initially a project of the Polish American Foundation of Connecticut, Inc., a 501(c)3 charitable organization, which launched and operated the Hall of Fame from inception.  It was succeeded by the establishment during 2021 of the National Immigrant Heritage Center (NIHC), an independent 501(c)3 organization established as a multi-ethnic Center, inclusive in its mission, structure and governance. 

NIHC aims to promote and publish research, lectures and conferences on the many dimensions of Connecticut’s immigrant heritage and the role of immigration throughout the American economy and culture.  Its work, and the annual Immigrant Heritage Hall of Fame induction ceremony, is to be supported by an endowment that organizers anticipate will sponsor, support and provide research fellowships, to further these activities and expand public awareness and understanding.

Email us at info@immigrantheritage.org or call 860-614-3488.