The Queen Ann Nzinga Center, Inc. will host its 6th Annual Connie Wilson Collins Exceptional Women Concert honoring outstanding women from the Greater Bristol, Plainville, and New Britain community on March 21. The celebration includes live musical performances, poetry, dance and tributes to the honorees. Crown Imperials, Nzinga’s Daughters, Mr. J. Bill Beverly and David Mayes will perform. The event was renamed in 2014 in honor of Constance “Connie” Renee Wilson Collins (1928-2013), an African-American woman who made a tremendous contribution to the Greater New Britain community, according to a press release from the organization. Collins worked to help people reach their full potential through her work in political, spiritual, fraternal and nonprofit organizations. The celebration will honor: Kimberley D. Finney Carmelich and Ellen Zoppo-Sassu of Bristol; Pamela Bianca, Shirley Black and Evelyn Newman Phillips of New Britain; Betty Boukus and Gail Williams of Plainville; Lorna Little of West Hartford; and Salome Raheim, Ph.D. of Bloomfield. The event gives girls in the PRIDE program an opportunity to learn about successful local women and celebrate their accomplishments. The organization wrote of the two Bristol honorees: Kimberley D. Finney Carmelich is director, Parent and Child Center of Bristol Hospital, a nonprofit focusing […]
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