Founded in 1962 as the Trinidad All Stars football (soccer) team, the organization evolved into the Trinidad and Tobago Cultural and Sporting Association in 1966 and later became the Trinidad and Tobago Association of Washington, D.C., Inc. (TTADC), building a legacy of unparalleled achievement.

Created by Howard University students navigating life in a new culture, the Association grew from a competitive soccer team into a lasting cultural institution.

As members of the National Soccer League, the Trinidad All Stars became a championship-caliber force, later organizing the first Caribbean Round Robin soccer tournament with teams from Canada and the Eastern United States, and co-sponsoring a 1973 tour to Trinidad and Tobago with the BWIA Sunjets of New York.

As a cultural and sporting organization, TTADC hosted events featuring leading Caribbean artists, thinkers, politicians, and diplomats, including C.L.R. James, George Lamming, Walter Rodney, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, Sir Ellis Clarke, Calypso Rose, The Mighty Sparrow, Lord Funny, The Merrymen (Barbados), The Fabulous Five (Jamaica), The Troubadors (Guyana), and Crazy.

The Association also supported Trinidad and Tobago and the wider Caribbean through disaster-relief efforts, including donating the country’s first kidney dialysis machine to the Port of Spain General Hospital.

In Washington, D.C., TTADC established scholarships for Caribbean students, organized food and harvest drives, participated in the Angel Tree Project for children of incarcerated parents, and launched an Ecumenical Service honoring both the Association’s founding and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

Incorporated in 1970, TTADC became the first organization of its kind to own property, with locations on Delafield Place and Georgia Avenue serving as hubs for Caribbean cultural, social, and community activities.

The Association also convened the only North American Trinidad and Tobago Organizations (NATTO) conference, published IERE to inform the Caribbean community, and was awarded the Chaconia Gold Medal by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.

As community demographics shifted to second- and third-generation members, TTADC now stands at a crossroads, relying on the same pioneering spirit that shaped its enduring legacy.

Click below to listen to a WPFW interview with Nigel Scott, then President of TTADC, recorded August 25, 2022.

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• Winston Alexis

• Lonsdale Barrow

• Cyril Brown

• Frederick “Bunny” Brown

• Carlos Greaves

• Michael Harewood

• Vernon Hazelwood (Guyana)

• Martin Padarathsingh

• Errol Phillip

• Michael Sanguinetti (Jamaica)

• Winston Thomas

• Cosmo Williams

• George Warner

1. ​Cyril Brown

2. Ashton Parris

3. Nigel Scott

4. Carlton Joseph

5. Martin Padarathsingh

6. Michael Stollmeyer

7. Roland Barnes

8. Nigel Scott

9. Ray Bartley

10. Hollis Lashley 

11. Willoughby Francis

12. Michael Dupigny

13. Kelvin Hazzard

14. Anthony Ferguson

15. James Vidale 

16. Claude Barrington

17. Deanne Samuels 

18. David Wilson

19. Brian Grell

20. Claude Barrington

21. Nigel Scott

• 1963 First Black soccer team to field a team in the Washington National Soccer League

• 1969 Organized an Annual Soccer Round Robin Tournament in Washington, DC

• 1969 Purchased property at 1501 Delafield Place NW Washington, DC

• 1972 Published the IERE Newspaper

• 1973 Presented the first Kidney dialysis to the POS General Hospital 

• 1985 Established a Scholarship Fund for T & T students in the Washington Metropolitan Area

• 1989 Awarded the Chaconia Gold Medal by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago

• 1992 Sold Delafield Place property and purchased property at 5123 Georgia Avenue NW   

• 1993 Sponsored the first Conference of North American Trinidad and Tobago Associations (NAATO)

• 1993 Sponsored shows involving various artistes and performers from Trinidad and Tobago and other Caribbean countries annually

• 2015 Sold property at 5123 Georgia Avenue NW  

• 2020 Established the TTADC IMC (Interim Management Committee) to restore full operation of the Association.  

• 2020 Launched the interactive TTADC.org website with in-house management.  

• 2021 Relaunched the TTADC Scholarship Fund - "It Takes A Village"  

• 2024 Trinbago Scholarship Fund awarded 501(C)(3) status