by Jennifer Sierra | Jun 10, 2021 | Blog, Blog: General Humanities
On September 10, 2021 Michigan Humanities will honor and celebrate outstanding contributions to the humanities in our state in Mackinaw City, Michigan. We will recognize and celebrate individuals, schools, universities, libraries, community organizations, groups,...
by Jennifer Sierra | May 8, 2021 | Blog, Blog: General Humanities, News: Poetry Out Loud
This year, Michigan Humanities had the great opportunity to partner with the Muskegon Community Education Center (MCEC) for our Poetry Out Loud program. Through this partnership we learned about the important work that this Center is doing for supporting...
by Jennifer Sierra | Feb 2, 2021 | Blog, Blog: General Humanities, Blog: Grants
Breed & Bootleg: Legends of Flint Rap Music is the new documentary of Dr. Geri Alumit Zeldes, a professor in Michigan State University’s School of Journalism and a long time partner and grantee of Michigan Humanities. We wanted to talk to Geri about her new...
by Jennifer Sierra | Jan 11, 2021 | Blog, Blog: General Humanities, Blog: Grants
In 2015, the Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives became a recipient of the Michigan Humanities Heritage Grant. Michigan Humanities wanted to reconnect with George Bayard III and share some of his experiences as a filmmaker and museum director. George is...
by Jennifer Sierra | Nov 30, 2020 | Blog, Blog: General Humanities
Michigan Humanities is pleased to share our conversation with Joseph Cialdella about his new book, Motor City Green, which dives into the history of urban gardening in Detroit. Joe is part of our Board of Directors and Program Lead for Public Scholarship at the...
by Jennifer Sierra | Nov 3, 2020 | Blog, Blog: General Humanities
Michigan Humanities has been an eager listener in the conversations taking place at a national level around racial inequalities in our country. In our role as statewide collaborators, we realized the need for reviewing our own policies, the staff and Board team, and...