by Jennifer Sierra | Sep 7, 2021 | Blog, Blog: Programs
This blog was written by Julia Irion Martins, our University of Michigan Summer intern. On my second morning in the Keweenaw, I walked from the Thomas Hoatson mansion in Laurium to the buildings of the former Calumet & Hecla mining company, now the Keweenaw...
by Jennifer Sierra | Jul 19, 2021 | Blog, Blog: General Humanities, Blog: Programs
In the Fall of 2020, the Saugatuck-Douglas History Center was awarded a Humanities grant to carry-out the project called: “Century of Progress: A Timeline of Saugatuck-Douglas LGBTQ History.” This project seeks to tell the story of the Saugatuck-Douglas...
by Jennifer Sierra | Apr 8, 2021 | Blog, Blog: Programs
This month Michigan Humanities spoke to Sonya Bernard-Hollins, a Great Michigan Read and Poetry Out Loud partner, about her ongoing work as a journalist, publisher and founder of the Merze Tate Explorers. The Merze Tate Explorers started in Kalamazoo as an initiative...