Michigan Humanities Awards
Congratulations to the Michigan Humanities Awards 2019 Winners
Corporate Humanities Champion of the Year
Meijer
Community Impact Partner of the Year
Wild Swan Theater
Humanities Champions of the Year
Charles Ferrell, Charles H. Wright Museum
of African American History
Eric Hemenway, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
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PHOTO GALLERY OF THE EVENT
Special Guest Kerry Kennedy with awardee Eric Hemenway, Board Members and President/CEO of MH Shelly Kasprzycki
Thank you to our Program and Table Sponsors!
Because of you, we were able to host this meaningful event. We appreciate your support!
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BRD Printing
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Comcast
Comerica
Department of African American Studies / WSU
Foresight Group
Grand Valley State University
Library of Michigan
Public Policy Associates
Saginaw Valley State University
National Endowment for the Humanities
Susan Larsen & Jim Napolitano
Larry Preston & Paul Chaffee
Julie Dorcey
Celeste Diehm & Bill Alsover
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Kerry Kennedy, Author and Chairperson, Amnesty International Leadership Council, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy
Our passion for the humanities can only be matched by our love for our beautiful state. The Michigan Humanities celebrated our state’s iconic shape by making it integral in our new brand identity. With our new branding and logo, we’ll continue our mission of elevating the role of humanities in every county of our fine state through grants, programs and conversations. As part of our rebranding, we celebrated the work that our partners have done for over the past 45 years by creating the first Michigan Humanities Awards. We were honored to have Special Guest Kerry Kennedy on hand for the Michigan Humanities Awards. The First Annual Michigan Humanities Awards took place on May 16, 2019. Awards and were presented to recognize and reward individuals and organizations that have made an outstanding contribution to the civic and cultural vitality of the State of Michigan.
Public Service Honors
Posthumous Recognition Award for U.S. Representative John Dingell was presented to U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell at our event. (See acceptance video below)
U.S. Representative John Moolenaar received an Outstanding Supporter of Humanities award for his humanities work throughout Michigan. (See acceptance video below)
Corporate Humanities Champion of the Year Award
Recognizes organizations or corporations that have made a lasting contribution to the cultural life of their communities or our state through their active support of and involvement in promoting public humanities.
Humanities Champion of the Year
This award is given to the person whose contributions result in outstanding public humanities impact in their community and in our state. An example would be humanities person (teacher, librarian, cultural leader) who has creatively and successfully brought humanities to the public forum. Faculty and scholars who have taken humanities to the public beyond their classroom, or brought the public into their classroom.
Community Impact Partner of the Year
Universities, schools, libraries and community centers who have brought to life a book, humanities project, discussion, or other humanities programs in an innovative or creative way, serving their community and our state. They have championed the value of public humanities in Michigan.