“‘No one enters violence for the first time by committing it,’” says Mariame Kaba, a Chicago-based organizer, educator, and founder of the grassroots organization Project NIA, which works to end … Read more
Councils Commemorate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
In honor of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, councils are celebrating generational contributions and cultural histories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders through their programming. On the West … Read more
Councils Consider Environmental Literature
As the world continues to experience environmental crises, extreme climate events, and ecological changes, humanities councils are committed to examining relationships between humanity and nature—how the intricacies of our lives … Read more
Uplifting Creativity, Building Community, and Seeking Higher Ground in Alabama
“History is so much of a choice,” said Dr. Imani Perry during an engaging dialogue with Jerald Crook, founder and executive director of Alabama’s Higher Ground Society (HGS) and program coordinator for the Georgia Humanities Council. “It is like mapmaking….when you make a map, you make decisions about what matters.”
Celebrating Spring, Legacy, and Place with Poetry
Illuminating the centrality of poetry to daily life, Lorde emphasizes the roles of identity, culture, and feeling as key to survival.
Councils Celebrate the Diversities of “Womanhood”
For the last 41 years, March has marked “Women’s History Month” in the United States. While women’s collective contributions are central to our society, humanities councils also consider the ways … Read more
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