Michigan Humanities is thrilled to celebrate 20 years of Poetry Out Loud (POL) in our state and across the nation. In recognition of this milestone, we’ve invited Michigan POL alumni to share their stories and insight into their experience with the program. Our first...
Join us for a conversation with past Poetry Out Loud school champion, Jorge Cruz Martinez, and three team members who assisted in Poetry Out Loud at Academy of the Americas High School, a bilingual Spanish-immersion PreK–12 school in southwest Detroit: Monica DeGarmo,...
This episode revisits a conversation hosted as part of our “Bridging Michigan” series in 2020 between Dr. Paul Elam and Troy Rienstra about the history and impacts of mass incarceration. Bridging Michigan was a Michigan Humanities event series that took...
This episode revisits a conversation hosted as part of our “Bridging Michigan” series in 2020 between Eric Hemenway and Matthew L.M. Fletcher about the history and current state of Native mascots. Bridging Michigan was a Michigan Humanities event series...
This episode revisits a conversation Michigan Humanities hosted in 2020 that explores the urban and rural divide with guests Dr. Thomas Henthorn and Dr. Kevin G. Lorentz.