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Please know that Michigan Humanities (MH) is working to continue to serve the state of Michigan and to accept, review, and process grant applications and awards. Whether working at our headquarters in Okemos or remotely, MH staff will be available to answer questions...

Due to the impacts of COVID-19 in Michigan and recommendations on preventative measures from Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan’s Poetry Out Loud State Finals event has been postponed. The competition was...

On Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14, 2020, 36 high school students from across the state will take center stage for three rounds of poetry recitation and the chance to be named Michigan’s 2020 Poetry Out Loud Champion. The competition, free and open to the...

Michigan Humanities is pleased to announce $174,806 in grants to 13 Michigan organizations in support of public humanities programming. The 13 projects were selected from 45 eligible applications to the Humanities Grants program, which support projects exploring...

The Great Recession hit Shelly Hendrick Kasprzycki’s hometown of Jackson, Michigan, hard. Before she became president and CEO of Michigan Humanities, she was director of Greater Jackson Habitat for Humanities and witnessed firsthand how the city’s working poor were...

Michigan Humanities’ statewide program features “What the Eyes Don’t See,” by Mona Hanna-Attisha Communities across the state are invited to take part in Michigan Humanities’ 2019-20 Great Michigan Read, a statewide reading and discussion program featuring the book...

Michigan Humanities has opened registration for the 2019-20 Poetry Out Loud program, a poetry recitation competition for high school students. Poetry Out Loud helps students learn about poetry while mastering public speaking skills and building self-confidence. “We...

Michigan Humanities is pleased to announce $203,101 in grants to 16 Michigan organizations in support of public humanities programming. In addition to this direct support, each agency was required to present matching cash or in-kind cost share, bringing an additional...

Michigan Humanities (MH) is pleased to announce the award winners of our inaugural Michigan Humanities Awards 2019. The winners are from Ann Arbor, Harbor Springs, Grand Rapids and Detroit, showing the range of the wonderful humanities work being done in our state....

Pediatrician Tells of How She Grew Concerned about Lead in Flint’s Water Supply Residents throughout Michigan were invited today to join in reading and discussing “What the Eyes Don’t See,” Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha’s riveting account of her discovery that Flint’s...

Tajah-Rayne Davise from Calumet High School has been named the 2019 Poetry Out Loud State Champion for Michigan after completing three rounds of the annual recitation competition at the Lansing Crowne Plaza on Friday, March 1, and Saturday, March 2. Davise took top...

NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED Our passion for the humanities can only be matched by our love for our beautiful state. The Michigan Humanities is celebrating our state's iconic shape by making it integral in our new brand identity.  With our new branding and logo, we'll...

On Friday, March 1, and Saturday, March 2, 2019, 33 high school students from across the state will take center stage for three rounds of poetry recitation and the chance to be named Michigan’s 2019 Poetry Out Loud Champion. The competition, free and open to the...

By Robbe Charles DiPietro and Joseph Stanhope Cialdella In the spring of 2014, the Michigan Humanities (MH) embarked on a challenging, three-year journey to help organizations in our state examine difficult histories of race, ethnicity, and cultural identity. We...

Michigan Humanities is pleased to announce the selected host sites for the 2019–2020 tour of a national Smithsonian Institution exhibition, “Crossroads: Change in Rural America,” which explores the past, present, and future of rural American communities. Since 1900,...

Michigan Humanities (MH) is pleased to announce that Detroit, Michigan has been selected as the host city for the 2021 National Humanities Conference. “We are delighted with being able to showcase our state and the work of our council,” said Shelly Kasprzycki,...

Michigan Humanities is pleased to announce $185,130 in grants to 15 Michigan organizations in support of public humanities programming. In addition to this direct support, each agency was required to present matching cash or in-kind cost share, bringing an additional...

The Michigan Humanities is pleased to announce $90,000 in grant funds have been awarded to communities and organizations through Third Coast Conversations: Dialogues about Water in Michigan, an initiative made possible by funding from the National Endowment for the...

The Michigan Humanities is pleased to announce the communities and organizations awarded $5,000 through the Third Coast Conversations: Dialogues about Water in Michigan program, an initiative made possible by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities....

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