In 2015, the Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives became a recipient of the Michigan Humanities Heritage Grant. Michigan Humanities wanted to reconnect with George Bayard III and share some of his experiences as a filmmaker and museum director. George is...
Michigan Humanities is pleased to share our conversation with Joseph Cialdella about his new book, Motor City Green, which dives into the history of urban gardening in Detroit. Joe is part of our Board of Directors and Program Lead for Public Scholarship at the...
Michigan Humanities has been an eager listener in the conversations taking place at a national level around racial inequalities in our country. In our role as statewide collaborators, we realized the need for reviewing our own policies, the staff and Board team, and...
In late August, 2020, our staff team bid farewell to Hanna Espie, the Michigan Humanities Programs Assistant who joined us in late 2018. Hanna is embarking on a new adventure in a graduate program for Ecological Economics at the University of Edinburgh, and we are...
For several years, Michigan Humanities has been fortunate to partner with exceptional students from the University of Michigan’s Rackham Public Engagement Internship Program. As noted on the program website, these internships “provide resources for Rackham...
Even though we were unable to host an in-person 2020 Michigan Poetry Out Loud State Finals, we asked this year’s POL school champions to submit their recitations through video so they could share their hard work with the community. Students had the opportunity...
