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The Detroit New: Michigan Humanities council awards $203K in cultural programming grants
A Michigan humanities council is awarding more than $200,000 in grants to 16 groups across the state, including Metro Detroit, to support projects exploring topics such as history, theater, and education, council officials said. Michigan Humanities received 48...
Broadway World: Michigan Humanities Awards $203,101 in Grants for Cultural Programming
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...
Encore MI: Michigan Humanities 2019 awards includes Wild Swan
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....
The Mining Journal: History center opens new exhibit
The opening reception of the Marquette Regional History Center’s Heritage Crafts exhibit was held recently. Dan Truckey, director of Northern Michigan University’s Beaumier Upper Peninsula Heritage Center, discussed a brief history of immigration in the U.P.,...
Your Daily Globe: Library holds community reading adventure
The Ironwood Carnegie Library and Michigan Humanities invites area residents to join in reading “What the Eyes Don’t See.” Written by Dr Mona Hanna Attisha’a, the book recounts her discovery that Flint’s children were being poisoned by lead in the city’s drinking...
City Pulse: Flint whistleblower’s book selected as ‘Great Michigan Read’
by Bill Castanier The phrase “nevertheless she persisted” could have been written with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha in mind. Hanna-Attisha is the Flint pediatrician who with the help of friends, researchers and parents, proved there had been lead in the city's tap water...
Harbor Light Newspaper: Pediatrician’s book on Flint water crisis selected as ‘Great Michigan Read’; author will speak in Bay View
Contemplating what to read next? Compiling a list of summer reads? Michigan Humanities just announced their book choice for the 2019-2020 Great Michigan Read as What the Eyes Don’t See, by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha. This book has been fueling a national discussion on the...
Flint Side: Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha’s book selected by Great Michigan Read
The Great Michigan Read is none other than Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha’s book, “What the Eyes Don’t See.” Announced at a press conference at the Flint Public Library, the year-long Great Michigan Read launches in September and offers free copies of the book to partners,...
The Daily Mining Tribune: Poetry in motion: Calumet student headed to Nationals after state win
Coming to the state Poetry Out Loud competition in Lansing, Tajah-Rayne Davise was intimidated by the other students. None of them recited like her. They were “proper,” Davise said; she compared them to old English people reciting “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.”...
The Middletown Press: Flint pediatrician’s book selected as ‘Great Michigan Read’
A book by a Flint pediatrician and public health expert who helped expose the city's lead-contaminated water crisis has been selected as this year's "Great Michigan Read." Michigan Humanities announced Wednesday Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha's "What The Eyes Don't See: A...
The Telegraph: Flint pediatrician’s book selected as ‘Great Michigan Read’
A book by a Flint pediatrician and public health expert who helped expose the city's lead-contaminated water crisis has been selected as this year's "Great Michigan Read." Michigan Humanities announced Wednesday Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha's "What The Eyes Don't See: A...
NBC 25 News: Flint doctor’s book “What the Eyes Don’t See” chosen as 2019’s Great Michigan Read
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha’s book “What the Eyes Don’t See” has been chosen as 2019’s Great Michigan Read. The Great Michigan Read aims to connect Michigan residents by deepening readers’ understanding of the state, society and humanity. A statewide panel of teachers,...
The Bryan Times: Flint pediatrician’s book selected as ‘Great Michigan Read’
A book by a Flint pediatrician and public health expert who helped expose the city's lead-contaminated water crisis has been selected as this year's "Great Michigan Read." Michigan Humanities announced Wednesday Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha's "What The Eyes Don't See: A...
The Herald Palladium: Flint pediatrician’s book selected as ‘Great Michigan Read’
A book by a Flint pediatrician and public health expert who helped expose the city's lead-contaminated water crisis has been selected as this year's "Great Michigan Read." Michigan Humanities announced Wednesday Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha's "What The Eyes Don't See: A...
Chron: Flint pediatrician’s book selected as ‘Great Michigan Read’
A book by a Flint pediatrician and public health expert who helped expose the city's lead-contaminated water crisis has been selected as this year's "Great Michigan Read." Michigan Humanities announced Wednesday Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha's "What The Eyes Don't See: A...
New Haven Register: Flint pediatrician’s book selected as ‘Great Michigan Read’
A book by a Flint pediatrician and public health expert who helped expose the city's lead-contaminated water crisis has been selected as this year's "Great Michigan Read." Michigan Humanities announced Wednesday Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha's "What The Eyes Don't See: A...
My Plainview: Flint pediatrician’s book selected as ‘Great Michigan Read’
A book by a Flint pediatrician and public health expert who helped expose the city's lead-contaminated water crisis has been selected as this year's "Great Michigan Read." Michigan Humanities announced Wednesday Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha's "What The Eyes Don't See: A...
LMT Online: Flint pediatrician’s book selected as ‘Great Michigan Read’
A book by a Flint pediatrician and public health expert who helped expose the city's lead-contaminated water crisis has been selected as this year's "Great Michigan Read." Michigan Humanities announced Wednesday Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha's "What The Eyes Don't See: A...
Midland Daily News: Flint pediatrician’s book selected as ‘Great Michigan Read’
A book by a Flint pediatrician and public health expert who helped expose the city's lead-contaminated water crisis has been selected as this year's "Great Michigan Read." Michigan Humanities announced Wednesday Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha's "What The Eyes Don't See: A...
Huron Daily Tribune: Flint pediatrician’s book selected as ‘Great Michigan Read’
A book by a Flint pediatrician and public health expert who helped expose the city's lead-contaminated water crisis has been selected as this year's "Great Michigan Read." Michigan Humanities announced Wednesday Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha's "What The Eyes Don't See: A...
Bookstr: Flint Water Crisis Book Selected As “Great Michigan Read”
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha’s groundbreaking What The Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City has been selected as this year’s “Great Michigan Read.” Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician and public health expert, played an integral...
Clay Center: Flint pediatrician’s book selected as ‘Great Michigan Read’
A book by a Flint pediatrician and public health expert who helped expose the city's lead-contaminated water crisis has been selected as this year's "Great Michigan Read." Michigan Humanities announced Wednesday Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha's "What The Eyes Don't See: A...
WNEM: Flint pediatrician’s book selected as ‘Great Michigan Read’
A book by a Flint pediatrician and public health expert who helped expose the city's lead-contaminated water crisis has been selected as this year's "Great Michigan Read." Michigan Humanities announced Wednesday Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha's "What The Eyes Don't See: A...
62 CBS Detroit: Flint Pediatrician’s Book Selected As ‘Great Michigan Read’
Michigan Humanities announced Wednesday Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha’s “What The Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City” was chosen for the program that kicks off in September and runs through fall 2020. Organizers say the effort aims to...
Michigan Radio Stateside: Poetry Out Loud state champ
Stateside’s conversation with Tajah-Rayne Davise April is National Poetry Month, and what better way to mark it than by talking with the high school student who is Michigan’s champion in the Poetry Out Loud competition. Tajah-Rayne Davise — the first Poetry Out Loud...