Delaware Humanities Council

STATE HUMANITIES PROGRAM [DELAWARE HUMANITIES COUNCIL INCORPORATED STRENGTHENS OUR COMMUNITIES BY INSPIRING ALL DELAWAREANS TO BE INFORMED AND ENGAGED THROUGH EXPLORING THE DIVERSITY OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE. WE HAVE BEGUN TO IMPLEMENT A THREE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT CALLS FOR LEADING WITH PROGRAMMING MADE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF GRANTMAKING. OUR PROGRAMS AND GRANT STRATEGIES WILL BE ALIGNED TO FOUR KEY FOCUS AREAS: CULTURE & DIVERSITY, MEDIA & DEMOCRACY, CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT, AND STORIES & HISTORIES. THROUGH THESE FOCUS AREAS, WE WILL RELATE LARGER QUESTIONS POSED BY THE HUMANITIES ABOUT DEMOCRACY, WHO WE ARE, HOW WE CHARACTERIZE OURSELVES, AND THE WORLD AROUND US IN TERMS THAT ARE RELATABLE AND RELEVANT TO DELAWAREANS FROM A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS.]

STATE HUMANITIES COUNCIL PROGRAMS

STATE HUMANITIES PROGRAM

STATE HUMANITIES PROGRAM

STATE HUMANITIES PROGRAM

STATE OR JURISDICTIONAL HUMANITIES PROGRAM [WITH THE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANT, DELAWARE HUMANITIES BRINGS THE HUMANITIES TO LIFE THROUGH SUBAWARDS AND/OR PUBLIC PROGRAMMING IN DELAWARE. THE COUNCIL TAILORS ITS SUBAWARD-MAKING AND PROGRAMS TO THE NEEDS, RESOURCES, AND INTERESTS OF DELAWARE. IN DOING SO, IT DELIVERS ON ITS MISSION TO STRENGTHEN ITS COMMUNITIES BY CONNECTING DELAWAREANS THROUGH THE DIVERSITY OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.]

HUMANITIES COUNCILS AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING

STATE HUMANITIES PROGRAM

STATE HUMANITIES PROGRAM

STATE HUMANITIES PROGRAM

DELAWARE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY INITIATIVE

DELAWARE'S INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE

A SENSE OF PLACE: PICTURING DELAWARE

UNITED WE STAND SUPPLEMENTS [THE APPLICANT?S PROJECT WILL DELIVER ON THE GOALS OF NEH?S ?UNITED WE STAND?: TO FOSTER CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING, EMPATHY, AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE; DEEPEN PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF AND CONTEXTUALIZE COMMUNITY, STATE, AND NATIONAL HISTORY; EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE HISTORY OF DOMESTIC EXTREMISM AND HATE-BASED VIOLENCE; AND PROMOTE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, INFORMATION LITERACY, AND SOCIAL COHESION.]

NATIONAL HISTORY DAY SUPPLEMENT [DELAWARE HUMANITIES (DHC) AND THE DELAWARE HISTORICAL SOCIETY (DHS) ARE APPLYING FOR A PLANNING AWARD TO CONDUCT STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE DELAWARE NATIONAL HISTORY DAY (NHD) PROGRAM. THE DELAWARE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WHICH IS THE STATE COORDINATOR, HAS THREE MAIN GOALS FOR THE FUTURE OF NHD: TO RECRUIT MORE PARTICIPANTS FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS; MORE PARTICIPANTS FROM SOUTHERN DELAWARE; AND TO RECRUIT AN OVERALL GREATER DIVERSITY OF STUDENTS. IN RECENT NHD CONTESTS, ALL OF THE STUDENT PARTICIPANTS WERE FROM ONE OF THE STATE?S THREE COUNTIES?NEW CASTLE, THE MOST URBAN. AND IN THE MOST RECENT CONTEST, ALL OF THE STUDENTS WERE FROM EITHER PRIVATE OR CHARTER SCHOOLS. WITH THE PROPOSED FUNDS DHS WOULD HIRE A STRATEGIC PLANNING CONSULTANT TO WORK WITH A TEAM OF TEACHERS TO DEVELOP PLANS TO ENGAGE STUDENTS FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE OTHER COUNTIES. THESE MEETINGS WOULD BE BASED AT DHS OFFICES IN WILMINGTON BUT INCLUDE VIRTUAL ACCESS TO ALLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS FROM AROUND THE STATE TO PARTICIPATE. THEY WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY FOCUS GROUPS IN ALL THREE COUNTIES. FROM THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS DHS WOULD HAVE ACTIONABLE STEPS TO BETTER REACH OUT TO AND ENGAGE WITH THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND FROM LOW SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS. AWARD FUNDS WOULD PAY FOR THE CONSULTANT; DHC WOULD PAY HONORARIA TO THE TEACHERS FROM ITS OWN BUDGET. ]