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Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Awareness and Preservation Weeks
The Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission (RIHPHC) and the Rhode Island Advisory Commission on Historical Cemeteries (RIACHC) present RI Historical Cemeteries Awareness and Preservation Weeks in April - May 2022. Our Calendar of events features tours, clean-ups, gravestone conservation demonstrations, and additional free outdoor programs that raise awareness about Rhode Island's historic cemeteries and promote their preservation. Please […]
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Spiritual Accounting: Benjamin Franklin and Rabbi Mendel Lefin’s Course of Character Development
Providence's Congregation Beth Sholom, Core Connects Rhode Island, the Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island, Providence's Temple Beth-El, and Providence's Temple Emanu-El are collaborating to offer a 12-week in-person program: "Spiritual Accounting: Benjamin Franklin and Rabbi Mendel Lefin’s Course of Character Development." Taught by Providence’s Rabbi Eliahu Klein, a musar (practical Jewish ethics) instructor […]
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Mini Grant Deadline
Do you have a great idea for a public humanities project and looking for support from a mini grant from the Humanities Council? The Mini Grant Program for requests up to $2,000 invites individual researchers, nonprofit organizations, and schools to apply for funding in support of public humanities projects, documentary film, and individual research. MINI […]
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Do you have a great idea for a public humanities project and looking for support from a mini grant from the Humanities Council? The Mini Grant Program for requests up to $2,000 invites individual researchers, nonprofit organizations, and schools to apply for funding in support of public humanities projects, documentary film, and individual research. MINI […]
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Chiefs of the Sea: The Accounts of Charles Lansing and Paul Cuffe, Jr.
The Narragansett Chief, or the Adventures of a Wanderer, a recently rediscovered autobiographical narrative now answers many questions about the experiences of American Indian mariners. Published anonymously in 1832, the account related by Charles Lansing parallels that of Paul Cuffe, Jr. (Wampanoag/Pequot) who published his own account in 1839. Together, recounting nearly 70 voyages to […]
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