April 6, 2021 – Providence, RI – The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities welcomes five new members to its board of directors. These leaders bring experience in strategic storytelling and branding, higher education, finance, and business development. Each is deeply involved in communities across Rhode Island. New board members include: Jeannine Dingus-Eason, PhD, Jorge […]

The Humanities Council has been impressed at the creative adaptation displayed by Rhode Island’s humanities sector in the past year to reimagine programs to connect communities in safe, engaging ways. We have been proud to support this work through our grantmaking program, and so we are pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for Spring […]

February 1, 2021 – The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities announced grants to seven non-profit organizations across the state through the XIX: Shall Not Be Denied: Why It Matters Initiative. The supported projects serve Rhode Island communities facing historic and current barriers to democratic participation. The XIX: Shall Not Be Denied: Why It Matters […]

The Humanities Council and the 2020 Pandemic December 15, 2020 – For 47 years, the Humanities Council’s grants, partnerships, and initiatives have innovated bold approaches to the humanities, amplified voices that need to be heard, and taken on civic challenges through knowledge, questions, reflection, and action. In 2020, in response to the global pandemic, the […]

December 14, 2020 – The national and local elections of 2020 have cast a bright light on the centrality as well as challenges of democratic participation. Election systems, patterns of voting across different communities, access to voting, civic education, partisan divides, movements for social justice, and media representation are all factors for democracy now. How […]

Providence, RI – The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities has been awarded $50,000 as part of the nationwide “Why it Matters: Civic and Electoral Participation” initiative, administered by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and funded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This electoral initiative will build on the existing statewide civic engagement platform XIX: […]

November 13, 2020 – Throughout the past year, the Humanities Council has been undertaking a values-driven strategic planning process, including the structure of the staff. This month, as the Council began a new fiscal year, we are excited to announce the following staff transitions as part of moving forward with this plan.  Rachael Jeffers, who […]

[Updated: September 21, 2020] June 16, 2020  — The Council has awarded $345,646 in operating support grants to 49 organizations across the state. An additional $32,000 has been awarded in project grants to 16 projects that show how to connect the humanities to the experience of the pandemic and innovate new methods and approaches for […]

Providence, RI – The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities will honor Dr. Joyce L. Stevos, Mary Beth Meehan, the Providence Clemente Veterans Initiative, and Janaya Kizzie at the 2020 Celebration of the Humanities on October 15, 2020. Dr. Joyce L. Stevos, a dedicated educator and civic leader, will receive the Honorary Chairs’ Award for […]