December 22, 2020 – Typically, the December meeting of the Council’s board of directors includes a chance to reflect on the year and celebrate the holiday season with colleagues and friends. This year, though we gathered via Zoom, we were reminded once again of the power of the humanities to connect us despite distance and […]
Join Our Team: part-time, temporary Grantmaking Program Coordinator
The Humanities Council is now accepting applications for a part-time, temporary Grantmaking Coordinator position. Applications due: January 19, 2021. Click here for a PDF of the job posting. POSITION DESCRIPTION TITLE: Grantmaking Program Coordinator HOURS: Part-time, 20 hours/week starting early February 2021, ending July 2021 This is a temporary six-month position. While there is some […]
Impact Spotlight: Mobilizing to Meet the Moment
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 […]
Why It Matters: An Initiative of XIX: Shall Not Be Denied – Request for Applications
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 […]
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and Rhode Island Department of State to Launch XIX: Shall Not Be Denied: Why It Matters Initiative
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: […]
