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Oh, the Thinks You can See! Exploring Ideas and Images at the Springfield MuseumsSpringfield Museumsmore
Family-size group discussions of Dr. Seuss' book Oh, the Thinks You Can Think, led by a graphic facilitator who translates children's ideas into pictures, which are then displayed on a knowledge wall at the Dr. Seuss Birthday Party, the Museum's flagship event.
Springfield, MA, Hampden County
project director: Jenny Powers
awarded on: 2020-01-06
amount: $3,500
Theater for Adult Immigrant ESL StudentsSomerville Center for Adult Learning Experiencesmore
Writing workshops with those who are homeless, transitional, and recently-housed, culminating in publication of their works in The Pilgrim magazine and four public reading and discussion programs.
Somerville, MA, Middlesex County
project director: Meryl Becker
awarded on: 2020-01-06
amount: $1,757
Why Your Vote Matters ForumNorth Shore Community Development Centermore
A discussion of voting rights and experiences with voting, focusing on past and present immigrant communities, with residents of The Point neighborhood in Salem
Salem, MA, Essex County
project director: Felicia Pierce
awarded on: 2020-01-06
amount: $3,500
Hat & Heels High Tea - Why Vote?North Shore Juneteenth Associationmore
A lecture and discussion event with civil rights activist and author Rodney Hurst and legal scholar David Harris.
Lynn, MA, Essex County
project director: Jacquelyn Fitzhugh
awarded on: 2020-01-06
amount: $3,000
The Right to Vote: The Fight for Women's Suffrage 1848-1920Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community Colmore
Daylong programming for a multi-generational audience on the history of women's suffrage, including coverage of the contributions of the African American community, and a travelling exhibit on the history of suffrage in the Berkshires.
Pittsfield, MA, Berkshire County
project director: Megan Whilden
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $14,660
Our Rights and Nothing Less: Struggles to Secure the Vote in the United StatesPrimary Sourcemore
Design and implementation of a professional development series for K-12 social studies teachers that will include a one-day seminar (run twice) and a three-part webinar series on historical and contemporary challenges to expanding and protecting voting rights in the United States, each through a humanities lens.
Watertown, MA, Middlesex County
project director: Daniel Osborn
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $14,878
The Vote: A Divided Moment that Brings Us TogetherBrockton Public Librarymore
A series of free activities and programs for The Vote: A Divided Movement that Brings Us Together.
Brockton, MA, Plymouth County
project director: Patricia Monteith
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $12,030
Soapbox Suffragists: Votes for Women and the Fight for Voting Rights 1900-2020 and BeyondTempest Productions, Inc.more
Support for a humanist to research in women's suffrage documents and history to provide materials creating a script and discussion format for four shows.
Brookline, MA, Middlesex County
project director: Deborah Fortson
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $14,983
The Vote: Exploring Voting Rights in AmericaReading Public Librarymore
Multiple community events, lectures, facilitated discussions, book groups, documentary screenings, hands-on projects, and performances centered around the history of voting rights.
Reading, MA, Middlesex County
project director: Andrea Fiorillo
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $8,360
ROE Reproductive Justice Education and Dialogue Across Difference TrainingWAM Theatremore
Support for training on reproductive justice and engaging in dialogue across differences, to prepare WAM staff to facilitate post-show discussions, develop a post-production community dialogue event, and create playbill and educational lobby materials.
Lee, MA, Berkshire County
project director: Kristen van Ginhoven
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $10,000
Borderland - The Life & Times of Blanche Ames-AmesCenter For Independent Documentarymore
Support for the distribution phase of the Borderland documentary
Walpole, MA, Norfolk County
project director: Kevin Friend
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $15,000
Diary of Anne Frank 2020OneHolyoke Community Development Corporationmore
A series of public events in Holyoke highlighting the literary, social, and historical importance of the Diary of Anne Frank.
Holyoke, MA, Hampden County
project director: Michael Moriarty
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $15,000
The Untold History of Bhutanese Americans in Western Mass: A Community Oral History ProjectBhutanese Society of Western Massachusetts, Inc.more
A community-based oral history project, "The Untold History of Bhutanese Americans in Western Mass."
Springfield, MA, Hampden County
project director: Taran Tiwari
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $15,000
Homeward Bound: Global Intimacies in Converging ChinatownsBoston Chinatown Neighborhood Centermore
An exhibition to center around narratives of home, community, and intergenerational resilience.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County
project director: Cynthia Woo
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $14,195
Lighting the Way from Suffrage to Civic EngagementYWCA Southeastern Massachusettsmore
A three-part series, in partnership with the New Bedford Whaling Museum's (NBWM) Lighting the Way Project (LTW), that explores the subject of voting rights in our community.
New Bedford, MA, Bristol County
project director: Jordan Latham
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $14,997
Expanding Democracy: The 19th Amendment and Voting Rights TodayJFK Library Foundations, Inc.more
A special half-day conference under the umbrella of the Kennedy Library Forums featuring three forums on the history and current relevance of the suffrage movement.
Boston, MA, Middlesex County
project director: Liz Murphy
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $15,000
Neighborhood Voices:DNI Community Land TrustDudley Street Neighborhood Initiativemore
Training, collection, sharing and archiving of oral histories from the first families who moved twenty-five years ago on to the largest community land trust in Boston called Dudley Neighbors, Inc. (DNI).
Roxbury, MA, Suffolk County
project director: Rosalind Everdell
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $9,900
Every Vote Counts: Equipping Educators to Teach CivicsUMass Lowell Research Foundationmore
A series of six online teacher professional development workshops on teaching civics content related to the new Massachusetts History and Social Science Framework, with a focus on how Lowell's underrepresented groups have fought, and continue to fight, for an equitable electoral process.
Lowell, MA, Middlesex County
project director: Sheila Kirschbaum
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $7,521
Young Author's Book Project: A Student's Perspective on Grove Hall, Dorchester826 Bostonmore
Development of school curriculum on "Partners in Protest: Massachusetts Working Women and their Struggle for the Vote" for eighth-grade civics classes in commemoration of the national woman suffrage centennial.
Roxbury, MA, Suffolk County
project director: Will Marshall
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $7,500
Our Souls are by Nature Equal to Yours: The Life & Legacy of Judith Sargent MurrayCape Ann Museummore
3 free public lecture and discussion events and one book discussion in coordination with an exhibit on the 18th-century writer and advocate for women's equality, Judith Sargent Murray.
Gloucester, MA, Essex County
project director: Courtney Richardson
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $3,610
Partners in Protest: Massachusetts Working Women and their Struggle for the VoteStonehurst, Robert Treat Paine Estatemore
Development of school curriculum on "Partners in Protest: Massachusetts Working Women and their Struggle for the Vote" for eighth-grade civics classes in commemoration of the national woman suffrage centennial.
Waltham, MA, Middlesex County
project director: Ann Clifford
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $7,550
Community Engagement with Adria Arch: Redefining EleanorFitchburg State Universitymore
A series of three public events focused on how we respond to art from different time periods.
Fitchburg, MA, Worcester County
project director: Catherine Buell
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $2,934
Mass Rock Against Racism 40th Birthday BashCommunity Change, Incmore
A panel discussion on Mass Rock Against Racism's history and the role of music in youth movements.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County
project director: Fran Smith
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $300
Community Shakespeare: Seminars for Shakespeare Lovers as wel las for those who want to become familiar with Shakespeare's work.University of Massachusetts Amherstmore
A series free Shakespeare seminars at the Northampton Senior Center, Kinney Renaissance Center, and Christopher Heights Assisted Living.
Amherst, MA
project director: Marie Roche
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $3,200
New Repertory Theatre Spotlight Symposium SeriesNew Repertory Theatremore
A series of 6 post-performance panel discussions connected to 6 productions at the New Repertory Theatre
Watertown, MA, Middlesex County
project director: Elena Morris
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $3,000
Reading King in BostonCooperative Metropolitan Ministriesmore
A series of four discussions of works by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., each chosen to be in dialog with a national or international holiday.
Newton, MA, Middlesex County
project director: Rodney L. Petersen
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $3,000
A Sense of Where You Are: Conversations about Leverett's Historic Industrial Landscape and CommunityLeverett Historical Commissionmore
A community engagement and discussion project focused on Leverett's industrial history and historic landscape.
Leverett, MA, Franklin County
project director: Pleun Bouricius
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $3,000
How Should We Live?: Cross Cultural Journeys Through FilmDocumentary Educational Resourcesmore
A documentary film and discussion series with a unifying theme focused on what it means to be human.
Watertown, MA, Middlesex County
project director: Alice Apley
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $3,000
Paul Cuffe's Atlantic WorldSpinner Publicationsmore
A series of four discussions, with four communities in Southeastern Massachusetts, of Paul Cuffe's history and legacy.
New Bedford, MA, Bristol County
project director: Joseph D. Thomas
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $3,500
Words & Pictures: Exploring Graphic StorytellingMount Wachusett Community Collegemore
Four panel discussions and a lecture centered on the relationship between images and words in graphic storytelling.
Gardner, MA, Worcester County
project director: Michelle Valois
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $2,900
The Crucible Symposia Series: Witch Hunts Then and NowCentral Square Theatermore
A series of three symposia on the theme of witch hunts through the lens of CST's production of The Crucible.
Cambridge, MA, Middlesex County
project director: Lee Mikeska Gardner
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $3,000
Voices: Artists for Humanity's Global Arts ResidencyArtists for Humanitymore
A public discussion of hip-hop and international youth culture, featuring AfH's teen artists and Global Artists in Residence, and scholar Elizabeth Rosner.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County
project director: Elizabeth Rosner
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $3,500
Bachata Music: From the stigma of prejudice, to the emblem of the Dominican and Latino immigrants in the United StatesCENTROmore
Two public events for middle and high school students and their parents on bachata music, a form of music that has changed in form and reputation from its Afro-Caribbean roots to its growing popularity in the U.S.
Worcester, MA, Worcester County
project director: Vanessa De Leon
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $3,500
A weekly reading and discussion series with topics on global issues chosen by the non-partisan Foreign Policy Association.
Cohasset, MA, Norfolk County
project director: Gayle Walsh
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $3,000
Housing as History: The Story of Public and Affordable Housing in BostonMassachusetts Historical Societymore
A series of four free panel discussions exploring the history of six public housing sites in Boston.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County
project director: Gavin Kleespies
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $3,500
am2pm Faith & FilmCongregational Church of West Medford dba Sanctuarymore
A film series about celebrating the role of faith in our lives, along with training for high school youth enrolled in a community service program to lead discussions of the films.
Medford, MA, Middlesex County
project director: Wendy Olapade
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $3,500
The Good Life: Literature & Medicine at Baystate HealthBaystate Health Systemsmore
A reading and discussion series for health professionals to support the social and emotional aspects of patient care.
Springfield, MA, Hampden County
project director: Bridget Gunn
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $1,800
Make it Plain: The Agency and Legacy of People of Color in the Massachusetts Council of ChurchesMassachusetts Council of Churchesmore
A Scholar in Residence Grant to conduct archival research and ethnographies on race, racism, and the experiences of people of color in the Massachusetts Council of Churches.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County
project director: Laura Everett
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $3,500
Finding and and Index to the Trail Maker, the Official Magazine of Massachusetts Girl Scouts, Inc.Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusettsmore
Production of a finding aid and index for 100 issues of The Trail Maker magazine from 1933-1942.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County
project director: Lynn Saunders Cutter
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $2,000
Literature and the Experience of War Reading and Discussion GroupBedford VA Medical Centermore
A reading and discussion group for Bedford VA staff working with veterans.
Bedford, MA, Middlesex County
project director: Sarah Carnes
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $2,900