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A monthly serving of illuminating programs for all Granite Staters
C E L E B R A T I N G W O M E N' S H I S T O R Y M O N T H
Join us in celebrating Women’s History Month with a selection of National Endowment for the Humanities-funded projects examining women’s achievements and contributions to history, culture, and society. Learn more
Have you ever thought about what happens to your mail-in ballot or how votes are counted? Knit along with us (no prior knitting experience required!) while we explore the electoral college, learn why gerrymandering deprives voters of meaningful choice of candidates, and talk about ways that elections can better represent all voices.
Knit Democracy Together founder Eve Jacobs-Carnahan will engage citizen crafters (that means you!) in building a collaborative sculpture of the New Hampshire State House, to be unveiled in Concord in June.
(Materials will be provided) Not just for knitters - all are welcome!* You can crochet, embroider, make cord, and more.
Upcoming events this spring:
Wednesday, March 20, 5:30 pm CONWAY Counting the Votes: The Process, the People, and the Electoral College Conway Public Library, 15 Greenwood Avenue Register
Thursday, April 11, 5:30 pm KEENE Representing All Voices: Gerrymandering and Ranked Choice Voting Historical Society of Cheshire County, 246 Main Street Register
Thursday, April 18, 5:30pm LANCASTER Counting the Votes: The Process, the People, and the Electoral College Weeks Memorial Library, 128 Main Street Register
Thursday, June 13 at 1:00 pm CONCORD Knit Democracy Together Exhibit Opening NH State Library, 20 Park Street
If you missed our recent article about the project, read more here.
Knit Democracy Together is made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities' United We Stand: Connecting Through Culture initiative.
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Read the book and join the discussion! Friday, March 22 at 6:30 pm Rollinsford Public Library, 3 Front Street, Lower Mill, Rollinsford Presented by Damian Costello
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise” (Elizabeth Gilbert). DETAILS
Upcoming Grant-Funded Programs
Humanities Scholar-in-Residence Series Tuesday, April 9, 6:30 pm Hosted by the Jaffrey Public Library (In person and on Zoom)
Join our book discussion with our Humanities Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Carrie Brown, featuring this month's title, Rules of CivilitybyAmor Towles. On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when banker Tinker Grey happens to sit down at the neighboring table. This chance encounter and its startling consequences propel Katey on a year-long journey into the upper echelons of New York society—where she will have little to rely upon other than a bracing wit and her own brand of cool nerve. Rules of Civility was a New York Times bestseller and was named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the best books of the year. Pre-registration is required for this hybrid event. RSVP
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Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talk: Envisioning the Future Sunday, April 21, 2:00 pm Hosted by the Black Heritage Trail NH at the Portsmouth Public Library (In person and on Zoom)
On the eve of the passage of Great Society civil rights legislation in the mid 1960s, Martin Luther King addressed a vast audience of marchers from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. In his speech he referred to “the promissory note” owed to all Americans, guaranteeing that all would share the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Now, 60 years later, we ask if that debt has been paid. What constitutes a just society and how can we achieve that dream? DETAILS
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Upcoming deadlines for Community Project Grants:
Major Community Project Grant draft proposals are due tomorrow, March 15, 2024. For more information and to access the application materials, click here.
Mini Community Project Grant applications (up to $2K)are accepted on a rolling basis.Learn more here.
Our ability to reach Granite Staters with quality programs wherever they are – in their homes, in their workplaces, or at their favorite libraries – is made possible by you! Your gift to New Hampshire Humanities allows us to make thought-provoking programs available to everyone across the state, and every dollar you give is matched by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Double your impact today by donating at www.nhhumanities.org/give,or contact Sarah Chaffee, Director of Development, at schaffee@nhhumanities.orgor 603-224-4071, ext. 113.
(Click the blue button to make a secure online gift) As always, thank you for your support!
PARTNER NEWS
COHEN CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST & GENOCIDE STUDIES KEENE STATE UNIVERSITY
The Cohen Center is pleased to present a special online workshop, Teaching the Cambodian Genocide Through Testimony, on Wednesday, April 17, 4:30-5:30 pm on Zoom, in recognition of Genocide Awareness Month. Short Hair Detention: A Memoir of a Thirteen-Year-Old-Girl Surviving the Cambodian Genocide by Channy Chhi Laux offers an intimate view of the Cambodian Genocide (1975- 1979) as experienced by a survivor. Led by Dr. Alexis Herr, comparative genocide scholar, the workshop will focus on how to use survivor testimony like Laux's to educate about genocide and human rights. Please register in advance HEREor see below.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In April the public is invited to the 2024 Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival – a full weekend of readings, multi-genre performances, panels, generative writing workshops, poetry carnival, and art vendors. The festival is free and open to all and will be held April 12-14 in Durham. Visit www.unhpoetry.com for details, or see below.
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