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Please see below for our e-news from last week with details about our grants and programs. If you’d like to sign up for future Michigan Humanities e-news updates, please register here (<a href="https://www.michiganhumanities.org/news-3/mailing-list-subscription/">https://www.michiganhumanities.org/news-3/mailing-list-subscription/</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Katie Wittenauer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D3567">Message from our President</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#767676"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D3567">Dear Humanities Friends,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D3567">Summer is quickly passing, and with each sunshine-filled day, Michigan Humanities staff are preparing for the launch of our newest initiative focusing on youth-led
community conversations, philanthropy, and leadership. Our Board of Directors is firmly committed to the future of leadership, and we discussed the final particulars of this endeavor at our retreat on August 8, in Grand Rapids. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#767676"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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throughout August for your favorite location on the mitten and the U.P. by sharing a humanities photo and story with our constituents and friends. </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#767676"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1B305E">Know an artist that might be interested? Share this newsletter with them, or have them contact Jen Rupp at
</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#767676"><a href="mailto:jrupp@mihumanities.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1B305E">jrupp@mihumanities.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1B305E">
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<b>2019</b>–<b>20 Great Michigan Read</b>—<b><i>What the Eyes Don’t See</i></b>, by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha—is underway! Libraries, high schools, colleges, book clubs, arts and cultural institutions, and other organizations around the state are invited to register
as partners via our online system. Please visit the </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#767676"><a href="https://www.michiganhumanities.org/great-michigan-read-3/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#1D3567">Great
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D3567">Late August and early September:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D3567"> We will begin shipping
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Read with Dr. Mona at the Flint Farmers' Market! Meet Dr. Mona and join her in a facilitated conversation with Q&A to follow. Plus, get your copy of
<i>What the Eyes Don't See</i> signed. Visit the MH website in mid-August for more details, including RSVP information.
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speaking skills and build self confidence. Teachers throughout the state are invited to use the program in their classrooms and select a school champion for the State Finals competition.
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and register for the program </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#767676"><a href="https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=mihumanities" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#203C74">here</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#203C74">.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#767676">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#142548">Use an Action Grant to share your innovative perspective of the humanities with your community. Humanities programming cultivates new ideas to inspire action and
strengthen our communities and our democracy. We hope these grants will help Michigan nonprofits develop original public humanities work that creates thoughtful dialogue challenging ideals and prejudices in the world. Contact
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#767676"><a href="mailto:jrupp@mihumanities.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#142548">Jennifer Rupp</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#142548">
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