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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Greetings from Michigan Humanities –
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Please see below for a number of Michigan Humanities updates and reminders, including details about the upcoming Michigan Humanities Awards, grant opportunities and deadlines, Poetry Out Loud, Great Michigan Read author tour dates, and more!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Best,<br>
Katie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Katie Wittenauer<br>
Director of Programs <br>
Michigan Humanities<br>
2364 Woodlake Drive, Suite 100<br>
Okemos, MI 48864<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002D5D">The start of 2020 brought about a flurry of special activity––planning new grant rounds, placement of the Crossroads Museum on Main Street Exhibit, engaging
in advocacy, planning our National Humanities Conference for Detroit 2021, seeing Poetry Out Loud come to life, releasing the nominations for the Michigan Humanities Awards, and preparing for a Board of Directors meeting. But despite all the activity and plans,
staff took time with our management consultant, Katena Cain, to look inward at our next steps toward diversity, equity, and inclusion. It was a fascinating day of developing questions to review policy, grant processes, program components, board, and staff. This
DEI review and these recommendations will enhance everything we do, and our Board and staff are fully committed to this important work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002D5D">February’s Board of Directors meeting was joyous. We had a record crowd (100% attendance) of our Board and staff, held here at our new work “home.” We welcomed
five new board members: Ethriam Cash Brammer, an Assistant Dean and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Implementation Lead at University of Michigan's Rackham Graduate School; Joseph Stanhope Cialdella, a Program Manager for Public Scholarship at University
of Michigan's Rackham Graduate School; Matthew L.M. Fletcher, a Professor of Law at MSU College of Law and a Director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center; Deanne Gavalis, a Senior Advisor at PNC Wealth Management; and Amisha S. Harijan, a Librarian III
and Assistant Manager at Detroit Public Library. What talent and perspective they bring to the table. We are delighted! We have much to celebrate and even more to achieve. The Board and staff are working in unison to put our strategy into action, and welcome
your questions, ideas, and participation. You can reach me at <a href="mailto:skasprzycki@mihumanities.org" target="_blank">
<b><span style="color:#00953B">skasprzycki@mihumanities.org</span></b></a> or call 517-372-7770. Together, we can do great things.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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to host a community conversation led by youth. This is a step forward to our future, and you can be a part of it by
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002D5D">Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 5:30–9:30 p.m.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002D5D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002D5D"><a href="mailto:ctaggart@mihumanities.org" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#00953B">Carol Taggart</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002D5D">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002D5D">Michigan Humanities is pleased to announce the Kathleen S. Mullins Emerging Leaders Program. This program was named after the late Kathleen Mullins, our Emeritus
Board Chair who championed humanities leadership in Michigan. This program will pilot five sites to develop the art of reflective conversation with youth leaders, and build a humanities-based community discussion at each site. </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002D5D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002D5D">Be a community college with an identified group of diverse students ages 18-22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Humanities website</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D3567"> to apply for a GMR Action Grant or contact Katie Wittenauer at
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#002D5D"></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002D5D">Join us for the upcoming Poetry Out Loud State Finals on
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Poetry Out Loud</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D3567"> on Facebook for State Finals and program updates, and spread the word via
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event</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D3567"> to your colleagues and friends!</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002D5D">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002D5D">We caught up with 2019 Michigan Poetry Out Loud State Champion Tajah-Rayne Davise to hear what her favorite part of POL was, and what she is up to now. At the
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“This person has got this in the bag,” is the moment that you realize that you’re not here to win, you’re here to share yourself and to somehow get past the walls that we all continually put up with each other.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002D5D">I think that POL allows us to be us. When the room is dark, you’re on stage, and the only thing you can see is the judges, you are truly free. You can move,
you can smile, you can frown, you can do whatever you deem suitable for that poem, and no one can look at you like you’re crazy, because they’re so engaged with the story that you are molding together. You get to tell your narrative the way that you want to.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002D5D">I am currently a student at Michigan Technological University studying Computer Science. I am involved in InterVarsity Christian fellowship, and am the worship
leader there. I still write poetry and perform it whenever I can, but my favorite things include playing guitar and singing, watching movies with my friends, and having real conversations with others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#00953B">apply to become a host site</span></b></a> by <b>July 16, 2020</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002D5D">Collaborating with the Village, Board, public school, staff, general public, and volunteers was very rewarding. The actual construction of the exhibit when it arrived
was a bit more challenging than we anticipated. What we thought would be a 4-hour project turned into more like a 6- to 7-hour project, but we gals got ‘er done!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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an application’s request to answer a question “in 600 words,” when 200 is sufficient!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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participation, and execution of the exhibit. Having the Smithsonian in our town has become an undeniable point of pride. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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more just because they saw it mentioned in the paper, on the radio or in social media. Fellow librarians visited, the local Conservation District made it a group outing, numerous school groups came, and some people came more than once! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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chocolate, strawberry and Superman scoops. It was a great way to get people out on a Saturday morning. MoMS and Michigan Humanities did an excellent job of making us look like great hosts. We met new colleagues and many good people who were involved in producing
this exhibit. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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visitors’ personal interpretations of the term. Each school group that visited received the postcards to fill out in class and return to us. Considering the ages skewed pretty young -- 2nd through 5th grade -- their answers to some of the questions were priceless.
A few examples are below (All of which were shared with our Village Manager!):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002D5D">TB: Bringing education and culture to our community on the MoMS scale has been invaluable. The dialog around our town about the past, present, and future has
been invigorated as a result of the MoMS exhibit. I think people see the library through a different lens now. We don't just lend books. Our ability to spark imaginations and do big things has created a new perspective for people who never think about their
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it was a bit of work, but the returns on our investment of time, effort and money far outweighed having to wrangle those giant crates off of a semi on a cold and snowy day!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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