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project director: Project Director field
awarded on: 4000-05-17
amount: $4,000
Implementing the digital exhibition of a program celebrating the culture and heritage of the long-standing Massachusetts commercial fishing industry, highlighting women both locally and abroad.
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awarded on: 2021-03-26
amount: $5,000
3 panel discussions, led by accomplished women of color, following 3 different plays in Company One's 2020 season, all connected by the theme of American stories.
Boston, MA, Suffolk County (Greater Boston)
project director: Ilana Brownstein
awarded on: 2020-01-06
amount: $3,500
Women's Right to be ElectedBoston Reviewmore
A panel discussion on the political theories and practical differences between the right to vote and the right to be elected, comparing the US with countries where more women hold elected office.
Cambridge, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: Dan Manchon
awarded on: 2020-01-06
amount: $3,500
Seven female students from Berkshire Community College will be guided in developing a public presentation -- to take place before the performance of Seven -- on 7 local women who have made a significant contribution to the world around them.
New Bedford, MA, Bristol County (Southeast)
project director: Ashley Moore
awarded on: 2020-01-06
amount: $3,500
The Right to Vote: past, present, futureForbes Librarymore
4 panel/discussion events on 4 aspects of voting: women's suffrage, civil rights movement, current barriers to voting, and teen voting.
Northampton, MA, Hampshire County (CT Valley)
project director: Faith Kaufmann
awarded on: 2020-01-06
amount: $3,500
Arts Equity SummitArts Connect Internationalmore
4-hour panel and discussion event focused on problematizing the creation of monuments to memorialize historical events.
Boston, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: Allegra Fletcher
awarded on: 2020-01-06
amount: $3,450
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 (Greater Boston)
project director: Meryl Becker
awarded on: 2020-01-06
amount: $1,757
Art in Context: Visual Resources in Local EducationThe Artist Book Foundationmore
A discussion series with teachers from regional schools, featuring books about visual art and local artists.
North Adams, MA, Berkshire County (Berkshire)
project director: Chalice Mitchell
awarded on: 2020-01-06
amount: $3,000
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 (Northeast)
project director: Jacquelyn Fitzhugh
awarded on: 2020-01-06
amount: $3,000
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 (CT Valley)
project director: Jenny Powers
awarded on: 2020-01-06
amount: $3,500
Voting Rights ,Women's Suffrage and Fannie Lou HamerYWCA Of Cambridgemore
Two discussions with Billie Jean Young, creator of a one woman show on labor and civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer.
Cambridge, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: Whitney Mooney
awarded on: 2020-01-06
amount: $3,000
Evolution of Black Dance Across the AmericasJaara, Incmore
A panel discussion on the history of Black dance forms, kicking-off the Black Dance Festival
Boston, MA, Middlesex County (Greater Boston)
project director: Marianne Harkless Diabate
awarded on: 2020-01-06
amount: $3,000
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 (Northeast)
project director: Felicia Pierce
awarded on: 2020-01-06
amount: $3,500
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 (Southeast)
project director: Patricia Monteith
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $12,030
Borderland - The Life & Times of Blanche Ames-AmesCenter For Independent Documentarymore
Support for the distribution phase of the Borderland documentary
Walpole, MA, Norfolk County (Southeast)
project director: Kevin Friend
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $15,000
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 (Northeast)
project director: Sheila Kirschbaum
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $7,521
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 (Greater Boston)
project director: Rosalind Everdell
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $9,900
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 (Northeast)
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 (Berkshire)
project director: Kristen van Ginhoven
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $10,000
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 (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Deborah Fortson
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $14,983
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 (Metrowest Boston)
project director: Ann Clifford
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $7,550
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 (Northeast)
project director: Courtney Richardson
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $3,610
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 (CT Valley)
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 (CT Valley)
project director: Taran Tiwari
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $15,000
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 (Southeast)
project director: Jordan Latham
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $14,997
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 (Berkshire)
project director: Megan Whilden
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $14,660
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 (Greater Boston)
project director: Cynthia Woo
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $14,195
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 (Greater Boston)
project director: Liz Murphy
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $15,000
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 (Greater Boston)
project director: Will Marshall
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $7,500
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 (Greater Boston)
project director: Daniel Osborn
awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $14,878
Public programming offered in conjunction with the exhibition "Our Souls are by Nature Equal to Yours -- The Life & Legacy of Judith Sargent Murray."
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awarded on: 2019-12-13
amount: $3,610
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 (Central)
project director: Catherine Buell
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $2,934
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 (Greater Boston)
project director: Alice Apley
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $3,000
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 (Central)
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 (Greater Boston)
project director: Lee Mikeska Gardner
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
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 (Greater Boston)
project director: Fran Smith
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $300
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 (Southeast)
project director: Joseph D. Thomas
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $3,500
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 (Greater Boston)
project director: Elizabeth Rosner
awarded on: 2019-07-29
amount: $3,500