Nevada Humanities announces next grant deadline and recent grant awards

Through an extensive grant program, Nevada Humanities supports programs that emphasize community discussion of significant issues, encourage critical thinking and reflection, preserve Nevada history and heritage, and strengthen the cultural institutions of the state. Nevada Humanities is a nonprofit organization that creates and supports projects throughout the State of Nevada that broaden perspectives.

Spring 2008 Grant Deadline
Nevada Humanities next grant deadline is March 10, 2008, for grants of $1,000 to $5,000.

Nevada Humanities grant guidelines are available at http://www.nevadahumanities.org

Nonprofit organizations and government agencies are encouraged to contact Nevada Humanities staff to discuss their ideas for humanities programming.
In southern Nevada: Georgia Neu, (702) 895-1878, gneu@unr.edu
In northern Nevada: Steve Davis, (775) 784-6587 or 800-382-5023, srdavis@unr.edu

Recent Grant Awards
During its fall grant cycle, Nevada Humanities funded programs by eight Nevada nonprofit or governmental organizations. With a decline nationally in public discourse, Nevada Humanities is especially interested in fostering civic and civil dialogue on contemporary topics of interest to Nevadans. Two recently awarded grant projects address this need for thoughtful community discussion.

University of Nevada Cooperative Extension received a grant of $5,000 for a program entitled Policy Education and Civic Engagement (PEACE). This curriculum project for middle school teachers touches on such topics as political philosophy, history, current Nevada issues and civic knowledge. The object of the PEACE program is to encourage critical thinking, broaden student perspectives, and increase political tolerance by supporting a diversity of opinions. For more information, contact Marlene Rebori, (775) 784-4848,
mreborit@unr.edu

Bethel Housing Development Corporation received a grant of $5,000, which will help support programs at the Race, Faith and Diversity Conference. Nevada Humanities is supporting a series of workshops on racial and cultural insensitivity and the importance of faith communities in addressing these problems. For more information, contact the Rev. Terry McCray Hill, (775) 355-9030, revterry@gmail.com

Other projects that have received funding this session are:

The Nevada Shakespeare Company for Shakespeare in the Schools. The program will bring the Bard to schools in all 17 Nevada counties.
Contact: Joe Atack, (775) 240-6148, joeatack@hotmail.com

The Nevada Department of Education will again present the National History Day competition in Nevada schools.
Contact: Stephanie Hartman, (775) 687-9118, shartman@doe.nv.gov

The Las Vegas Springs Preserve will present Untold Stories, a series of monthly lectures on early Las Vegas history.
Contact: Francis Béland, (702) 822-7702, francis.beland@springspreserve.org

The National Automobile Museum will host its seventh history symposium, The 1900’s, Bustling Into the Modern Age, an in-depth examination of the decade for teachers and the community.
Contact: Barbara Clark, (775) 333-9300, bclark@automuseum.org

The Las Vegas Jazz Society presents a Black History Month jazz program for youth in the libraries.
Contact: Olga Gault, (702) 360-8530, jazzyart@cox.net

The Historic Fourth Ward School and the Kaitty Holland Clothing Collection exhibit will tell the history of the Comstock through the dress of the period.
Contact: Barbara Mackey, (775) 847-1011, director@fourthwardschool.org

Mini-grants
In addition to the above grants, the following mini-grants have been funded at $1,000 or less:

Northern Nevada International Center, Global Kids: Explore Latin America

Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, Sherman Alexie Lecture

Goshawk Road Publishing, Inc., Author Day for the children of Virginia City

Douglas County Historical Society, Young Chautauqua Program

Reno Chamber Orchestra, Pre-concert Talks

For more information about Nevada Humanities, call (775) 784-6587 or 1-800-382-5023 in Reno, or (702) 895-1878 in Las Vegas, or visit http://www.nevadahumanities.org

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