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"ON Sharing" is arriving in mailboxes this week!
Read it online or download a PDF of the newsletter: https://wisconsinhumanities.org/on-sharing/
Check out what's inside:
-Letter from the Director
-Stand Up to Hate: A Free Resource
-Grantee ...Spotlight: Sharing a Meal
-Meet a Neighbor with Love Wisconsin
Odyssey Beyond Bars: Own Your Story
-Human Powered: Humanity Unlocked
-WH Fellows Envision a Vibrant Future
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Huge thanks to intern @sheiladrefahl for sharing her artistic talents and cartoon drawing talents! Which one was your favorite?
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Sharing stories is part of what makes us human. And meeting each other through the stories we choose to tell can build bridges across difference and sometimes open new connections.
BIG THANKS to everyone who shared their stories in 2024 through Love Wisconsin and our Human Powered ...podcast. We are so grateful for you!
And thanks for being part of this growing community! There are over 150 engaging stories from Wisconsinites on our website (lovewi.com) and six incredible episodes of Human Powered: Humanity Unlocked wherever you get your podcasts!
#ThankYouWisconsin #LoveWisconsin #HumanPoweredPodcast
Thank you Wisconsin! We also want to say a special thanks to our current cohort of WH Fellows: Tess Komas (Ashland), Nick Eliot (Ashland), Phoebe Burchill (Ashland), Teresa Schmidt (Mercer), Jim Olmsted (Gordon), Tammy Schutz (Chetek), JoAnne Jardine (Superior), and Alison Moffat (Superior).
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Thanks also to the organizations partnering with WH Fellows in their home communities! Based in northern Wisconsin while taking part in Community Powered trainings, WH Fellows are growing extensive networks of partners, learning about the unique community strengths and needs, and developing innovative new projects. These new public humanities projects will receive seed funding from WI Humanities in 2025!
And, the next cohort of WH Fellows begins this important work in the new year. We can’t wait!
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During this season of gratitude, we want to give a huge shout-out to all our grantees! In 2024 so far, we have awarded grants totaling $210,000 to 25 organizations all over the state! (We’ll be announcing more Opportunity Grant awards early in December).
WH grants support organizations doing ...the on-the-ground work every day to strengthen community life vibrant – with things like educational programs, special performances, enriching conversations, innovative exhibits, and deep dives into the histories and stories that make Wisconsin special! Thank you to our 2024 grantees and our entire WH network!
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We strengthen the roots of community life through educational and cultural programs that inspire civic participation and individual imagination. Find...
www.wisconsinhumanities.orgField Trip! WH staff Jessica Becker and intern Sheila Drefahl spent yesterday afternoon in the ArtWorks “thinktank” with the curriculum development team - Tracy LoMenzo, Marco Romantini and Adeline Pumplun!
WH is proud to have supported ArtWorks for Milwaukee with an Opportunity Grant ...to research and create an innovative new environmental arts curriculum for their teen internship program. We tested out project ideas that the 2025 cohort of environmental arts interns will use to learn new skills and gain understanding of the fast fashion/slow fashion industries.
ArtWorks for Milwaukee prepares interns with career readiness useful across fields. The interns are paid and meet virtually for "Work from Home Wednesdays" 5-7pm, and Saturdays in person from 9am-2pm January through October. Learn more at artworksformilwaukee.org
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Senator Howard Marklein and his staff were so kind and gracious today when I stopped to thank them for their help with my troubled landline and internet -- and I couldn't resist taking the opportunity to share a teensy bit about how we try to make life even better in the 17th Senate district ...(and across Wisconsin).
Devon DeVerney lives and works in Waaswaaganing, which is the name of Lac du Flambeau in the Ojibwe language.
He told us, “When the Native kids on our reservation are in grade school and middle school, we make up about 97% of the student body. When we go into Minocqua for high school, ...joining students from feeder schools in other nearby communities, we become only 25% of the student body. It’s a big change. We become the minority, it’s almost like culture shock.”
Devon now works for a program called Voyager that helps ease that transition for kids. We invite you to read more of Devon’s story and learn about the program!
https://www.lovewi.com/devon/
Devon’s story was produced for our digital storytelling project, Love Wisconsin. Photos by Arnold Jack.
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Devon DeVerney was born and raised in Lac du Flambeau. He learned traditional Ojibwe skills from his elders. Today he teaches cultural traditions to...
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