Program

Federal/State Partnership: Grants for State Humanities Councils

Period of Performance

7/1/2006 - 12/31/2007

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$98,850.00 (approved)
$98,850.00 (awarded)


In the Cross Hairs: Louisiana's Hurricane Experience

FAIN: BC-50299-06

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (New Orleans, LA 70113-1027)
Michael J. Sartisky (Project Director: March 2006 to February 2014)
Miranda Restovic (Project Director: February 2014 to May 2009)

To engage communities in Louisiana in the exploration of Louisiana's hurricane experience through grants, reading and scholar-led discussion programs and through the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities' statewide magazine, Louisiana Cultural Vistas.

Through "In the Crosshairs," the LEH will engage communities in the exploration of Louisiana's hurricane experience in America's largest natural disaster through 1) its regrants program; 2) its reading and scholar-led discussion program, RELIC; and 3) its statewide magazine, Louisiana Cultural Vistas.