Program

Federal/State Partnership: Grants for State Humanities Councils

Period of Performance

7/1/2007 - 12/31/2008

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

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


Roots to Roots: America and Louisiana's Shared History

FAIN: BC-50363-07

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (New Orleans, LA 70113-1027)
Michael J. Sartisky (Project Director: March 2007 to February 2014)
Miranda Restovic (Project Director: February 2014 to May 2009)

To support reading and discussion programs for adults, Cultural Vistas magazine, and grants to Louisiana's educational and cultural institutions, all related to the theme, "Roots to Roots: America & Louisiana's Shared History."

In this fourth We the People proposal, the LEH will continue its efforts to weave the shared histories of America and Louisiana through humanities programming--council re-grants, reading and discussion programs and in its publication, Louisiana Cultural Vistas--around the state.