We the People: A Colorado Initiative

FAIN: BC-50535-10

Colorado Humanities (Greenwood Village, CO 80111-2881)
Judith R. Casey (Project Director: March 2010 to July 2010)
William Wei (Project Director: July 2010 to September 2014)

To support the 2010 High Plains Chautauqua and complementary programming, the Two Rivers Chautauqua, and Young Chautauqua. It will also support the Chautauqua Speakers Bureau and programming to accompany the "Between Fences" traveling exhibition.

We the People: A Colorado Initiative (2010) consists of 3 program areas: I. History, II. Education Resources, and III. a Regrant Program. I. With NEH funds, CH will expand History programs, including high quality historical portrayals by scholar/presenters in our High Plains and Two Rivers Chautauqua festivals and Chautauqua Speakers Bureau, which includes our Black History Live and Hispanic Heritage Live tours; increase opportunities for K-12 students to research and present portrayals of historical figures in our Young Chautauqua program; and build capacity of small museums participating in the inaugural Colorado tour of "Between Fences," a Museum on Main Street exhibit. II. We will launch on our website Educational Resources from our Native American Institutes and Writing Bios Teacher Seminars for K-12 teachers. III. Through the Regrants Program, CH will support public humanities programs throughout Colorado.