A reimagined commemoration: The Civic Season, Juneteenth - July 4th

FAIN: ZPP-283430-22

Atlanta History Center (Atlanta, GA 30305-1380)
Caroline Klibanoff (Project Director: May 2021 to present)

Expansion of organizational partnerships, humanities content, diversity of perspectives, and involvement from youth leaders and public scholars toward 250th-related programs.

An aid to overstretched cultural institutions and a public eager to engage, the Made By Us project, led out of the Atlanta History Center in partnership with over 100 history organizations nationwide, creates avenues to connect Millennials and Gen Z with history and civics. Despite a small team and funding constraints imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, this effort has earned a track record of capacity-building, engaging public programs that meet young adults where they are with humanities scholarship and content. One such effort, the Civic Season between Juneteenth - July 4th, is well positioned for success and impact as we approach the 250th anniversary of the United States, and funding from the American Rescue Plan would enable this program to continue and grow in 2022. The Civic Season invites the public to join in a new summer ritual of humanistic inquiry, reckoning and action, with offerings from historical sites across the country, to inspire and inform year-round engagement.