| BC-50413-08 | Federal/State Partnership: Grants for State Humanities Councils | Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities | Liberty and Justice for All, III | 7/1/2008 - 12/31/2010 | $132,140.00 | Pleun | Clara | Bouricius | | | | Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities | Northampton | MA | 01060-2406 | USA | 2008 | American Government | Grants for State Humanities Councils | Federal/State Partnership | 114640 | 17500 | 114640 | 17500 | a programmatic focus on "Liberty and Justice for All" that includes grants, a public symposium at Boston College on the topic "One Nation, Under God: The Role of Religion in American Public Life," a film and discussion series marking the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade, and "Picturing America" programming in public libraries that will also be downloadable.
In 2008/9, MFH will continue its "Liberty and Justice for All" initiative. We will 1) offer up to $10K (twice the limit of regular grants) for public humanities projects on the LJA theme 2) focus our annual symposium on the role of religion in our democracy 3) offer a film discussion series commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Federal abolition of the foreign slave trade and 4) design a thematic rotating schedule for public libraries to display and discuss the "Picturing America" images. |