| ZH-252872-17 | Challenge Programs: Humanities Access Grants | International Storytelling Center | Leveraging the Power of Storytelling | 5/1/2016 - 9/30/2021 | $100,000.00 | Kiran | | Sirah | | | | International Storytelling Center | Jonesborough | TN | 37659-1239 | USA | 2016 | Folklore and Folklife | Humanities Access Grants | Challenge Programs | 0 | 100000 | 0 | 100000 | A full-time
project coordinator to focus on education and outreach programs and the
engagement of two to three master storytellers for the applicant’s annual
National Storytelling Festival, and to support the digitization of educational
products, as well as a planning conference each year focusing on engaging
economically disadvantaged communities, communities of color, and youth.
As the International Storytelling Center’s National Storytelling
Festival nears its 50th anniversary, we seek to engage in an impactful NEH Humanities Access project to commemorate
this important milestone and ensure its sustainability. It is our goal to launch a five-year endowment-building project in
2016 which will culminate in an International Year of the Story during the 50th anniversary of the National Storytelling
Festival. The project will celebrate the festival’s rich history, by broadly publicizing the festival’s important
accomplishments over five decades, and ensure its bright future, by expanding our outreach efforts and focus on serving
youth, communities of color, and economically disadvantaged populations, while encouraging investment in the festival
and our outreach efforts’ sustainability through a term-endowment campaign. |