The development and piloting of four second-year interdisciplinary humanities seminars for low-income nontraditional students, through a partnership between Antioch University and the Clemente Course in the Humanities.

Inflection Points offers texts that guide students on a path from self-awareness to engagement via facilitated discussions in history, art history, literature & moral philosophy. Antioch & Clemente will extend an existing partnership to pilot 4, 3-credit, 2nd-year humanities courses for Clemente graduates, all of whom are low-income adults. According to research, Clemente students are more civically engaged than their counterparts in the general population and 2nd-year students are more likely to earn degrees. Courses are free—including books, childcare & transportation—& guided by experienced college faculty. In response to COVID-19 we will transition 2nd-year courses to online delivery, increasing capacity to reach more students, & allowing faculty to collaborate across disciplines & locations. Drawing from 25 years’ experience, & emphasizing close reading, critical thinking, & writing, we give students the skills they need to succeed in college and enhance their civic engagement.

Four 12-week Dialogues on the Experience of War seminars for between 15-20 military veterans and interested civilians per seminar, preceded by a preparatory program for ten seminar discussion leaders.

The Providence Clemente Veterans’ Initiative offers two 12-week Dialogues on the Experience of War, weaving together History, Moral Philosophy, Literature, Art History/Film and Public speaking. Aimed at veterans struggling with readjustment to civilian life, it is open to all regardless of discharge status. We developed this proposal based on two decades of experience with the Clemente Course, which offers free humanities courses to low-income adults, and after successful completion of a pilot program offering Clemente to veterans. Interdisciplinary exploration of the humanities, in community with others, enables veterans to make sense of their often profound and soul-shaking experiences. We will discuss the Peloponnesian War, the Civil War, Vietnam, and post-9/11 conflicts, as well as the internal conflicts that soldiers often experience in service and coming home. Vets will be taught to lead discussions themselves, bringing them into community and dialogue.

A two-year project to hold four 12-week Dialogues on the Experience of War seminars for 10 military veterans and interested civilians per seminar, preceded by a preparatory program for six seminar discussion leaders

The Providence Clemente Veterans Initiative (PCVI) has been funded in part by an NEH Dialogues grant since 2019. Through our trauma-informed approach, we (a) facilitate peer discussion of the personal and universal experiences of war and homecoming throughout time, as embodied by texts and materials in history, philosophy, literature, art history, film, and creative disciplines; (b) support the return to civilian life by historicizing and contextualizing the experience of homecoming within ethical and existential frameworks across cultures; and (c) foster veteran well being and a purpose filled life through developing opportunities for civic engagement, creative expression, and community connection. In the wake of its successful program and in partnership with the Clemente Course in the Humanities, the PCVI seeks to deepen, refine, and extend its existing mission.

The 12th Annual SC Book Festival, the Clemente Course, National History Day, a tour of the exhibition, "Key Ingredients: America By Food," and the South Carolina Institute for Community Scholars.

With $81, 140 in outright We the People funds and $15,000 in gift and match, The Humanities Council SC will: 1. Host its 12th Annual SC Book Festival in February 2008 2. Will specifically support four outstanding community projects: the Clemente Course with Trident Technical College, National History Day in South Carolina, the Museum on Main Street tour of Key Ingredients: America By Food, and the South Carolina Institute for Community Scholars sponsored by the South Carolina Arts Commission.

the 13th annual SC Book Festival, the Clemente Course for 30 disadvantaged and often homeless Charleston residents, National History Day, the Museum on Main Street exhibition "Key Ingredients: America By Food," the 7th annual SC Institute for Community Scholars, and the development of complementary programming for "Picturing America."

With $88,730 in outright We the People funds, $17,500 in gift & match, and $5,000 for Picturing America, The Humanities Council SC will: 1. Host its 13th Annual SC Book Festival in February 2009 2. Support four community projects: Trident Technical College’s Clemente Course, National History Day in SC, Museum on Main Street tour of Key Ingredients, the SC Arts Commission’s SC Institute for Community Scholars 3. provide collateral programming for the NEH initiative Picturing America.

Funding will support two two-semester Clemente Courses in the Humanities entitled "American Freedom: The History of an Ideal," and two residential summer seminars for K-12 teachers on "Washington and Lincoln: Presidents and Slavery" and "Literature and Democracy."

A DEMOCRATIC VISION: FORMING A MORE PERFECT UNION has 2 parts: AMERICAN FREEDOM: THE HISTORY OF AN IDEAL (a Clemente course) provides low-income individuals in 2 NJ cities the opportunity to explore the concept of freedom through history, philosophy, art history & literature; 2 seminars for K-12 teachers, WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN: PRESIDENTS AND SLAVERY examines these leaders through their private relationships with slavery; LITERATURE & DEMOCRACY explores the idea of citizenship & its expression by writers from the founding to the present.

To support the creation of an online component to the Clemente Course

An online network connecting worldwide humanities courses described in New American Blues: A journey through poverty to Democracy (Shorris) 1997. These courses unlock potential in low income communities and transform the lives of thousands of individuals, fostering ideals of equality, justice, and democracy through teaching of the humanities.

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Expansion of a humanities program for high school students and the addition of Slippery Rock University students as Humanities Fellows to serve as teaching assistants and mentors for high school students.

The Humanities Ladder is a high school "ladder" three year program that intends to: 1)introduce college-level material in the humanities to high school students; 2) provide low stakes, high engagement opportunities for students to practice reflective critical thinking in disciplines like aesthetics, philosophy, anthropology, history, and more; 3) demystify college for first-generation students who might otherwise not consider attending a university; and, 4) provide Slippery Rock University students insight of and empathy with community members beyond the university and outside their prior experience, through ongoing engagement. The Center for Public Humanities adapted the well-known Clemente Course (2015 National Humanities Medal honoree) into the Humanities Ladder for high school students in the economically and geographically isolated communities of southwestern Pennsylvania.