| GA-275857-20 | Public Programs: Cooperative Agreements and Special Projects (Public Programs) | People and Stories Gente Y Cuentos Inc. | Sustain and Prosper +Humanities Project | 6/15/2020 - 5/31/2021 | $30,000.00 | Cheyenne | B. | Wolf | | | | People and Stories Gente Y Cuentos Inc. | Lawrenceville | NJ | 08648-2815 | USA | 2020 | Literature, General | Cooperative Agreements and Special Projects (Public Programs) | Public Programs | 30000 | 0 | 30000 | 0 | Staffing of short-story reading and discussion programs in English and Spanish.
We seek immediate funds to support our Executive Director's salary and six Humanities professionals that facilitate programs and provide consultation for our organization. Our Annual Spring Benefit has been canceled due to COVID-19; This fundraising event is our single largest source of unrestricted income and represents a loss of approximately $30,000 in revenue this year. This support is critical as it will have an immediate impact on our ability to carry out our mission. Our partnership with NEH dates back to 2003 and we have been fortunate enough to receive multiple major grants over the years. |
| GI-230680-15 | Public Programs: America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants | People and Stories Gente Y Cuentos Inc. | Reading Deeply in Community | 9/1/2015 - 11/30/2018 | $408,378.00 | Patricia | Ann | Andres | | | | People and Stories Gente Y Cuentos Inc. | Lawrenceville | NJ | 08648-2815 | USA | 2015 | Literature, General | America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants | Public Programs | 408378 | 0 | 408378 | 0 | Implementation of bilingual reading and discussion programs at ten library sites across the country conducting 320 programs.
Using the proven People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos method for engaging new humanities audiences in literature discussion, we propose in collaboration with ten public libraries, to provide 40 Reading Deeply in Community series with groups of 15-20 underserved adults. Each series is eight weeks, an hour and half per week. A trained program coordinator will meet with groups at the collaborating libraries to read aloud, in English or in Spanish, a short story of poetic depth, beauty, and power. The coordinator reads the story aloud while participants read along with the copies provided. Our method--an oral reading and in-depth probing of contemporary and classic short stories--allows participants to encounter literature in the context of their own varied life experiences. Lively, structured dialogues help readers challenge their assumptions, communicate across cultural, class and ethnic/racial differences and know first-hand the transformative power of literature. |
| GI-50181-10 | Public Programs: America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants | People and Stories Gente Y Cuentos Inc. | Story Talk | 4/1/2010 - 12/31/2012 | $300,000.00 | Patricia | Ann | Andres | | | | People and Stories Gente Y Cuentos Inc. | Lawrenceville | NJ | 08648-2815 | USA | 2010 | Literature, General | America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants | Public Programs | 300000 | 0 | 300000 | 0 | Bilingual reading and discussion programs for at-risk youth at 20 library venues in 12 states.
Using the proven People and Stories/Gente y Cuentos method for engaging new humanities audiences in literature discussion, we propose, in cooperation with twenty public libraries in twelve states, to provide eighty Story Talk series with groups of 15-20 teenagers. Each series is eight weeks, an hour and a half per week. A trained program coordinator will meet with groups of youth at the collaborating libraries to read aloud, in English or in Spanish, a short story of poetic depth, beauty, and power. The coordinator reads the story aloud while participants read along with the copies provided. Our method -- an oral reading and in-depth probing of contemporary and classic short stories -- allows participants to encounter literature in the context of their own varied life experiences. Lively, structured dialogues help readers challenge their assumptions, communicate across cultural, class and ethnic differences and know first-hand the transformative power of literary art. |
| GL-50228-03 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Libraries and Archives | People and Stories Gente Y Cuentos Inc. | Reading Stories, Transforming Lives | 9/1/2003 - 4/30/2006 | $288,510.00 | Patricia | Ann | Andres | | | | People and Stories Gente Y Cuentos Inc. | Lawrenceville | NJ | 08648-2815 | USA | 2003 | Literature, General | Humanities Projects in Libraries and Archives | Public Programs | 288510 | 0 | 288510 | 0 | Implementation of 48 bilingual reading and discussion programs exploring such ideas as personal values and identity at 24 public libraries in 14 states. |
| ZPP-284225-22 | Agency-wide Projects: ARP-Organizations (Public-related) | People and Stories Gente Y Cuentos Inc. | Connecting Communities through Literature | 10/1/2021 - 9/30/2022 | $44,117.00 | Cheyenne | B. | Wolf | | | | People and Stories Gente Y Cuentos Inc. | Lawrenceville | NJ | 08648-2815 | USA | 2021 | Literature, General | ARP-Organizations (Public-related) | Agency-wide Projects | 44117 | 0 | 42210 | 0 | Literature reading and discussion programs in English and Spanish for a public humanities initiative, compensating a Program Manager and six facilitators.
This project will 1) provide eight, 8-week literature reading and discussion programs for 120-160 marginalized participants with limited opportunities to participate in civic discourse and public humanities programming, and 2) support the hiring of a public humanities scholar who will advance strategic goals set forth by People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos' strategic planning committee. |