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Abayomi Doll Making Workshop

Submitted by harata on Wed, 2023-02-22 11:39

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This program was hosted in honor of Black History Month. I am of Gullah-Geechee descent and wanted to share and preserve my culture by teaching others.

The kit includes brown felts for making the dolls and West African textiles for dressing them. The kit also includes 'found objects' like sea shells, feathers, buttons and beads to adorn the dolls, an infographic about the Gullah-Geechee heritage and a free virtual tour of the 'Cum Yah Gullah' Exhibit at the Fort Bend Children's Discovery Center.

A Weekly Escape Into Stories: The Great Stories Club at a Youth Correctional Facility

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Ask anyone who works with teens, inside or outside the library, and they might tell you that 13- to 18-year-olds are a tough crowd to reach.

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Apply Now: Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award

Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award

School librarians are invited to apply for a $5,000 award recognizing outstanding humanities programming in kindergarten through eighth grade.

Nominations for the 2023 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award will be accepted until May 5, 2023. 

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4 Crafts for Humanities: Highlighting Culture and Traditions Through Hands-on Activities

Illustration shows two children sitting crafting. Various designs surround them included an illustrated red lantern, paintbrush and colorful rangoli.

It’s fair to say that COVID made for a meaningful — and very steep — learning experience for librarians. We became adept at virtual programs, no-touch lending, adopting social distancing, health and safety rules and much, much more.

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Perfect Partners: Libraries and the Humanities

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In November 2022, Programming Librarian shared an article about why programming library workers should get to know their state humanities council. With these ideas in mind, we’ll talk about why libraries are such an important community resource for cultural programming in their communities, an idea that ALA recently shared at the National Humanities Conference (NHC2022).

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Remixed Classics: Scriptwriter's Handbook

“Classic literature is always being remixed,” says Laurie Doan, teen librarian at Tredyffrin Public Library in Strafford, Pennsylvania. “Take all the remixed versions of Shakespeare’s 'Romeo and Juliet,' for example, and the fact that Shakespeare himself remixed 'Romeo and Juliet' from an old Italian tale. "

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Lore of the Land: A Look at the Culture of Nebraska and Its People

Submitted by harata on Wed, 2022-11-16 10:10

Image shows 12 historical images corresponding to each speaker event. Text reads: The Hastings Public Library invites you to experience this free humanities speaker series. Lore of the Land: A look at the Culture of Nebraska and its People

Lore of the Land was a speaker series made up of 12 sessions. Each session focused on the cultural, historical and musical events that formed the state of Nebraska.

Our speakers were brought to us through Humanities Nebraska. If you want to conduct a similar speaker series at your library, try reaching out to your state's humanities council.

Southwest History: Preserving Chicanx, Latinx and Indigenous Peoples Stories

Submitted by harata on Thu, 2022-10-13 11:05

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Southwest History: Preserving Chicanx, Latinx and Indigenous Peoples Stories is an adult program/Summer Institute that was offered in-person at Colorado State University Pueblo and streamed online.

Focused on educational programming dedicated to the study and preservation of Chicanx, Latinx and Indigenous Peoples and environments of the Southwest, the full-day program consisted of panels of Colorado educators, presentations by museum and archives professionals and interactive exhibits to spotlight oral histories and artifacts. 

Podcasting To Preserve: Stories from the Bowen Building

Image text reads: Stories from the Bowen Building: A Podcast on the Peoria State Hospital by Alpha Park Library. An old black and white photograph of the hospital building is the background image.

Mackenzee Grzesiak, reference librarian at Alpha Park Public Library in Illinois, was watching HBO’s "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" when she connected her work on the library’s podcast to the episode’s coverage of America’s current mental health crisis.

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ALA's Sara Jaffarian Award Presents - Teaching the Tulsa Race Massacre with Guided Inquiry Design

Shawnee Middle School was the winner of ALA's 2020-2021 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming.

In their program, they first taught students about how assumptions create conflict in society using the Tulsa Race Massacre as an example. Using Guided Inquiry Design, they then encouraged students to think about where they see assumptions causing conflict in the world today or in their own experience. Students chose a topic to research further.

Apply Now: American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Libraries

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ALA invites libraries to apply for funding through its American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Libraries opportunity, a grantmaking program to deliver relief to libraries recovering from the coronavirus pandemic.

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2021 Virtual Events from Your State Humanities Council

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The beginning of 2021 is packed with great state humanities council events! You may be surprised at the range of virtual options, whether you’re looking for a smart lecture to while away a quiet afternoon or an engaging event to share with your patrons on social media.

Below is a selection of virtual events just from the week of January 11, 2021. Find your state humanities council here.

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Pedaling Through History: Pedal PV at Palos Verdes Library

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For the past four years, Monique Sugimoto has commuted to her job at the Palos Verdes Library District on an electric bike — a scenic ride along the cliffs in her coastal California town. As she rode, her librarian brain was hard at work.

“When I came across historic locations, I would devise these little tours in my head,” Sugimoto says. “When the pandemic struck, I thought, how great would it be if I could bring these tours out of my head and into people’s homes?” And that is exactly what she did.

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