SHARP Grants for COVID Recovery

SHARP Grants for COVID Recovery

Funding made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Mass Humanities announces new grants for organizations across Massachusetts as they continue to recover from the impacts of the coronavirus. Through funding provided to the National Endowment for the...
“You Can’t Be Neutral”

“You Can’t Be Neutral”

2021 Governor’s Award Recipient Sonia Nieto Reflects on her Childhood, Family, and Career My life has been a series of serendipitous events of good fortune and also hard work. My best example of serendipity was when I met my husband on a train in Spain because we were...
Douglass Events Planned in Twenty Communities

Douglass Events Planned in Twenty Communities

Mass Humanities funds virtual and in-person gatherings across the commonwealth. An unprecedented number of Massachusetts communities will host readings of Frederick Douglass’ speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” this summer. Through its Reading Frederick...
Announcing “This is Your Democracy”

Announcing “This is Your Democracy”

Clemente Course students reflect on the meaning of civic engagement. Mass Humanities is honored to announce the publication of This is Your Democracy, a new collection of writings from students in three special Clemente Course classes offered in spring 2021. Featuring...
Expand Massachusetts Stories Grants

Expand Massachusetts Stories Grants

Massachusetts is complicated and evolving. Steeped in revolutionary traditions that shape our democracy, we live in a global capital of ideas enriched by generations of longtime residents and new arrivals who reimagine the possibilities of our neighborhoods and...