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CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants were designed to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure.

The Wadsworth Atheneum will complete a comprehensive examination of our past work and engage in an ongoing planning process that will culminate in a new multi-year strategic plan for the museum.

This project will enable the CT Democracy Center at CT’s Old State House to conduct a professional baseline assessment of its three statewide school programs: CT History Day, CT’s Kid Governor, and Old State House virtual and on-site educational programs. The assessments will focus on program use, impact, and equity and will inform decisions about program content, methods, and marketing.

The Mark Twain House & Museum will engage a consultant to conduct an assessment and survey of attendees of the museum’s virtual programs. Since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, the museum has served thousands of people through the presentation of virtual public programs. It wants to learn more about these audience members, so that it may continue to serve them effectively and to grow its audience in the future.

The project is a three-pronged approach to improve Stowe Center programs and visitor services. Funds will be used for 1) evaluation software and survey devices to gather visitor data and feedback onsite and in follow up surveys, 2) a flat screen TV to show interpretative materials in the Visitor Center in addition to limited display in the Stowe House, and 3) professional marketing services to supplement in-house marketing and communications resources to expand actual and virtual visitation.

The CHS will contract with ExecMommyGroup, LLC (EMG), an IDEA Consultant Services Firm. By working with an IDEA consultant, we will reevaluate our internal hiring, onboarding and retention processes, Board recruiting and onboarding, marketing strategy and procedures, and programmatic structures to better understand how we can be more inclusive and ensure our offerings and programs are available to everyone, helping us improve our relationships with the many communities represented in our state.

Everyday Democracy will support a re-imagined update of its most frequently downloaded community resource, the Facing Racism in a Diverse Nation discussion guide. No longer merely a static PDF, the new tool will incorporate digital elements (video, interactive features) to allow for remote engagement. In partnership with author Heather McGhee, we will incorporate narratives from her best-selling book The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together.

Connecticut Landmarks will hire a consultant to improve our existing website, specificially integrating virtual tours, integrating drone video footage, the Blackbaud Altru ticketing and fundraising systems, and updating content, images, and details on each of our pages within the site. This will continue to ensure CTL has a stronger presence on the web, social media, and to visitors with more diverse and under-recognized stories.

The project will produce two digital exhibitions that tell fresh stories of individuals buried in the Ancient Burying Ground. Both projects include scholarship that cuts across race, gender and class to tell stories of Black, White and Indigenous members of Hartford’s Colonial-era society. The exhibitions will portray “Women: Black, White and Indigenous lives in the ABG” and “Ties to the Caribbean: Black, White, and Indigenous Lives in the ABG”. Project Historian is Dr. Kathy Hermes, CCSU.

CT Public will research, plan, and develop a documentary to investigate how generations of housing insecurity, inequality, and discrimination allows racial segregation to thrive in Connecticut — and the downstream effects on educational inequities. The documentary will be broadcast on TV, radio and digital platforms, and used as a community engagement tool. We will examine policies driving segregation in CT and how they relate to a broader national crisis in housing stability and affordability.

The CT Forum’s “The Fight for Racial Justice” Forum was presented live at The Bushnell on February 25, 2022 featuring a panel of powerful and unique voices in conversation about the history of the fight for racial justice and the structural inequities embedded in our society today. Panelists Baratunde Thurston, Cathy Park Hong, Julian Castro, and moderator Melissa Harris-Perry discussed key issues such as policing, voting rights, civil rights, criminal justice reform, education, and more.

The Partnership will enable the Connecticut Democracy Center (CTDC) to increase staff for two signature and award-winning civics/history programs: Connecticut History Day (CHD) and Connecticut’s Kid Governor® (CTKG). Increased staff will enable us to expand audiences and participation, deepen engagement opportunities, add enhancements and resources, and increase our focus on equitable access. We will also deepen and expand our services to teachers and students in underserved communities.

This partnership will expand the capacity of the Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program (CCHAP) at the Connecticut Historical Society (CHS) to better serve diverse cultural communities throughout the state. This will be accomplished through increased community-informed consultation, in-depth cultural instruction within communities, community-led projects and collaboration, and open access to a growing catalog of digital assets in the CCHAP archive of materials at the CHS.

The Connecticut Democracy Center (CTDC), in coordination with Connecticut Council for the Social Studies (CCSS), will employ an equity lens to usher a revised set of social studies standards, offer professional development, provide funding for sustainable partnerships between cultural institutions and schools, and modernize the web presence for CCSS. Relevant materials from the partnerships will be made available via TeachIt and the standards will be available to all educators at no cost.

On April 28 and 29, 2022, Everyday Democracy will hold its annual Civic Ambassadors Summit. Over 150 Civic Ambassadors, leaders, and organizers will gather in Hartford and online to advance their work in equitable civic engagement. Jumping off from a keynote by scholar, researcher, and trainer Kip Holley, participants will explore themes of racial equity and justice, civic participation and democracy, and civic engagement for social change through small group dialogues, workshops, and panels.

The Pennington Lecture is a public lecture on race and the power of the arts and humanities. The inaugural lecture is by Sarah Lewis of Harvard on the evening of Feb 10, 2022. This Quick Grant is in support of two events leading up to the lecture: (1) a public panel discussion on Lewis’ book “The Rise,” and (2) a public breakfast address by Chris Webber, author of “American to the Backbone,” the biography of James Pennington, a prominent Black abolitionist associated with Hartford.

In April 2022, HartBeat will present the Connecticut premiere of Bee Trapped Inside the Window, a new play by Saviana Stanescu that explores modern-day slavery’s effect on the lives of three women of diverse backgrounds and ethnicities in the leafy suburbs of Connecticut. As a complement, HartBeat, in collaboration with UConn Dodd Human Rights Impact, will produce an Encounters Dialogue: Bee Trapped Inside the Window scheduled for Saturday, April 24 from 10:00 am- 12:00.

The purpose of The Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz Justice Institute will be to keep alive the work done by Mujerista theologian Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, who developed a system of theological ethics centered on interviews with Latinas. The Institute will hold lectures on the meaning and impact of Ada’s theology, offer workshops to train Latinas in conducting interviews using Ada’s method, and ultimately create a performance piece which will become the basis for a book dedicated to Ada’s legacy.

The project will encompass the planning for an upcoming exhibition about how Mark Twain and his family spent their summers, which will open in 2023. The planning will include visiting relevant archives and collections to conduct research and identify potential artifacts to exhibit, consulting with scholars with expertise in the exhibition themes, working with a graphic designer on the exhibition design, and developing the object list, script, text, and layout for the exhibition.

The Ancient Burying Ground Assoc. is sponsoring a Oct. 2021 to May 2022 Program Series that invites historians, genealogists, and conservators to present fresh stories about the complexity and connections between individuals interred in the Ancient Burying Ground and present day residents. The series includes workshops to help families capture their family history through research and publishing, a book talk, an art history lecture, and website launch that includes a new photo database.

The Connecticut Forum will present ?An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma? on Tuesday, November 9. This program will feature cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who will explore the role culture can play in helping us to imagine and build a better future, drawing on examples from his own life as a musician and citizen. Yo-Yo?s presentation is rooted in the belief that at a moment when our world is challenged by the pace of change, the values that culture promotes ? truth, trust, and service ? are essential to our survival.

This partnership will forge a stronger, more robust, and sustainable Connecticut League with the capacity to serve not only Connecticut’s history community but its entire museum ecosystem. Partnership funds will support our work in five main areas to achieve our goal of becoming a state museum association: expanding our staff, strategic planning, direct services to museums, expanding digital infrastructure through the Connecticut Collections project, and outreach to the broader museum community.

First Night Hartford is requesting support for strategic planning that will allow us better understand the future and scope of our operations. Our strategic planning will be centered around the expansion of First Night Hartford, further exploration and incorporation of humanities, and long term event sustainability. This project will include facilitated vision setting sessions, and strategic planning sessions.

From November 2021 to October 2022, the Connecticut Historical Society will present an exhibition about mental health in Connecticut. Letters, photographs, and other artifacts will help share the experiences of Connecticans from the past. Oral history interviews, recorded in 2020 and 2021, will share the perspectives of people today. This content will be presented within exhibition themes that explore how society has sought and continues to seek to care for the mind and mental illness.

CT Public will create and promote a one-hour documentary film about the landmark Sheff vs. O’Neill case, whose challenge to school segregation in Hartford was affirmed by the state Supreme Court. We explore the results by giving voice to the students and parents involved in 31 years of magnet schools and Open Choice, while exploring the educational and policy ramifications. The program will air on CPTV and our web site, and be promoted via social media and numerous other platforms.

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have a long and rich history in the state of Connecticut but have not enjoyed visibility in the public sphere. As one of the fastest growing demographic groups in the state combined with the recent surge in anti-Asian racism, confronting this invisibility is critical to building a public dialog about Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The Connecticut Historical Society’s mission to collect, preserve, and share the historical and embodied experiences of the state’s residents is ideally suited to partner with communities and UConn for this initiative. Together with the research and teaching expertise of faculty in the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut, grant funds will be able to connect ongoing community dialogs, academic programming, and public education to reach a wider audience during this time of hardship and in observance of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Activities in May will initiate a set of long term plans to continue collaborations and build trust with communities to celebrate their lives in Connecticut and understand what brings joy, strength, and prosperity to these under-represented residents.

The proposed project will complete the research and design for a permanent exhibit at Connecticut Landmarks’ (CTL) Palmer-Warner House in East Haddam, CT. It will introduce visitors to Frederic Palmer and Howard Metzger, how the couple negotiated the changing 20th-century landscape for LGBTQ people, and Palmer’s historic preservation work. CTL will use intersectionality as a lens for understanding the site and examine the complex confluence of power and privilege there.

The Connecticut Science Center will host 7 events from September 2021-September 2022 that explore the intersection of marginalized identities and the STEM fields. Audiences will gain an understanding and appreciation of the contributions of– and unique challenges to– experts in STEM who identify as Native American, Black, LGBTQ+, Asian, neurodivergent, and several other identities. These programs will primarily take place in the evenings in order to be accessible to a large adult audience.

This project will be an educational and performance program at the intersection of Kuchipudi dance, Carnatic classical music, and cultural history. The explanation of how traditional South Indian music was influenced by globalization and colonialism will be presented to make the music and dances understandable to diverse audience members. Based on COVID-19 guidelines, the presentation will be offered online 5 times in June and July 2021.

Kid Governor®️ (KG) is a national award-winning civics program created by CTDC. This immersive program teaches 5th graders about state government, the history and process of voting, and the importance of civic engagement through an authentic election of a Kid Governor. Timed to coincide with Election Day in November, KG is an annual program that offers schools opportunities to enter one student candidate into a statewide election that other 5th graders vote in. Classes can vote in the election, nominate a classmate to run for office, or both.

From mid-June to the end of July, we will offer a public forum on The 1619 Project. There will be six sessions. Professor Oyenike Balogun-Mwangi of Salve Regina University will facilitate a close reading of the text that will complement the general discussion we had of the Project in the fall of 2019.

Everyday Democracy will present a free, virtual film screening and post-screening discussion of the new documentary A Reckoning in Boston. Filmmaker James Rutenbeck and participants in the film, Kafi Dixon and Carl Chandler, will be the featured speakers in the discussion. In addition, Everyday Democracy is using the film’s content to inform its revised public dialogue guide, Facing Racism in a Diverse Nation. Event attendees will be invited to participate in a pilot dialogue in summer 2021.

The Stowe Center presents Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. in conversation about his latest publication, Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Today. Dr. Glaude will be in dialogue with Professor Jacqueline Goldsby and Reverend John L. Selders. Two audio recordings will be released on our website on September 1. Discussions center on Dr. Glaude’s book, which uses the life of James Baldwin to create dialogue about racial inequality in the United States and being Black in America.

Community Solutions is creating interpretive signage at the Swift Factory that celebrates North Hartford’s industrial history and the gold leafing craft, explores the rich history of activism and organizing in North Hartford, and highlights the environmental features of the factory’s campus. The signage will be a permanent installation that creates an inviting educational space and draws in a wide audience from the neighborhood and the greater Hartford region.

RiseUP for Arts partnered with Connecticut Center for Nonviolence (CTCN) to offer Kingian Nonviolence Training as part of the MLK39: Racial Equity Mural Tour. CTCN uses a proactive approach utilizing a nonviolence curriculum developed by the civil rights legend, Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Jr., former strategist for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 6 of the 39 Racial Equity Murals will be unveiled on June 19 with the Nonviolence training in July-September.

State of the World is a new series bringing interactive conversations with the world’s top thinkers and leaders. Audience members can ask questions to our esteemed speakers, and are invited to a discussion after each episode to continue the dialogue. This special edition of State of the World invites Roya Hakakian on Wed., May 12th at noon to discuss her new book “A Beginner’s Guide to America: For the Immigrant and the Curious” providing a portrait of the new immigrant experience in the US.

 CT History Day (CHD) is one of 58 affiliate programs of the renowned National History Day (NHD) program. CHD helps students in grades 6-12 explore local, state, national, and world history by encouraging them to use libraries, archives, museums, and oral history to conduct extensive research into historical topics of their own choice. It teaches students how to analyze and interpret their findings, draw conclusions about their topics’ significance in history; and create final projects that demonstrate their work. Every year, CTDC runs six Regional Contests where students enter their work in competitions. Regional winners advance to the State Contest, and then on to the National History Day Contest in Maryland. The program prepares students to lead active civic lives by engaging them in the world and teaching them important civic skills such as critical thinking, communication, media literacy, research, leadership, and teamwork. Over 5,000 students annually participate in CHD. In 2012, NHD was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama. This funding supports the 2021 program.

365 days a year, Today in Connecticut History tells a significant Connecticut history story through 30-second radio spots on all Connecticut Public Radio stations, posts on social media, and to daily email subscribers. Audiences are directed to the TodayinHistory.com website where visitors find short, visually compelling, reader-friendly posts providing details about the daily story along with additional links to web-based resources providing additional information on the topic.

CT Humanities and the Connecticut Office of the Arts partnered to offer relief funding to cultural organizations that continued to provide arts and humanities programs and services while facing financial hardship resulting from COVID-19. These organizations demonstrated their commitment to advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) work in their mission and operations, and commitment to the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community. These grants were funded by a grant from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA).

CT Humanities and the Connecticut Office of the Arts partnered to offer relief funding to cultural organizations that continued to provide arts and humanities programs and services while facing financial hardship resulting from COVID-19. These organizations demonstrated their commitment to advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) work in their mission and operations, and commitment to the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community. These grants were funded by a grant from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA).

CT Humanities and the Connecticut Office of the Arts partnered to offer relief funding to cultural organizations that continued to provide arts and humanities programs and services while facing financial hardship resulting from COVID-19. These organizations demonstrated their commitment to advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) work in their mission and operations, and commitment to the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community. These grants were funded by a grant from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA).

CT Humanities and the Connecticut Office of the Arts partnered to offer relief funding to cultural organizations that continued to provide arts and humanities programs and services while facing financial hardship resulting from COVID-19. These organizations demonstrated their commitment to advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) work in their mission and operations, and commitment to the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community. These grants were funded by a grant from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA).

COVID Relief Fund for Museums grants are OPERATING SUPPORT grants for larger museums and other 501c3 nonprofit organizations that provide humanities-based projects and activities for the general public (i.e., museums, historic houses, historical societies, cultural centers, and other types of non-profit organizations that offer activities like interpretive exhibitions, discussion-based public programs, or walking tours to the general public). This funding was made available to larger organizations with full-time staff and annual operating budgets of at least $450,000, with priority given to those with annual operating budgets of $500,000 or more. *These grants are administered by CT Humanities, with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) with funding allocated to the State of Connecticut through the CARES Act.

COVID Relief Fund for Museums grants are OPERATING SUPPORT grants for larger museums and other 501c3 nonprofit organizations that provide humanities-based projects and activities for the general public (i.e., museums, historic houses, historical societies, cultural centers, and other types of non-profit organizations that offer activities like interpretive exhibitions, discussion-based public programs, or walking tours to the general public). This funding was made available to larger organizations with full-time staff and annual operating budgets of at least $450,000, with priority given to those with annual operating budgets of $500,000 or more. *These grants are administered by CT Humanities, with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) with funding allocated to the State of Connecticut through the CARES Act.

COVID Relief Fund for Museums grants are OPERATING SUPPORT grants for larger museums and other 501c3 nonprofit organizations that provide humanities-based projects and activities for the general public (i.e., museums, historic houses, historical societies, cultural centers, and other types of non-profit organizations that offer activities like interpretive exhibitions, discussion-based public programs, or walking tours to the general public). This funding was made available to larger organizations with full-time staff and annual operating budgets of at least $450,000, with priority given to those with annual operating budgets of $500,000 or more. *These grants are administered by CT Humanities, with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) with funding allocated to the State of Connecticut through the CARES Act.

COVID Relief Fund for Museums grants are OPERATING SUPPORT grants for larger museums and other 501c3 nonprofit organizations that provide humanities-based projects and activities for the general public (i.e., museums, historic houses, historical societies, cultural centers, and other types of non-profit organizations that offer activities like interpretive exhibitions, discussion-based public programs, or walking tours to the general public). This funding was made available to larger organizations with full-time staff and annual operating budgets of at least $450,000, with priority given to those with annual operating budgets of $500,000 or more. *These grants are administered by CT Humanities, with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) with funding allocated to the State of Connecticut through the CARES Act.

COVID Relief Fund for Museums grants are OPERATING SUPPORT grants for larger museums and other 501c3 nonprofit organizations that provide humanities-based projects and activities for the general public (i.e., museums, historic houses, historical societies, cultural centers, and other types of non-profit organizations that offer activities like interpretive exhibitions, discussion-based public programs, or walking tours to the general public). This funding was made available to larger organizations with full-time staff and annual operating budgets of at least $450,000, with priority given to those with annual operating budgets of $500,000 or more. *These grants are administered by CT Humanities, with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) with funding allocated to the State of Connecticut through the CARES Act.

COVID Relief Fund for Museums grants are OPERATING SUPPORT grants for larger museums and other 501c3 nonprofit organizations that provide humanities-based projects and activities for the general public (i.e., museums, historic houses, historical societies, cultural centers, and other types of non-profit organizations that offer activities like interpretive exhibitions, discussion-based public programs, or walking tours to the general public). This funding was made available to larger organizations with full-time staff and annual operating budgets of at least $450,000, with priority given to those with annual operating budgets of $500,000 or more. *These grants are administered by CT Humanities, with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) with funding allocated to the State of Connecticut through the CARES Act.

COVID Relief Fund for Museums grants are OPERATING SUPPORT grants for larger museums and other 501c3 nonprofit organizations that provide humanities-based projects and activities for the general public (i.e., museums, historic houses, historical societies, cultural centers, and other types of non-profit organizations that offer activities like interpretive exhibitions, discussion-based public programs, or walking tours to the general public). This funding was made available to larger organizations with full-time staff and annual operating budgets of at least $450,000, with priority given to those with annual operating budgets of $500,000 or more. *These grants are administered by CT Humanities, with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) with funding allocated to the State of Connecticut through the CARES Act.

COVID Relief Fund for Museums grants are OPERATING SUPPORT grants for larger museums and other 501c3 nonprofit organizations that provide humanities-based projects and activities for the general public (i.e., museums, historic houses, historical societies, cultural centers, and other types of non-profit organizations that offer activities like interpretive exhibitions, discussion-based public programs, or walking tours to the general public). This funding was made available to larger organizations with full-time staff and annual operating budgets of at least $450,000, with priority given to those with annual operating budgets of $500,000 or more. *These grants are administered by CT Humanities, with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) with funding allocated to the State of Connecticut through the CARES Act.

COVID Relief Fund for Museums grants are OPERATING SUPPORT grants for larger museums and other 501c3 nonprofit organizations that provide humanities-based projects and activities for the general public (i.e., museums, historic houses, historical societies, cultural centers, and other types of non-profit organizations that offer activities like interpretive exhibitions, discussion-based public programs, or walking tours to the general public). This funding was made available to larger organizations with full-time staff and annual operating budgets of at least $450,000, with priority given to those with annual operating budgets of $500,000 or more. *These grants are administered by CT Humanities, with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) with funding allocated to the State of Connecticut through the CARES Act.

COVID Relief Fund for Museums grants are OPERATING SUPPORT grants for larger museums and other 501c3 nonprofit organizations that provide humanities-based projects and activities for the general public (i.e., museums, historic houses, historical societies, cultural centers, and other types of non-profit organizations that offer activities like interpretive exhibitions, discussion-based public programs, or walking tours to the general public). This funding was made available to larger organizations with full-time staff and annual operating budgets of at least $450,000, with priority given to those with annual operating budgets of $500,000 or more. *These grants are administered by CT Humanities, with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) with funding allocated to the State of Connecticut through the CARES Act.

COVID Relief Fund for Museums grants are OPERATING SUPPORT grants for larger museums and other 501c3 nonprofit organizations that provide humanities-based projects and activities for the general public (i.e., museums, historic houses, historical societies, cultural centers, and other types of non-profit organizations that offer activities like interpretive exhibitions, discussion-based public programs, or walking tours to the general public). This funding was made available to larger organizations with full-time staff and annual operating budgets of at least $450,000, with priority given to those with annual operating budgets of $500,000 or more. *These grants are administered by CT Humanities, with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) with funding allocated to the State of Connecticut through the CARES Act.

Funding supports the filming and editing of a performance of Penelope’s Odyssey, a series of humanities discussion-based webinar programs, and the creation of study guides for teachers and students to help contextualize and frame the themes of women’s voices, gender roles, and Greek/Roman mythology in Penelope’s Odyssey.

Funding for Connecticut nonprofit humanities and cultural organizations facing financial hardship resulting from COVID-19, funded by the CARES Act via the National Endowment for the Humanities.

* This relief grant was funded by the Connecticut Humanities Fund made possible by the Connecticut General Assembly.

The Trouble Begins at 5:30 Lecture Series offers free lectures by humanities scholars that address subjects related to Mark Twain, his work, or his era. The Trouble at Home Conversations are free, online conversations with Twain scholars on topics related to the author. During the grant period, the museum plans to offer five on-site lectures that will be livestreamed, as well as six online-only conversations.

The Connecticut Historical Society (CHS) will produce 3D virtual tours of 4 exhibitions to be experienced free of charge on the CHS website. These online tours will provide access to existing and upcoming exhibitions for people who may be unable to visit the museum in person due to travel restrictions, health concerns, or limited museum visitor capacity during the Covid-19 pandemic. The tours will also increase CHS’s digital content available to history enthusiasts beyond Connecticut.

Funding for Connecticut nonprofit humanities and cultural organizations facing financial hardship resulting from COVID-19, funded by the CARES Act via the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Funding for Connecticut nonprofit humanities and cultural organizations facing financial hardship resulting from COVID-19, funded by the CARES Act via the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Funding for Connecticut nonprofit humanities and cultural organizations facing financial hardship resulting from COVID-19, funded by the CARES Act via the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Funding for Connecticut nonprofit humanities and cultural organizations facing financial hardship resulting from COVID-19, funded by the CARES Act via the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Funds will allow the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center to conduct the planning stages of the Center’s collection digitization project. Digitization will increase researcher access to the Center’s collections consisting of more than 13,000 published works, 195,000 manuscripts, 12,000 images, 5,000 graphic materials, and 8,500 artifacts, and open new avenues of inquiry of its materials.

Funding for succession planning and board development for Sankofa-Kuumba, a well-established Greater Hartford organization with the mission to research, teach and promote the culture of Africa and the Black Diaspora by working with youth, children, families and communities. The goal is to develop a succession plan to include organization assessment and board content that will enable it to continue to provide humanities programming.

$20,000 in planning funding to research, plan and create a Production Plan for a documentary about Connecticut’s school integration program, Sheff v O’Neill. This project will offer an overarching look at Sheff and the impact on the students and our state over the history of the program including both the positive and negative effects on the students’ lives.

Funding will enable the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center to present An Evening with David Blight on November 21, 2019. The program will consist of the author discussing his latest book, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, followed by a conversation with fellow scholar Dr. Dann Broyld of Central Connecticut State University, and a facilitated question and answer period conducted by Stowe Center staff that include opportunities for audience participation that encourage them to think critically about slavery, abolition, racism, and equity and how we understand these issues in today’s world.

Funding allows Everyday Democracy to present a project that will engage participants in a talk by and discussion with nationally renowned political scientist and organizer Dr. Hahrie Han on November 23, 2019. She will challenge participants to reflect on the kinds of civic leadership and strategies that civic leaders and organizers will need in today’s social context. She will also examine the role that civic associations and leaders play in mobilizing participation in politics and building power for social and political change.

Funding is for a 12-session discussion group beginning in late November, running through the spring of 2020 in collaboration with the University of Connecticut and The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. The focus of the conversations will be the group of essays, “The 1619 Project,” that appeared in the August 18, 2019 New York Times Sunday Magazine. The goal of the project is to tell the truth about slavery and how it continues to impact virtually every institution in our country.

Partnership support enables Connecticut Democracy Center (CTDC) to continue offering Connecticut Kid Governor (CTKG) as a free program, ensuring that all 5th grade classrooms have equitable access to the program and resources. CTDC is committed to eliminating barriers to participation by keeping CTKG free and turnkey. This is important for many programs, especially in a program where students actually vote. CTKG lays the groundwork for an engaged CT by immersing students in civic lessons from a young age and extends CT Humanities’ (CTH) civics and history reach beyond Connecticut History Day’s 6-12 grade audience to 5th grade teachers and students. By providing students the opportunity to identify problems in their communities, research the background of those problems, and think carefully about viable solutions, CTKG fosters curiosity, understanding and critical thinking. Partnership period is July 2019 – June 2020 and the CTKG elected in fall 2019 will serve through December 2020.

Partnership funding allows the Connecticut History Day program to engage people in the history, literature, and culture of Connecticut and it encourage curiosity, understanding and critical thinking for student participants. CHD allows participants to direct their own learning; students choose the historical topic to explore, how to present their project, and whether to work alone or in a group. Connecticut Democracy Center encourages students to use local resources by creating and distributing a 30-page list of Connecticut topics related to the NHD Annual Theme, distributing partnership materials (including ConnecticutHistory.Org) to workshop participants, and featuring collaborating institutions through social media and on the CHD website. CHD events begin September 1, 2019 and run through June 2020.

Sugar changed the global economy and indelibly impacted mankind’s cultural footprint through commerce, the wealth it generated, and the subsequent human diaspora it catalyzed. The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art is crafting an exhibition that aims to explore the material world fueled and shaped by this commodity—from the resulting histories of the sugar trade and its human impact to the physical goods generated around and for its use. By broadening the discussion of sugar to encompass social, cultural, and economic topics, American fine and decorative arts can be made relevant to visitors. This exhibition will help further develop an innovative, programming-based road map that resonates with international, national, and local constituencies, especially the African American and Afro-Caribbean communities in Hartford. By identifying local and national experts to collaborate in the telling of these humanities stories, new audiences can be reached and content with lasting impact can be created. Planning is projected to take place from July 2019 through December 2020.

2019 marks the 200th anniversary of Faith Congregational Church, formerly Talcott Street Congregational Church. The church has made an enormous impact in the City of Hartford in terms of African American-led social, economic, and racial justice, yet it remains a hidden story. Faith will partner with Hartford heritage organizations to tell the story. Through an outdoor program on the original site, we will publicly acknowledge this history followed by a reception at Connecticut’s Old State House. The program will take place on September 29, 2019.

Funding allows the Mark Twain House & Museum to create a long-term exhibition for the lobby of its Museum Center that will provide visitors to the building with an introduction to Samuel Clemens (“Mark Twain”), his life in Hartford, and his work. The exhibition will consist of panels featuring content about Twain, his family members, his home, the works he wrote while living in Hartford, and his enduring relevance. The exhibition will open in December 2019 and remain on view for the foreseeable future.

Funding allows the creation of the “Mas:Carnival Costumes from Hartford’s West Indian Community” exhibit to examine the heritage of Carnival as practiced in Hartford. Costumes created by Caribbean-descendant youth under the direction of experienced costume makers from the islands are displayed with images of dance at the West Indian Parade over the years. The exhibit will explore the cultural meanings inherent in performing in these costumes and will feature community voices explaining their traditions. Exhibit runs from August 18 to October 8, 2019 with a guest lecture in late September.

“Out on View” is a self-guided tour through the Wadsworth’s collections focusing on LGBTQ+ history. Visitors will discover narratives about gender and sexuality spanning 2,000 years that are often omitted from interpretive materials. The tour will be the first of its kind in a major museum in the United States. Funding will be used to hire an expert on the history of gender and sexuality, to consult on the project, lead two “live” tours, and deliver a lecture. The exhibition runs from June 22 to September 15, 2019.

Funding allows Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation to offer the lecture “Lost in a Laughing-Gas World: The Life of Horace Wells in Fact and Fiction.” Author Michael Downs will expound upon the historical Wells and how his tragic life became the subject of his most recent novel. A collaboration between Cedar Hill and Bushnell Park Foundation, the program will take place on Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 2:00 pm at the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center, Wethersfield.

Funding will allow the Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford’s oldest historic site, to re-envision its public programming to present fresh viewpoints that draw on new scholarship on the Witch Trials of 1662; Hartford in the American Revolution; and the African and Native Americans of Early Hartford, 1640-1815. Included are three guided walking tours (May 18, July 13, August 3, 2019) and a lecture (September 12, 2019), exhibit (September 1 – October 31, 2019) and workshop (October 5, 2019).

How did African Americans, Puerto Ricans, and West Indians make Hartford their home between 1940 and 2019? Funding will be used for a traveling exhibition, oral histories, and a panel discussion with housing advocates to integrate the narratives of migration and settlement to explore the relationship between poverty, systemic racism, and housing. Housing became a theater in the struggle for civil and human rights for groups that are now the majority of Hartford’s population. The exhibit runs October 2019 to January 2020. The panel discussion is October 22, 2019.

“Emancipation and Freedom” is a developmental summer camp program aimed to invigorate and educate youth about their lineage and the use of traditional artistic methods as a means of emancipation. Youth will learn about various Caribbean Islands and their perceptions of freedom as compared to liberation of people of color in the United States. Funding will allow attendees to participate in a 4-week program (July to August 2019), panel discussion (August 5, 2019) and final presentations to showcase their knowledge of each construct learned.

The project will encompass two public panel discussions that will use Mark Twain?s writings as prompts to examine pressing social and cultural questions of today. Each event will feature a panel composed of museum staff and four faculty members of the University of Connecticut?s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, with the Dean of College serving as panel chair, and will include opportunities for audience participation.

This is a community-based project with a school component. In partnership with the Noah Webster House, eighth grade students work with our town historian and another consultant to conduct original research on the history of enslaved persons in the West Hartford community. The project culminates with the placement of “witness stones” to commemorate the individuals studied and their stories. This also involves a public ceremony, sharing the outcomes of student research.

The Hartford Studies Public Lecture Series and Tour is a free program at Capital Community College. The spring 2019 series enables the Capital Community College Foundation to share the multifaceted rewards of place-based learning with residents of Greater Hartford, including greater awareness of the city’s rich heritage and culture and informed civic engagement. The series features one walking tour and four college-style lectures on the places, personalities and themes that have shaped Hartford.

In February 2019, Hartford Stage will present Dominique Morisseau’s Detroit ’67. This compelling drama takes place during the Motor City’s violent 1967 uprising. Hartford also experienced racism-fueled unrest that year. We will draw connections between these events through an oral history project and lobby exhibit. Through a panel discussion, we will examine the effects of Hartford’s riots on civic life and explore current ways local activists are working to create meaningful change today.

The Hempsted Houses will host the Fifth Annual New London Juneteenth Festival with our partners, the New London NAACP and New London?s OIC (Opportunities and Industrialization Center) June 7 through June 9. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in America. This year Joseph McGill of The Slave Dwelling Project will be returning to hold community conversations and to spend the night in the Joshua Hempsted House with community members.

Connecticut Historical Society receives support for phase I of the Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program Archival Project. The project will establish a professionally organized and catalogued archive of the folklife program, making the archive accessible to researchers as well as members of the communities whose stories and heritage are represented in the collection.

CPAN requests funding for a special, two-hour, Conversation at Noon entitled: Navigating the News: Past & Present. Moderated by Diane Smith, the program will consist of three speakers–Dr. Barry O’Connell from Amherst College, Adam Chiara from University of Hartford, and Richard Hanley from Quinnipiac University– followed by a panel discussion. Participants will learn about the antecedents of “fake news” and discover how to balance their media “diet” in the modern age.

A lecture to take place at CHS on December 10, 2018, given by Professor Robert W.T. Martin of Hamilton College. Dr. Martin, who has written extensively on the role of the press in the Early American Republic, will discuss the role of the free press in the young republic, how the founding generation grappled with the problem of ?fake news,? and what Americans in 2018 can learn from their experience. The talk will use Hamilton’s relationship with the press to shed light on the larger topic.

Funding supports the 2019 Connecticut History Day competition.

The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and the Baltimore Museum of Art are co-organizing an exhibition entitled “Monsters & Myths: Surrealism and War in the 1930s and 1940s,” which focuses on the relationship between Surrealism and war in both Europe and America. The exhibit will be accompanied by educational and interpretive programming and a fully-illustrated catalogue, which will present new scholarship on the broader impact of the effects of war and Surrealist imagery in Europe and the United States.

A talk and group dialogue with renowned international humanities scholar, conflict mediator, and speaker Ashok Panikkar on the values and culture of Democracy in our modern-day context. Participants will engage in dialogue and deliberation to revisit the role of the “citizen” in a modern-day democracy centered around the role of humanities education in preserving open and free societies.

Riverfront Recapture will work with the Connecticut River Museum to bring the Onrust, a replica of a ship sailed up the Connecticut River by Dutch explorer Adriaen Block in 1614, to Hartford’s Mortensen Riverfront Plaza from June 21 to June 24, 2018. The Onrust will serve as a dockside floating museum, and Riverfront Recapture will offer land-based activities and tours of the vessel while it is docked during the day and public cruises on the Connecticut River in the afternoon and evening.

Emancipation” is a cultural exchange summer camp program aimed to invigorate and educate youth about their lineage and the use of traditional artistic methods as a means of emancipation. Youth will learn about various Caribbean islands and their perceptions of freedom, as compared to liberation of people of color in the United States. Attendees will participate in a four-week program, panel discussion and final presentation to showcase their knowledge of each construct learned. July 20, 2018 to August 20, 2018.

The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center received support for a robust marketing project to introduce the new Stowe House tour experience to the public, grow and diversify the house tour audience, and drive visibility and participation. The Stowe House reinterpretation has resulted in an engaging, compelling, and thought-provoking new experience for the public, replacing a traditional guided tour of period rooms. The tour uses conversation, immerses the visitor in Stowe’s world, connects the issues of her day with today, and illustrates Stowe’s impact.

This three-part lecture series will explore the creation of the constitution of 1818 from different legal and historical perspectives. Speakers will discuss such topics as the transition from the 1662 Charter to the 1818 Constitution, the debates surrounding the Constitution of 1818 and their relevance to modern Connecticut politics, and the rise of religious toleration in the state.

An exhibition about the experiences of Connecticut residents during World War I. Photographs and artifacts from the CHS collection help tell a story about how the Great War affected and changed people’s lives in the state. On view May 22, 2018 – December 8, 2018.

This exhibition will look at different methods of mental health diagnosis and treatment in Connecticut from the 1600s to the present day. It places the topic within the context of larger national trends to show how and why mental health care issues have been, and continue to be, at the center of political, economic, ethical, and social debates. CHS intends to show how this is not a linear story and will highlight the different methods of diagnosis and treatment that have been available at different points in time, against the backdrop of larger national trends and illustrated by smaller individual experiences.

The Connecticut Public Affairs Network will conduct a six-part lecture series with Connecticut Explored on the Constitution of 1818 that provides contextual information, explores the document’s impact on religious freedom and voting rights, and fosters discussion on its lasting impact on citizens of today. The free noontime programs will be held at Connecticut’s Old State House (OSH) with themed tours of the OSH, the site of the constitutional convention and a building impacted by the Constitution.

Connecticut Humanities’ support for Connecticut History Day helps nurture the next generation of young historians and introduces them to the resources of the state’s museums, libraries and historical societies. History Day is a national program designed to engage middle and high school students in historic research and presentation. Coordinated in our state by Connecticut’s Old State House, the academic competition encourages students to explore local, state, national and world history. After selecting a historical topic that relates to an annual theme, students conduct extensive research using libraries, archives, museums and oral history interviews, and create final projects to present their work.