CT Humanities Testimony at Connecticut General Assembly 2025 Public Hearings

• Commerce Committee, March 11, 2025: CT Humanities Executive Director Dr. Jason R. Mancini. Watch …
• Education Committee, March 12, 2025: CT Humanities Executive Director Dr. Jason R. Mancini. Watch …

Sharing Your Impact Advocacy Webinar Series

• Sharing Your Educational Impact: Watch the December 4, 2024 recording where Anthony Roy, president of the Connecticut Council for the Social Studies, and Joanna Steinberg, director of learning and engagement at New Haven Museum, share how to tell your educational impact story to legislators, funders, and key stakeholders. Roy and Steinberg will help you determine how your organization enhances education and discuss how to tie your work to the State’s standards to support teachers and students.
• Sharing Your Economic Impact: Watch the October 17, 2024 recording of Americans for the Arts Randy Cohen, publisher of the Arts and Economic Prosperity 6 report, as he discusses how to share your organization’s economic impact. Download the presentation

Advocacy – Engaging Your Elected Leaders

Jason Mancini, executive director of Connecticut Humanities, gives a preview on plans for the 2025 legislative session, and encourages participants to share their economic, educational, and social impact with their legislators and the Governor’s office. Download CT Humanities’ Advocacy Checklist online here. Watch …

NEH Grants 101

On September 19, CT Humanities and Connecticut League of History Organizations hosted a webinar with the National Endowment for the Humanities on their granting programs. In this recording, NEH provides an overview on preparing smaller organizations for understanding how to identify the right grant program, steps involved in applying for grants, common forms used in applications, and the NEH review process. Watch …

NEH Grants for Smaller Organizations

On September 26, CT Humanities and Connecticut League of History Organizations hosted a second webinar with the National Endowment for the Humanities for a deeper dive into specific grant lines. In this recording, NEH focuses on introducing their grant programs that are most accessible to smaller cultural organizations such as Preservation Assistance Grants, Climate Smart, Cultural and Community Resilience, and Public Impact Projects at Smaller Organizations. Watch …

Grant Writing 101 with CT Humanities

On October 3, 2023, CT Humanities presented “Grant Writing 101.” Watch this webinar to review the grant writing process and for general grant writing tips to strengthen your applications to CT Humanities and other funders. Watch …