The 2017 Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards Winners
Illinois Humanities is proud to announce the 2017 Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards winners. The names of…
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Announcing Our First-Ever Audience Engagement Fellow, Anna Casey
Illinois Humanities and the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting jointly announced today that Anna Casey…
Sojourner Scholars Enters Its Second Summer
Last summer, Illinois Humanities, under the direction of Audrey Petty, piloted a program called Sojourner…
New Illinois Speaks Micro-Grants: Deadline on July 15
Community groups, churches, schools, public libraries and other nonprofits can apply to host public conversations…
New Illinois Humanities Office Opening Inside L&C’s Mannie Jackson Center
Two humanities powerhouses are coming together in Edwardsville, Illinois. Illinois Humanities’ new southwestern Illinois…
Illinois Humanities announces two opportunities to celebrate Illinois’s Bicentennial
Illinois Humanities is excited to announce two opportunities leading up to Illinois’s Bicentennial, which will…
Students Graduated from the Odyssey Project
This year, the Odyssey Project graduated 72 students across its five sites and from its…
Capitol Forum: Changing the Future for Illinois High School Students
Imagine a program that would simultaneously bring students from dramatically different backgrounds together from across…
Meet Jason, Our New Director of Advancement
Jason Smith has been a student of the humanities since he was a teenager. He…
Free Spirit Media: North Lawndale Youth Tell Their Stories
A dozen journalists sat in a circle sharing their latest updates with the newsroom. They…