| Engaging with The Environment Alice Sadler serves as the Director of Development for the Environmental Film Festival, a 2022 HumanitiesDC Visions Grant recipient, hosted yearly in DC. Serving for nearly 4 years, she has seen a multitude of projects and films submitted every year. The Programming Team at DCEFF goes through hundreds of submissions and narrows the pool down to about 100 films with the goal of showcasing accessible, fun, and diverse stories about environmentalism and activism. Although the festival is centered around the films that are featured, Sadler remarks on her favorite part of this work, "there are so many rewarding aspects of the Festival, but I think one of the most incredible components is the collaborative nature of the festival—working with filmmakers, scientists, journalists, museums, and embassies." Sadler continues her reflection saying that bringing these stories and work to thousands in the city and around the world is not just fulfilling, but is helping people connect around a greater cause. Sadler says, "The opportunity to share new concepts, ideas, communities, struggles, and achievements with people across all sectors and walks of life is so important to building community."
The 31st Annual Environmental Film Festival concluded on March 26, but mark your calendars for the earth Day Encore Series April 18-23. Many of the films that were featured at the film will be available to view along with some filmmaker conversations included. Additionally, 300+ films from previous festivals are continuously available on the Watch Now platform. | | | CYCLE II GRANTS ARE NOW OPEN! HumanitiesDC is now accepting applications for the the Capacity Building Grant as well as the DC Oral History Collaborative Grant extension. These applications are due May 2, 2023.
The Capacity Building grant offers an award amount of $25,000 and supports non-profit organizations with a humanities-focused mission and annual budgets of less than $2 million. For the DC Oral History Collaborative Extension grant, those who have received grants from the collaborative within the grant year are eligible to receive the extension. For more information, contact jcollier@humanitiesdc.org.
Information Sessions for the Capacity Building Grant will take place on April 5th at 12pm and April 18th at 12pm. Click here to register for one of these sessions. | | | NEW OPPORTUNITY: Independent Practitioner Fellowship Do you have a humanities project you're interested in pursuing at a higher level? Applications are now open for the HumanitiesDC Independent Practitioner Fellowship. This fellowship will provide $10,000 awards to DC-based public humanities practitioners whose voices and perspectives strengthen the humanities landscape in DC. We are particularly interested in supporting practitioners in the ideation and research phase of their project and aim to select a cohort of 8 to 12 Fellows.
An online information session for this opportunity will be held April 4th. Register here. | | | | | HumanitiesDC Culture Series with Guest curator The Dap Project Long Time Barbers, First Time Storytellers
The second of the Culture Series events was an absolute blast. Featuring women barbers from across the district, a packed audience got the chance to listen to the thrilling, timely, and heartwarming stories of those making waves, both figuratively and literally, throughout the District. With stories ranging from the nervousness of barbers taking their certification test, to developing a supportive community while cutting hair during COVID, attendees were invited into the barbershop and left with a fresh perspective. The event was a successful evening of storytelling, laughter, and community.
Keep reading to see what's next from the Culture Series! | | | | | Looking Back at the DC History Conference
Hundreds of history enthusiasts came out to the 49th annual DC History Conference. Engaging panelists, knowledgeable presenters, and informative sessions filled this past weekend with topics ranging from the preservation of deaf printers at the Washington Post to exploring the colorism in the 1862 valuations of emancipated persons in DC. Overall, the conference was a welcoming and educational exchange of community and appreciation of our city's expansive history. | | | | | | DC Oral History Collaborative Beyond the Archives Supreme Courts
Saturday, April 15th @ 2:30pm Busboys & Poets 625 Monroe St NE
Register for this event here. | | | Busted bracket? No worries, the March madness will continue well into April with the next Beyond the Archives event from the DC Oral History Collaborative. Over the course of many years, Washington, DC basketball legend Pennington Greene has had the opportunity to interview over 100 people who have contributed to the city's basketball history. Join us as they screen the trailer for the developing project, share some of the original oral history interviews, and discuss what it has meant to undertake Supreme Courts, this labor of love. | | | | | Culture Series Transgender Oral Histories with Guest Curator Darby Hickey
Thursday, April 20th @ 7pm Busboys & Poets 450 K Street NW
Register for this event here. | | | On April 20th, hear stories about legendary nightclubs of yesteryear, resilience and organizing in the face of violence and hate, the importance of roller-skating, and the power of family whether chosen or blood. Based off a DC Oral History Collaborative project, this presentation explores how the changes in DC over the past several decades have been experienced and influenced by transgender individuals and communities | | | | | 2023 Word Beats, and Life Festival
April 4th – 9th Multiple Venues
Learn more and register here. | | | A week of free concerts, events and workshops, the Word Beats, and Life festival has programming ranging from youth spoken word to jazz park jams. With gatherings happening all over the city, this festival has events for all ages and includes a social change conference as well as the youth poet laureate competition. Check out more information here. | | | WANT TO EXPERIENCE THE HUMANITIES? OR SHARE AN EVENT YOU'RE HOSTING? HumanitiesDC's new website now includes a regularly updated events calendar to help spread the word on events being hosted by HumanitiesDC and our grantees. Look forward to learning about performances, lectures, speaker series, documentary screenings and so much more happening in our city. Why not take a moment now to check out some of the events happening this spring.
Are you a grantee interested in sharing your activities on our calendar? Please email eyussuf@humanitesdc.org to receive a link to our submission form today. | | | | | CONSIDER MAKING A GIFT TO HUMANITIESDC TODAY!
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