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HumanitiesDC has announced upcoming grants for their second cycle of funding for 2022. Applications open on April 25th, 2022. The upcoming grants include: 

FESTIVALS AND GATHERINGS GRANT: Awards up to: $25,000
This opportunity provides resources to nonprofit organizations interested in creating relevant, diverse, and unique public humanities programs for the people of Washington DC through the execution of Festival/Events/Meetings/Conferences, etc. The funding will support in person, virtual or hybrid projects (as long as they comply with local and Federal guidelines). The gathering must be open to the public and includes some portion of free or discounted programming. 

CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT: Awards up to: $25,000
This grant opportunity is available to Nonprofit Humanities Organizations in the District that are looking to take their organization to the next level. This general operating funding is intended to help humanities organizations in the District invest in their organization.

HUMANITINI CURATOR GRANT: Awards up to: $5,000
HumanitiesDC is offering the opportunity for DC residents conducting and presenting original humanities research to become Humanitini Curators. Each Curator will create an in-person or virtual public humanities program based on their research or area of expertise. As part of the application, prospective curators will need to fully describe this research topic, and where it is situated within a wider humanities field. 

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The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design invites the DC community to the opening night of NEXT 2022: an end-of-year celebration that gives students, faculty and our D.C. community the opportunity to see the art and scholarship of the graduating class of 2022.  ...continue reading "GW Event: Corcoran NEXT Opening Night "

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Encourage your students to apply for the 2022 Samuel Halperin Youth Public Service Award! The Youth Public Service Award is presented to someone who has demonstrated the spirit of and commitment to public service, and has overcome barriers and challenges to succeed.  ...continue reading "Call for Applications: 2022 Samuel Halperin Youth Public Service Award "

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If your student has logged over 100 hours of community service between April 25, 2021 and April 24, 2022, they will earn the President’s Volunteer Service Award issued by the White House. 

The President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) recognizes the important role of volunteers and the positive impact their service has on communities. 

Please remind your students to report their hours on Givepulse by 11:59 p.m. ET on April 24, 2022. If you have questions, email gwserves@gwu.edu for help!

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The University of Michigan’s Journal of Diversity Scholarship for Social Change invites proposals for their special issue that asks the question, “Are Anti-Racism Efforts Having an Impact in Organizations and Communities?” ...continue reading "Call for Papers: Are Anti-Racism Efforts Having an Impact in Organizations and Communities?"

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The Bonner Foundation will be hosting a virtual Teaching Social Action Summer ‘22 Institute on June 28-30. This three-day institute will introduce faculty and staff to an approach for incorporating social action campaigns into either a semester-long course or co-curricular workshop series.  ...continue reading "Upcoming Event: Teaching Social Action Summer Institute "

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Rock Creek Conservancy’s annual Extreme Cleanup is a month-long event, anchored by a Community Day on April 9 and events surrounding Earth Day. Join Rock Creek through their 2-3 hour cleanup events where you will enjoy time outside and give back to the local community. ...continue reading "Volunteer Opportunity: Rock Creek Conservancy Extreme Cleanup "

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The Writing Program Administrators - Graduate Organization (WPA-GO) is excited to announce that the Diversity sub-committee is hosting two speaker events with writing scholars Dr. Asao Inoue and Dr. Suresh Canaragajah in late April. Designed for a graduate student audience, these workshops focus on topics related to antiracist assessment and decolonial pedagogy in writing in higher education. Please see the information below for further details: 

Dr. Asao Inoue, “Thinking Through Antiracist Feedback to Student Writing"

    • Description: This interactive workshop offers participants ways to frame, design, and employ feedback practices in college classrooms that have antiracist agendas and consequences. The practices that will be explored are grounded in Inoue’s ecological theory of writing assessment. 
    • What to bring: Some past typical written feedback you have offered a student on a writing assignment in your course. It may help also to have handy the assignment materials that the student used/responded to.
    • Day: Wednesday, April 20 
    • Time: 1:00-2:00 pm (PT) / 4:00-5:00 pm (ET)
    • Zoom: Register for the link here

Dr. Suresh Canagarajah, “Decolonizing Writing Pedagogy for Multilingual Students"

    • Description: This workshop will provide practical tips in the classroom within a decolonial context.
    • Day: Friday, April 29 
    • Time: 1:00-2:00 pm (PT) / 4:00-5:00 pm (ET)
    • Zoom: Register for the link here 

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Join POAH Mid-Atlantic on Wednesday, April 6th from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm on Zoom for a discussion about the history of Barry Farm. The discussion will be led by Alcione M. Amos, a museum curator at the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum. 

The discussion will touch upon how Barry Farm became a settlement for formerly enslaved people after the Civil War and about the construction of Barry Farm Dwellings in 1942 for African Americans supporting World War II efforts. 

Register by clicking here.

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On Friday April 8th at 12:00 pm, Lewis R. Gordon will be leading a discussion titled, “Why Fearing Black Consciousness is a Form of Bad Faith.” The event will be held at 151 Duques Hall, and all students and faculty are highly encouraged to attend. 

Lewis R. Gordon is an Afro-Jewish public intellectual, academic, musician, Professor, and Head of the Philosophy Department at UCONN.  He lectures and is involved in political and artistic projects across the globe and holds appointments in South Africa, Jamaica, India, and France.  

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Manuel Cueller, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Latin American, and Latinx Literatures and Cultures, will be participating as both a panelist and moderator at two upcoming events hosted by The Georgetown Americas Institute. 

The event titled, “Latinx Voices from Law to Opera,” is a series of three conversations April 6 and 7, culminating in the premiere of the new opera ZAVALA-ZAVALA, inspired by one family’s story of separation at the Mexico-U.S. border. 

...continue reading "Faculty Highlight: Manuel Cuellar "

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Dr. Tamara Taggart teaches this terrific summer course for graduate students, introducing students to the purpose, guiding principles, and methodology of community-based participatory research. This is a terrific opportunity for preparing students for graduate research assistantships. Please promote to your own student research teams.

Course Information: PUBH 6534.10; Summer 2 2022; 2 credits
Community-Based Participatory Research
Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:30-7:40PM, 6 weeks
Professor: Tamara Taggart, PhD, MPH

Students gain a broad understanding of the importance of addressing community needs when examining how social, political, and economic factors influence health and health outcomes. The course provides an examination of the relevant CBPR literature with a particular focus on the history, theoretical frameworks, and application of CBPR within public health programs and research.

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Register now for HumanitiesDC Oral History workshop on Tuesday, May 3rd from 6:30pm-8:30pm. The course, led by Anna Kaplan, PhD., will introduce participants to the basic tools and best practices for conducting oral histories. 

The workshop will consist of three sessions - registrants must commit to participating in each session: May 3, 10, & 17. 

Learn more OR register for the event HERE. 

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Students from CCAS and SEAS are launching a fundraiser to provide humanitarian aid to Ukrainian refugees and internally displaced persons. GW students are partnering with Nova Ukraine, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is giving 100% of their efforts to providing first aid, food, medication, transportation, and other basic needs to the people of Ukraine. 

The fundraiser webpage can be found at here. Consider donating to help support the people of Ukraine. 

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