Dan Armstrong

Clemente Course Visits NJ Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial and Museum

Participants in the Clemente Veterans’ Initiative Newark (CVI Newark) recently visited the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial and Museum (NJVVMM) in Holmdel as part of their spring 2023 humanities course […]

Resource Roundup May 2023

The Resource Roundup is a monthly email newsletter for the NJ Humanities community with helpful information, including notifications of funding, professional development events, meetings, and conferences from both NJCH and […]

Six NJ organizations selected for first-ever “Humanities Lab” cohort

Six New Jersey nonprofit organizations have been selected for the first-ever cohort of “Humanities Lab,” a new program of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. The program was created to provide a space for organizations to experiment with new program ideas, learn about new program models, and push their own practices in exciting directions.

WATCH: “Restoring Hope and Healing Through Poetry”

NJCH was proud to sponsor “Restoring Hope and Healing Through Poetry,” a Camden County College workshop featuring acclaimed poets Patrick Rosal and Shawn R. Jones. The event encouraged participants to […]

April Update: 2023 Cohort Diving Into Community-based Public History

The 2023 cohort’s participants all come from non-history-based organizations, including Haddonfield Public Library, Indian American Club, Preserve Shady Rest Committee, Union Public Library, and Washington Township Public Library. After one-on-one meetings with program staff and two hybrid intensive workshops in March and April, this cohort is diving into community-based public history!

Watch the Fall 2022 Community History Showcase

On April 26, 2023, the six members of the Fall 2022 NJCH Community History Cohort presented the projects they developed during the program during the cohort’s virtual showcase.

Five organizations join NJ Humanities Community History program

Five local organizations have been accepted into the next cohort of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities’ Community History Program, in which they will work closely with their communities to learn about and share their untold stories.

Resource Roundup April 2023

Request for Proposals – “Visualizing Democracy: Contemporary Conversations”

The New Jersey Council for the Humanities requests proposals for Visualizing Democracy: Contemporary Conversations, an initiative seeking digital projects that will explore, curate, and visualize a recently created “conversation” archive […]

Call for applications: Creating noncredit certificates in community journalism at NJ community colleges

The New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH) and Journalism + Design at The New School (J+D) are announcing a call for applications for a new funding opportunity. Three New […]