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NJCH Announces $205,716 in New Grant Awards

January 24, 2025

The New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH) has awarded 17 grants totaling $205,716 in its most recent grant round. These funds will support a diverse array of projects in 10 counties across the Garden State, highlighting NJCH’s ongoing efforts to make the vital work of the humanities available to all New Jerseyans.

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NJCH Announces $205,716 in New Grant Awards

January 24, 2025

The New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH) has awarded 17 grants totaling $205,716 in its most recent grant round. These funds will support a diverse array of projects in 10 counties across the Garden State, highlighting NJCH’s ongoing efforts to make the vital work of the humanities available to all New Jerseyans.

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Resource Roundup November 2024

November 27, 2024

Our 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 the larger nonprofit community.

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South Jersey Community Community reporters, (left-to-right) Carma Yé, Mariah Washington, Tracey L. Wells-Huggins, Roy Jones, Dr. Angeline Dean, and Camerun Hannah

A look back at the inaugural South Jersey Community Reporters initiative

October 31, 2024

In January 2024, the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and the Center for Cooperative Media (CCM) at Montclair State University embarked on a collaborative project known as the “South Jersey Community Reporters” initiative.

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Community History and Humanities Lab Cohorts Receive Project Approval and Funding

October 30, 2024

After months of collaborative learning and project development, NJCH’s latest Community History and Humanities Lab cohorts have reached a major milestone: their project proposals have been approved for NJCH funding and are set to launch this month.

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Mary Marino, Tracey Nguyễn Mang, and Sierra Van Ryck DeGroot

Three new members join the NJCH Board of Trustees

October 25, 2024

Three New Jersey women bringing a wealth of valuable experience in nonprofits, education, arts, and humanities have joined the NJCH Board of Trustees.

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Resource Roundup October 2024

October 25, 2024

Our 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 the larger nonprofit community.

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5 Returning Citizens dressed in black with white "stigma" masks perform on stage

NJCH Awards 2024 Stanley N. Katz Prize for Excellence in Public Humanities to Ritual4Return

October 14, 2024

Ritual4Return was awarded the Katz prize in recognition of its program offering an intensive 12-week healing workshop incorporating storytelling, theater, literature, and rites of passage for citizens returning from incarceration.

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Resource Roundup September 2024

September 26, 2024

Our 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 the larger nonprofit community.

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Julia Meriney

From the classroom to the newsroom: Student finds passion and purpose in community journalism program

August 28, 2024

“J-Lab students aren’t necessarily going into journalism as a career. It’s about giving people hope and giving people confidence to write about things that are important to them and their communities.”

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Resource Roundup August 2024

August 26, 2024

Our 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 the larger nonprofit community.

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