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Wear Your Support with an NJCH T-Shirt

May 29, 2025

Wear your support for the humanities in New Jersey! NJCH is offering our supporters a chance to showcase your love of the humanities and the Garden State by purchasing a stylish t-shirt! The proceeds of sales will benefit NJCH and will count toward the $50,000 in matching funds being made available by The Federation of State Humanities Councils with support from the Mellon Foundation. […]

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Fannie Lou Hamer, Bob Moses, and Aaron Henry walk into the Convention Hall at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. Image Credit: George Ballis

NJ and MS Humanities Councils to Commemorate 60th Anniversary of Freedom Summer on August 20

July 24, 2024

The year 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer, a pivotal campaign aimed at registering Black voters in Mississippi. While most of the movement’s work was concentrated in the […]

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NJCH Announces $216,319 in Grant Awards to 18 Organizations

July 17, 2024

The New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH) has awarded 18 grants totaling $216,319 in its most recent grant round. These funds will support a diverse array of projects in nine counties across the Garden State, highlighting NJCH’s ongoing commitment to fostering the public humanities in New Jersey.

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Resource Roundup June 2024

June 26, 2024

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 […]

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Resource Roundup May 2024

May 24, 2024

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 […]

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Six NJ organizations selected for NJCH “Humanities Lab” cohort

May 22, 2024

Participating nonprofits will receive expert guidance and up to $5,000 in seed funding to encourage innovation in the humanities

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Free training for community journalists? It’s happening in New Jersey.

April 29, 2024

Amidst ongoing struggle in the news business, new reporters from all walks of life are entering the field to keep New Jerseyans informed about the issues affecting their communities. And […]

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Resource Roundup April 2024

April 26, 2024

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 […]

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Kicking Off the 2024 Community History Cohort

April 9, 2024

Community History 2024 is now underway! This past March, the 9 organizations in the cohort met twice at the Twin Rivers Branch Library in West Windsor to learn all about community-engaged public history.  

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Resource Roundup March 2024

March 27, 2024

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 […]

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Nine New Jersey Organizations Join NJCH Community History Program

February 29, 2024

Participating organizations will each receive training and $5,000 in funding to unearth their communities’ untold stories

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