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Katz Prize Recipient Ritual4Return Featured in the Star-Ledger

December 18, 2024

Ritual4Return, the recipient of NJCH’s 2024 Stanley N. Katz Prize for Excellence in Public Humanities, was featured in the New Jersey Star-Ledger after the performance of its most recent cohort’s culminating ritual.

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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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NJCH-supported Community Journalism Classes are Underway

February 9, 2024

In 2023, the New Jersey Council for the Humanities announced the Fueling Community Journalism Through NJ Community Colleges initiative, which introduced non-credit certificate programs in community journalism at four NJ […]

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Mourning the Loss of Teddy Murphy, Former NJCH Executive Director

February 6, 2024

The New Jersey Council for the Humanities mourns the loss of Miriam “Teddy” Murphy, who served nearly 20 years as the organization’s executive director during the first half of its […]

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NJCH Announces $231,768 in Grant Awards to 19 Organizations

January 18, 2024

The New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH) has announced $231,768 in grant funding to 19 organizations across the state.

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Community History: New Year Celebrations

January 4, 2024

Three past Community History participants recently received NJCH grants to either continue the projects they started during the program, or to launch new community-engaged public history projects.

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NJCH Welcomed Three New Board Members in 2023

December 4, 2023

As we approach the end of the year, the New Jersey Council for the Humanities is thankful to have welcomed three new members to our Board of Trustees in 2023! […]

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Community History: The Showcase

November 22, 2023

We held our last Community History learning session for this cohort on September 13. With this year’s program wrapping up, the CH23 cohort is beginning to look ahead to the November showcase.

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Resource Roundup November 2023

November 17, 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 […]

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New Video Explores NJ’s Responses to “What does it mean to be a good citizen?

November 15, 2023

In spring 2022, the New Jersey Council for the Humanities collected hundreds of responses from individuals throughout the state as part of our Democracy Conversation Project. Via both an online […]

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NJCH Grantee Featured in Media Surrounding the Release of New Netflix Film Rustin

November 7, 2023

The new Netflix film Rustin tells the long-overlooked story of Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin, and an NJ Council for the Humanities-funded project at his namesake center in Princeton is sharing […]

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