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PA Humanities is seeking thoughtful, engaged leaders interested in board service and helping advance our statewide mission.

Board members contribute their experience, service, advocacy, networks, and financial support to strengthen PA Humanities and guide the organization’s strategic direction. Together, they help illuminate possibilities for Pennsylvanians, elevate our shared humanity, and create stronger communities and more fulfilling lives.

We are especially eager to connect with people who bring experience in fundraising, philanthropy, investment, financial oversight, rural communities, libraries, Out of School Time, youth education, and other areas that can strengthen the Board’s work.

Submit the Board Public Interest Form by July 27.

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Meet Pennsylvania’s 30 newest Window Keepers!

Nominated by the people who have seen their impact firsthand, these educators, artists, history workers, storytellers, civic leaders and cultural workers represent 21 counties across the Commonwealth.

Through storytelling, history, culture, mentorship and community care, they are helping neighbors connect, learn from one another and strengthen civic life.

They join the 25 inaugural honorees recognized this spring as part of The Window Keeper: Civic Honors, PA Humanities’ ongoing statewide initiative celebrating Pennsylvanians whose everyday actions make their communities stronger.

Nominate someone from your community by July 31 at pahumanities.org/thewindowkeeper.

Everyone knows someone. Help us share their story.

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Get to know: PA Humanities Window Keeper Bryan Wade, Founder, @keystonesoralhistories, New Cumberland, Cumberland County

Bryan Wade is a former educator with a passion for examining the human condition and telling the stories of ethnic minorities on a local, county and regional level. His documentary films chronicle African Americans from Dauphin and York Counties who served in the military from the Civil War through the Vietnam War as well as the Underground Railroad and abolitionists in south central Pennsylvania, including a teacher’s guide for classroom use.

We are about to announce our newest set of Window Keepers in the coming days, but there`s still time to nominate YOUR Window Keeper before the July 31 deadline!

You can find the nomination form, guidelines and everything else you need to know about this special initiative where YOU can recognize the people making a difference in YOUR community as we celebrate the nation at 250 by visiting our website:

https://pahumanities.org/thewindowkeeper/ ...

Get to know: PA Humanities Window Keeper Allie O’Shea, Project Coordinator, @portallegany_heart_soul, Port Allegany, McKean County

As the youngest @communityheartandsoul project coordinator not just in Pennsylvania but also the nation, Allie O’Shea leads a team of volunteer residents who are implementing the four-phase Community Heart & Soul process all while a full-time college student. She is passionate about serving her community and sharing her love for the town and the people who live there, and stewarding it as a place that other young people want to call home.

Who`s a Window Keeper in your community? How do you nominate them to become a Window Keeper? What the heck is a Window Keeper?

Find answers to all these questions, as well as inspiration from other Window Keepers who show what`s possible in our communities, at:

https://pahumanities.org/thewindowkeeper/ ...