Let’s Rise: Stories of youth engagement and education
Welcome to the next installment of LET’S RISE, the PA Humanities statewide video project, created in partnership with Emmy-winning filmmaker Kelly Dessoye in celebration of our 50th anniversary. In December, we’re spotlighting how young people are engaging with the humanities through PA Humanities programs and initiatives and finding new ways to understand themselves, one another, and their communities. We invite you to watch and reflect, and join us in ensuring that the humanities remain a vibrant force in Pennsylvania.
Year 2 of Youth-Led Humanities Launches with New Opportunities for Pennsylvania Teens
PA Humanities’ Youth-Led Humanities (YLH) program continues this fall with 20 public libraries and out-of-school time (OST) organizations. These sites, representing both rural and urban communities across the state, have demonstrated a strong commitment to fostering youth leadership and engagement through the humanities. The returning Teen Advisory Council — made up of youth from participating YLH sites — will take on special projects to make the program even more youth-centered.
Let’s Rise: Stories of connecting through culture
Welcome to the next installment of LET’S RISE, the PA Humanities statewide video project, created in partnership with Emmy-winning filmmaker Kelly Dessoye in celebration of our 50th anniversary. This month we’re spotlighting how three different organizations uplift culture and use the tools of the humanities to connect and create positive change in their communities.
Let’s Rise: Stories of Pennsylvania history
Welcome to the next installment of LET’S RISE, the PA Humanities statewide video project, created in partnership with Emmy-winning filmmaker Kelly Dessoye in celebration of our 50th anniversary. We’re spotlighting Pennsylvania’s multi-layered history, exploring how the humanities help us remember, honor, and learn from the stories that shape who we are.
Reflections on a summer with PA Humanities
By Lucy Corrie-Tannen (PA Humanities intern, Haverford College) If there’s one moment from this summer that will stick with me, it’s this one: sitting in my room, phone pressed to my ear, interviewing a middle schooler who participated in a PA Humanities program. “I would really like to do the Culture with Cooking sessions again,”…
Young poets share the ‘colors of their city’ in Reading
Adrian Perez-Roman has lived in Reading his whole life and heard many different opinions and thoughts about the place he calls home. Hearing what the young people participating in recent Rain Poetry workshops had to say about their city, however, brought nothing but smiles.