Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Altadena Library District Receives Grant Award from California Humanities

California Humanities has announced the recent round of Humanities For All Quick Grant awards. The Altadena Library District has been awarded $3,412 for its project entitled “Shared Landscapes: Mapping Teen Altadena.”

The Humanities For All Quick Grant is a competitive grant program of California Humanities that supports locally-initiated public humanities projects that respond to the needs and interests of Californians, encourage greater public participation in humanities programming, particularly by new and/or underserved audiences, and promotes understanding and empathy among all our state’s peoples in order to cultivate a thriving democracy.

The “Shared Landscapes” project is a teen-generated digital and print story map that documents the human geography young people create and inhabit in Altadena and the greater San Gabriel Valley. In the first phase of the project, teens will use technology to create audio, visual, and written records of specific locations associated with meaningful experiences. In the second phase, a teen editorial board will create digital and print maps that plot the submitted locations and integrate the accompanying documentation. Project Director Isabelle Briggs says, “I hope the public will use these maps in exploring a new emotional and memorial geography, and I hope they serve as a reminder that our inhabited landscapes share rich overlapping meanings.” The project will officially begin in August 2021 and run through into 2022. Teens interested in participating in any phase of the project are encouraged to reach out the Project Director or any member of the Altadena Library District.

“These projects will bring the complexity and diversity of California to light in new ways that will engage Californians from every part of our state, and, will help us all understand each other better,” said Julie Fry, President & CEO of California Humanities. “We congratulate the grantees whose projects will promote understanding and provide insight into a wide range of topics, issues, and experiences.”

A complete list of all Humanities For All Quick Grants can be found on the calhum.org website here.

About California Humanities:

California Humanities, a nonprofit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, promotes the humanities—focused on ideas, conversation,?and?learning—as relevant, meaningful ways to understand the human condition and connect people to each other in order to help strengthen California. California Humanities has provided grants and programs across the state since 1975. To learn more, visit calhum.org, or like and follow California Humanities on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

About Altadena Library District: For over 90 years, the Altadena Library District has been bringing people and ideas together for an Altadena where all are learning, growing, and thriving together. More information about Altadena Library District is available at www.altadenalibrary.org.