A documentary created by the UNH Center for the Humanities as part of the Humanities Council's Fences & Neighbors project has proven so popular that the Humanities Council has added it to the offerings in our Humanities to Go (HTG) catalog of programs.
" Uprooted: Heartache and Hope in New Hampshire" is a 30-minute documentary based on interviews collected during the Humanities Council's Fences & Neighbors initiative on immigration. It tells the story of five refugees who escaped from war-torn countries to resettle in New Hampshire. The film explores what it means to be a refugee, how it feels to make a new life in a strange place, often without English language skills, family, jobs or community contacts. The film leaves us pondering questions of belonging and citizenship. What does it mean to be an American? Once a refugee, are you destined always to be a refugee? What are our responsibilities toward one another?
"Uprooted" will be available to community organizations across the state on the same basis as our current catalog of programs. A Humanities Council facilitator will introduce the film and lead post-film discussions. A comprehensive discussion guide and fact sheet are available to help plan your discussion. Host organizations must provide and set up equipment to show the DVD of the film – either a DVD player and television or a laptop, LCD projector and screen.
Three facilitators are currently available to travel with the film and lead discussions at HTG sponsored showings:
Whitney Howarth is an Associate Professor of History at
Plymouth State University. She will focus on the language, place/home, identity and 'cultural encounter' aspects of the "Uprooted" story. As a world historian who teaches about genocide, global conflict, cultural assimilation and international exchange, Howarth can guide discussion beyond the local to related national and international topics of interest to the audience.
John Krueckeberg is a Professor of History at Plymouth State University. With expertise in American social and cultural history and four years of teaching in Arizona near the U.S./Mexico border, he can discuss US immigration policies from a number of perspectives. He also talks about anti-immigration as a form of American nationalism persistent from the birth of the nation to present.
Linda Upham-Bornstein teaches a graduate class at Plymouth State University on the immigration and ethnic heritage of New Hampshire. Her course explores how the immigrant population, past and present, was shaped by the state and, in turn, how the state continues to be shaped by immigrants. She has also done research on the diverse immigrant groups in Berlin and on French Canadian immigration across New England. Upham-Bornstein will serve as a discussion facilitator in the North Country.
As with all HTG programs, the Humanities Council will pay the facilitator's fee of $200 and up to $50 in mileage for each presentation. All HTG-funded events are open to the public free of charge. You'll find directions on how to apply for an HTG program and a one-page HTG application to download below. Find facilitators' contact information in our on-line catalog. Questions? Contact our office at 224-4071.
Apply for a Humanities to Go program with this simple, one-page application form. Download the HTG Application Checklist to help guide you through the application process. Each HTG program host is limited to three programs per year; however, those who partner with a completely separate organization may enjoy the benefits of six programs per year, when each partner serves as host for three programs. (The partner organization must be a separate administrative entity; you should not duplicate one another’s constituent base.)
The Humanities Council encourages collaboration! You can build your audience, increase your program power, and share your costs with any partner organization you think might like to help host your selected programs.
The cost share formula for non-profits is $35 for the first program; $50 for the second; and $75 for the third.
Submit your application at least ten weeks before your planned event.
Step One:
Select a program and contact a partner in your town if you wish to collaborate (we recommend schools, parent/teacher organizations, chambers of commerce, town offices, museums, libraries, historical societies, and other civic organizations).
Contact the speaker well in advance. Remember you need to schedule 10 weeks between submission of the application and the event. Set a date, time, and location for the program with the speaker you’ve chosen. Provide the speaker with details about your audience, your location, program protocol, evaluation procedures, any other details that will give your speaker a good idea what to expect. Confirm with your speaker what technology he/she will require. Be sure to ask for the speaker's round trip mileage to and from your venue. The Humanities Council will pay up to $50 in mileage at .50 cents per mile. Your organization is responsible for paying any mileage above that amount.
PLEASE NOTE: You must contact and schedule a date and time with your chosen presenter FIRST before submitting your application. The Humanities Council does not book the speaker for you.
Step Two:
Mail your application to us with a check for the correct cost share amount. Please clearly indicate the place where the program will be held, including the address, so we can publicize your program in our print and on-line Calendars. When you receive a response from us, confirm the program with your host partner and speaker.
Step Three:
Begin promoting your program (with your host partner if applicable). In any publicity, please give the Humanities Council equal credit for sponsorship. Use the Humanities Council logo on all print materials and post the logo on your website with a link to the Council's site. Download a black and white or color version of our logo with these links. Check with your local newspapers and radio stations for deadlines. Refreshments are always a good audience draw. Prepare your volunteers in advance. If you change any of the logistics for your program including time, place, or date or if you anticipate a weather-related cancellation YOU MUST contact the Humanities Council as soon as possible at 224-4071 so we can note the changes in our print and on-line materials.
Step Four:
Program hosts will receive a check from us two weeks in advance of the program which you must use to pay your presenter(s) their stipends plus mileage at the time of the program. IMPORTANT: The program host pays the presenter directly on the day of the program with the funds previously received from the Humanities Council. You must have a check for both the $200 stipend (or possibly a higher amount if it is a living history program) and total mileage ready to present to the speaker at your program. The Humanities Council does not pay the speaker directly.
- The NHHC pays up to $50 in total mileage costs at .50 per mile, your organization pays mileage costs above this $50;
- Living history performers may charge an additional fee of up to $125, which the program hosts cover. Chautauqua scholars are strongly urged to be flexible in their fees, especially for organizations with small budgets;
- Programs that include multiple presenters (two or more) are limited to six presentations per calendar year – please check with the NHHC before booking these programs to check on their status;
- If you must reschedule the program because of speaker sickness, inclement weather, or other unforeseen crisis, please inform the Humanities Council, your community, and any media outlets as far in advance as possible.
- Evaluation is essential for sustaining quality programming. We ask for three different types with your final report to us; one from the speaker, one from the program organizer, and one from your audience. When you introduce the speaker, please also announce that you will collect evaluations at the end of the program. Give an evaluation form to your speaker when you pay him or her. The form should be returned to you for inclusion in your final report. Evaluation forms are included in the back of the catalog. You may feel free to make copies for your program(s) or download the forms with the link below.
Download Humanities to Go application and evaluation forms in our Forms Library.
The Humanities Council has been awarded a grant from the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation to support humanities programming in Coos County. The $6,450 grant will make possible fifteen Humanities to Go programs and eight book discussions in Coos County in 2011. Download the Tillotson Humanities to Go application here.
Humanities Council Humanities to Go speakers bureau grants are available to all community organizations across the state regardless of location. However, due to geographic challenges far fewer programs take place in Coos County than in other counties. Of the 420 free Humanities to Go programs the Humanities Council funded in 2010, only 3 took place in Coos County, mainly because of travel and accomodation challenges for presenters, the vast majority of whom live in the state's southern tier.
The Humanities Council already pays up to $50 in mileage per Humanities to Go program with any remaining mileage costs covered by the program host, in addition to the $200 speaker stipend per program. The Tillotson grant will make it possible to increase those mileage payments to fully cover the cost of transportation to and from Coos County. It will also cover overnight accomodations and meals to make it feasible for scholars to travel to Coos County to present programs.
Because the grant covers a limited number of Humanities to Go programs and book discussions, Coos County community organizations and libaries are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible to qualify for these funds.
Information on how to apply for Tillotson Fund book discussions is available here. Coos County applicants for programs through the Tillotson grant should use the form designated for that purpose. For more information, contact our office at 224-4071.
Two dozen presenters from the Humanities Council's Humanities to Go speakers bureau met last month for an exchange of information and ideas. Humanities Council Board members and staff joined HTG presenters for a lively discussion of the joys and challenges of presenting public humanities programs in communities in every corner of the Granite State.
A panel of veteran presenters answered questions from Humanities Council Grants Officer Susan Hatem and offered suggestions based on their experiences giving scores of programs. Panelists Steve Taylor, Sally Matson, Adam Boyce and Jeff Warner led the group discussion on such topics as keeping programs fresh, increasing audience participation, and working with a wide array of community organizations.
This year Humanities to Go presenters will offer more than 400 programs around the state, all funded by the Council and free and open to the public.
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"Uprooted" Fact Sheet
