Alabama Humanities Alliance

A few days left to share your story via @StoryCorps and @ALAPublicRadio!

Join us before February 7!

StoryCorps is in Selma-- looking to hear your stories & special memories! Come have a conversation recorded while the tour is in town through Feb. 7: apr.org/storycorps-sel…. Local support by @AlabamaHeritage & @ALHumanities. Photos from Ryan Dorgan & Matt Orndorff.

As executive director of the @ALHumanities, Chuck Homes brings storytelling to Alabama. Through initiatives like Healing History, Holmes uses the humanities to spark conversations, build empathy, and deepen understanding across the state. Read more: tinyurl.com/bdzmxb5p

Thank you to the @ALHumanities for honoring me as a 2024 Fellow. @randallwoodfin dropped by, as did an old co-worker, with the honor presented to me by a woman doing amazing things in central Alabama with youth literacy, Devon Frazier (@dsfraz9), CEO of @iseemeinc.

Record & preserve your family’s stories & community’s history with us! They might end up at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps’ Mobile Tour comes to Selma Jan 9 to Feb 7. Details: apr.org/storycorps-sel…! Local support provided by @AlabamaHeritage & @ALHumanities.

Record & preserve your family’s stories & community’s history with us! They might end up at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps’ Mobile Tour comes to Selma Jan 9 to Feb 7. Details: apr.org/storycorps-sel…! Local support provided by @AlabamaHeritage & @ALHumanities.

This is going to be wonderful. Very thankful we’re able to support this story-sharing opportunity!

Listen to this week's @180099native featuring Native American recipients of the 2022-2023 National Humanities Medal and @NEHchair Lowe discussing their work and efforts to promote the humanities: ow.ly/eSA850TXsf5 #ArtsHumanitiesMedals

Samantha Barbas explains how the landmark Supreme Court ruling New York Times Co. v. Sullivan was a product of the Civil Rights Movement. Read about the connections between this crucial ruling for the freedom of the press and Alabama civil rights activity. tinyurl.com/mr3mv48w

Get your tickets today for Rick Bragg and @roywoodjr in conversation at the Alys Stephens Center! Info and tickets here: alabamahumanities.org/honors-bhm/

@BlakeBusbin Thank you for sharing, Blake!

Very excited that @ALHumanities is offering "Stony the Road We Trod" institute for Alabama teachers this summer. It's a transformative experience for those teaching the Civil Rights Movement. Learn more and apply here: alabamahumanities.org/program/stony-… #AlabamaHistory #TeachCivilRights

And so thankful to be learning from Dr. Gail Christopher about how we can all move across divides and toward one another — in thoughtful and healing ways. Dr. Christopher was the driving force behind the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation efforts.

Honored to be talking about empathy, listening, history, and community-building at tonight’s The Art of Healing program with our friends at the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham and the Birmingham Jewish Federation.

@TROYUnews Congratulations to Chancellor Hawkins and thank you for elevating higher education in Alabama. It’s our honor to have First Lady Janice Hawkins serve on our board.

Hawkins announces 2025 retirement as Troy University Chancellor today.troy.edu/news/chancello…

NEH’s Summer Stipends program supports individuals pursuing advanced research of value to #humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Apply by September 18: neh.gov/grants/researc…

Thanks to Matt Wake and @aldotcom for the detailed write-up of the evening! Among our favorite lines: “Eloquently playing a nylon string guitar, Howard’s vocals exploring deep soul expressionism anyone with a heartbeat could feel. Wow. Just wow.” al.com/life/2024/08/j…

So, about last night… Congratulations and THANK YOU to our newest Alabama Humanities Fellows: Brittany Howard and Jason Isbell.   And a very big thank-you to Patterson Hood and Ann Powers for making a very special evening even more so. Rock on.

@bshelburne @blkfootwhtfoot @JasonIsbellonly Amen! Thanks for joining us, Beth!

Incredible mystical experience hearing @blkfootwhtfoot and @JasonIsbellonly on one stage honoring Alabama’s best @ALHumanities. My God their talent & heart. ❤️ THANK Y’ALL. Your home state loves you forever.

@JohnArchibald We heartily endorse your Mount Rushmore — all already are (or will be this year, in Roy’s case) Alabama Humanities Fellows, too. They all challenge us to consider what it means to be human — and to SEE each other as fully human, too.

Here's to the good ones. al.com/news/2024/08/r…