Oregon Humanities

OCH awards more than $43,000 to nonprofits across the state

Fourteen organizations receive grants to support humanities programming.

15 November 2007

A lecture by an exiled Iraqi museums director, a curriculum to train citizens to become radio journalists, and workshops to collect community knowledge in two small Oregon towns are three of the 14 projects that received public program grants from the Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH) this fall.
Following the most competitive fall grant cycle in years, the OCH board of directors has awarded $43,605 grants to 14 nonprofit organizations for projects that will affect communities across the state. The grants ranged from $1,800 to $5,000. OCH Public Program Grants are offered twice each year and support programs that are designed to explore the humanities in participatory and dynamic ways.
OCH Public Program Director Carol... More