MISSISSIPPI HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC
3825 RIDGEWOOD ROAD NO 311, JACKSON, MS 39211 www.mshumanities.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE MISSISSIPPI HUMANITIES COUNCIL (MHC) SEEKS TO CREATE AND FOSTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PEOPLE OF MISSISSIPPI TO UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES AND OTHERS AND TO PLACE THEIR LIVES IN THE LARGER CONTEXT OF THE HUMAN CONDITION. IN THE BELIEF THAT LEARNING ABOUT THE PAST AND INTERPRETING THE PRESENT WILL ALLOW OUR SOCIETY TO PROVIDE A BETTER FUTURE FOR EVERYONE. THE MHC WILL USE THE PROCESSES AND DISCIPLINES OF THE HUMANITIES TO FOCUS ON FOUR AREAS: BOOKS AND READING, MISSISSIPPI HISTORY AND CULTURE, CIVIL DISCOURSE, AND CAPACITY BUILDING.

PROMOTE HUMANITIES IN MS PUBLIC LIFE.

THE MAJOR PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITY CONSISTS OF REGRANT AWARDS TO INSTITUTIONS AND NONPROFITS TO HOLD PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAMS.

THE MISSISSIPPI ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM IS FUNDED PRIMARILY WITH MONEY FROM THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE THROUGH A GRANT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES & HISTORY AND IS COORDINATED BY THE CENTER FOR ORAL HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. WE GIVE A PORTION OF THESE FUNDS TO THE USM OH PROGRAM FOR COORDINATION AND COLLECTION OF HISTORIES, WITH THE REMAINDER FUNDING SMALL GRANTS FOR ORAL HISTORIES AND SPECIAL PROJECTS. "MISSISSIPPI MOMENTS," RADIO BROADCAST ON MPB IS SUPPORTED WITH THESE FUNDS, AS WELL.

SPEAKERS BUREAU. THE SPEAKERS BUREAU LISTS MORE THAN 120 SPEAKERS AND ROUGHLY 200 TOPICS RANGING FROM FOODWAYS TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S BEAR HUNT IN MISSISSIPPI. A VERY SIMPLE, ONE-PAGE APPLICATION PROVIDES PRE-APPROVED SPEAKERS TO NON-PROFIT GROUPS AT NO EXPENSE AND CAN BE COMPLETED ONLINE. THE MHC PAYS A FIXED HONORARIUM OF $300 WE TYPICALLY FUND ABOUT 50 SPEAKER'S BUREAU PROGRAMS A YEAR.

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