2020 Spring Seminar participant and Community Partnership Grant recipient Shaloni Pinto (ILR '20) details her experience working with students at the George Junior Republic High School in Freeville, NY in an essay titled "'How Do We Start a Poem?': A Poetry Community's Story."
Called ONEcomposer, the initiative will continue in subsequent years and is supported by the Central New York Humanities Corridor, Engaged Cornell, Cornell Council for the Arts, and The Society for the Humanities’ Rural Black Lives Initiative.
Cornell faculty from any discipline to apply for up to $10,000 in support of public-facing research humanities projects and/or engaged community humanities initiatives on rural New York State issues. We especially encourage proposals that engage with this year's theme of Rural Black Lives.
Faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students can also apply for microgrants to support humanities projects on Rural Black Lives.
Check out our curated feed of scholarly articles, news articles, blog posts, and more to explore the theme of #RuralBlackLives in detail. Or, find us on our social media channels listed below (@ruralhumanities). Follow us for more information on events and funding opportunities.
