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- EIN 51-0191115
- (206) 682-1770
- 130 Nickerson St Ste 304 Seattle WA 98109-1658 USA
- www.humanities.org
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Fund Raising & Fund Distribution, History Museums, Humanities
Mission: As washington state's flagship nonprofit dedicated to the humanities, humanities washington's work brings people together to learn about their unique pasts and shared present, promotes respect for other perspectives, encourages community dialogue and nurtures relationships that enable us to move toward a more prosperous future. By acting as a catalyst and facilitator, humanities washington supports and partners with a wide network of communities, organizations, and individuals. Together humanities washington and its partners provide low or no cost, high quality cultural and educational programs in communities small and large across washington.
Programs: Family reading - children's books aren't always child's play - they can inspire important philosophical discussions of topics such as fairness, greed, courage, and compassion. Humanities washington's prime time family reading program encourages shared connections around books and reading, boosting long-term academic achievement and lasting connections with local libraries. Almost 850 children and families participated in 18 family reading programs during 2017 at libraries in auburn, hillyard/spokane city, issaquah, lakewood, lind, monroe, mountlake terrace, north bend, oak harbor, parkland, pasco, port townsend, south hill/spokane city, spanaway, spokane valley, tacoma, vancouver, and white center.
speakers bureau - drawing from a vetted pool of leading cultural experts and scholars, our speakers bureau provides conversational lectures that are always free and open to the public. Topics are as diverse as the communities they serve, with 35 speakers covering everything from history to politics, music, philosophy, and everything in between. Almost 13,000 people attended 307 speakers bureau presentations in 110 communities across the entirety of washington state in 2017.
center for washington cultural traditions - humanities washington's newest program, the center for washington cultural traditions, is washington state's new folklife and traditional arts program, developed and run as a partnership between humanities washington and the washington state arts commission (artswa). Folklife and traditional arts are activities and objects that are inseparable from a cultural community. They are expressions of people's heritage and help tell their story: foods, occupations, crafts, traditional medicine, storytelling, music, and more. The center serves communities throughout washington state by surveying, studying, and supporting cultural traditions and tradition bearers through research and a wide range of programming.