<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div>I saw this on another listserv and I wanted to make sure folks in Oregon knew about it—what a fabulous opportunity to showcase and preserve local history! Grant awards are up to $12,000 and if I read the guidelines correctly, no match is needed. </div><div>Check it out! </div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">Penny Hummel</span><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">Penny Hummel Consulting</span><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><a href="http://www.pennyhummel.com" class="">www.pennyhummel.com</a> </span><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">503.890.0494</span><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><a href="mailto:penny@pennyhummel.com" class="">penny@pennyhummel.com</a></span><br style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US" class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%"><span style="" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><table style="width:499.5pt;border-collapse:collapse" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="666" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="width:4.25in;padding:0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="408" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><img alt="NEH_Logo081810" height="69" width="288" class="" apple-inline="yes" id="2A1B2AF5-07B0-4ED2-896E-8B28921F5497" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D07B73.8B7D8920"></span><span style="" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></td><td style="width:193.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="258" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Futuri;color:rgb(162,173,0)" class=""> </span><span style="" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:Futuri;color:rgb(162,173,0)" class="">PRESS RELEASE</span><span style="" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2015-04-20" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Futuri;color:rgb(5,99,193)" class="">National Endowment for the Humanities announces new “Common Heritage” grant program</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Futuri;" class=""><br class=""></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Futuri;" class="">Community-based program will save treasures of family and local history </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""> </span><span style="" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">WASHINGTON (April 20, 2015) — The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced a new grant program, called “Common Heritage,” that will bring to light historical records and artifacts currently hidden in family attics and basements across the country and make them digitally available to the wider public and for posterity. </span><span style="" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">NEH invites historical societies, libraries, archives, museums, colleges and other local institutions to apply for the Common Heritage grant program, the first federal grant program of its kind. Grants will support day-long events, organized by community cultural institutions, in which members of the public will be invited to share materials important to their family or community histories, such as photographs, artifacts, family letters, and works of art.</span><span style="" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">These items will be digitized, along with descriptive information and context provided by the community attendees. With the owner’s permission, the digitized materials will be made publicly available through the institution’s online collections. Contributors will receive a free digital copy of their items to take home, along with the original materials. </span><span style="" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">These materials will also be used for public programming – including lectures, exhibits, discussion programs, and film screenings – that celebrates and expands knowledge of the community’s past and the diverse histories of its members. </span><span style="" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">“We know that America’s cultural heritage isn’t found only in libraries and museums,” said NEH Chairman William Adams, “but in our homes, in our family histories, and the stories and objects we pass down to our children. NEH’s new Common Heritage grant program aims to capture this vitally important part of our country’s heritage and preserve it for future generations.” </span><span style="" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%"><span style="" class=""><a href="http://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/common-heritage" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:rgb(5,99,193)" class="">Application guidelines</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""> and a </span><span style="" class=""><a href="http://www.neh.gov/files/grants/common-heritage-faqs.pdf" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:rgb(5,99,193)" class="">list of FAQs</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""> for the Common Heritage program are available at </span><span style="" class=""><a href="http://www.neh.gov/" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:rgb(5,99,193)" class="">www.neh.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">. The application deadline for the initial cycle of Common Heritage grants is June 25, 2015. The first round of Common Heritage digitization days is expected to take place in early 2016. </span><span style="" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">The new Common Heritage grant program is part of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ agency-wide initiative </span><span style="" class=""><a href="http://www.neh.gov/commongood" target="_blank" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:rgb(5,99,193)" class="">The Common Good: The Humanities in the Public Square</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">, which seeks to demonstrate and enhance the role and significance of the humanities and humanities scholarship in public life. </span><span style="" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">NEH’s Common Heritage program will award grants of up to $12,000 to community cultural organizations to coordinate community events and ensure that a wide range of historical materials can be digitized and contextualized through public programming. </span><span style="" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">NEH program staff from the Divisions of Preservation & Access and Public Programs will conduct a webinar for interested applicants on Tuesday, May 5 at 4 PM (EST). </span><span style="" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10pt;margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><u class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">NEH Common Heritage grants webinar information: <br class=""></span></u><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">May 5, 4-4:30 PM (EST)<br class=""></span><span style="" class=""><a href="https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/232247517" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:rgb(5,99,193)" class="">https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/232247517</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""><br class="">Access code: 232-247-517<br class="">You can also dial in by phone at: <a href="tel:%28872%29%20240-3312" value="+18722403312" target="_blank" class="">(872) 240-3312</a></span><span style="" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">#nehcommonheritage </span></b><span style="" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""> </span><span style="" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%"><b class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman ,serif', serif;" class="">National Endowment for the Humanities:</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> <i class="">Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs is available at: </i></span><span style="" class=""><a href="http://www.neh.gov/" target="_blank" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:rgb(5,99,193)" class="">www.neh.gov</span></i></a></span><i class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">.</span></i><span style="" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman ,serif', serif;" class=""> </span><span style="" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%"><span style="" class=""> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>