Federation of State Humanities Councils

The Federation of State Humanities Councils (FSHC) will build and leverage partnerships between libraries and local state and jurisdictional humanities councils to explore issues of pressing concern to communities across the United States. During the one-year planning grant, FSHC and its partners will train at least 175 community members in facilitating and leading community conversations. State humanities councils in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Oregon, and Pennsylvania will identify in-state library partners and plan three years of collaborative programming focused on community conversations that highlight the diverse voices of their communities. The planning year will culminate in a convening where council partners will share their America250 programming ideas and an additional twenty or more humanities councils and library partners will be invited to plan and conduct public programming in other states to commemorate America's 250th anniversary.