Minnesota Humanities Center – Transfer to the Association of Minnesota Public Education Radio Stations
Ampers is partnering with the Minnesota Humanities Center to expand the “Veterans’ Voices” project. Focused on widening the narrative surrounding Minnesota’s service members, this series will feature 25 different Veterans and will explore their knowledge, experience and leadership, from their perspectives, and in their own voices. Ampers will produce and distribute 25 different 90-second segments.
$125,000 is from the arts and cultural heritage fund for the Veterans’ Voices program to educate and engage the community regarding veterans’ contributions, knowledge, skills, and experiences. Of this amount, $25,000 is for transfer to the Association of Minnesota Public Education Radio Stations for statewide programming to promote the Veterans’ Voices program. This is a onetime appropriation.
1. 300 underwriting messages to inform Minnesotans about Veterans’ Voices around the September 11 event2. 300 underwriting messages to inform Minnesotans about Veterans’ Voices around Veterans’ Day3. 900 Veterans’ Voices Vignettes – 90 second first person segments giving Veterans the opportunity to tell some of their stories in their own words and their own voice (30 different Veterans)4. Veterans’ Voices section on the Ampers website5. Ampers will provide The Humanities Center with the Veterans’ Voices Vignettes for posting on their website
-More than 300 messages aired statewide promoting the Veterans’ Voices event in September and explaining the Veterans’ Voices project as well as this particular on-air program.-More than 300 messages aired statewide in November promoting “Listen to a Vet: Bridging the Civilian Veteran Divide with Dr. Paula J. Caplan.”-Ampers produced a total of 30 different 90-second Veterans Voices segments.-Upon completion (end of July 2015), more 900 Veterans’ Voices segments will have aired (30 segments on 16 different stations each airing twice).-The segments will reach about 300,000 Minnesotans each week (based on Nielsen ratings combined with station estimates for those stations that are notmeasured by Nielsen).-Ampers and the Humanities Center created a new website(www.minnesotavets.org) that archives all of these segments providing all Minnesotans, now, and in the future, access to these segments.
Debbie Benedict, Vice President Jo McMulen Boyer, At-Large
Doug Westerman, Treasurer Ira Salmela, At-Large
Pam Hill-Kroyer, Secretary