Minnesota Humanities Center Veterans' Voices
Drawing on the power of the humanities, Veterans’ Voices changes the narrative of Veterans and honors their contributions. It empowers Veterans to speak in their own voices through plays, discussions, literature, and the Veterans’ Voices Award. Veterans’ Voices will recognize the next great generation and illustrate that the Veteran’s voice is essential to the work of building our great democracy.
$1,125,000 each year is for programs and purposes of the Minnesota Humanities Center. Of this amount, $125,000 each year may be used for the Why Treaties Matter exhibit and $100,000 each year may be used for the veterans' voices program. Of this amount, $55,000 the first year is for a grant to the Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities to enhance and enlarge the historical digital archives collection "With An Eye to the Past" for oral history interviews and document collection, production, consultation, transcription, closed captioning, Web site administration, and evaluation. The Minnesota Humanities Center may consider museums and organizations celebrating the identities of Minnesotans and the Lake Superior Center Authority for grants from these funds.
Activities and events implemented include:
- The Veterans’ Voices Awards program, honors and demonstrates the diversity of Veterans in Minnesota making positive and extraordinary contributions to their communities, this year through compelling prose and poetry written by Veterans.
- Designed and developed though community convenings, Minnesota Remembers Vietnam aims to remember the war in Vietnam and Southeast Asia through the power of the humanities. Six communities have been hosting events and activities in Minneapolis, St, Paul, Moorhead, Little Falls, Duluth, and St. Cloud.
- Nine nonprofit organizations throughout Minnesota (including in the Twin Cities, Northfield, Shakopee and Winona) received small grants to support activities and events during either Veterans Voices month (October) or Veterans Day (Nov. 11)
- A three-part salon series for higher education professionals working in the humanities to discuss themes of war, remembrance, memorials, monuments, as well as past and present social issues facing their veteran and non-veteran students.
- Warrior Writers Workshops held both virtually and in Duluth, Granite Falls, St. Cloud, St. Paul and Winona the state to convene Veterans and encourage the sharing of stories, opinions, and ideas for productive writing, reflecting, storytelling, and art-making.
- America’s Secret War partnership with TPT: A brand new collection of resources – designed by educators, for educators - based on the Twin Cities PBS documentary "America’s Secret War," empowers educators to bring this story into their classrooms in fresh and engaging ways. This toolkit utilizes first-person storytelling, interactive maps, and accessible guides make themes like justice and freedom relevant for all of us. A multimedia workshop was created to align with the documentary and companion toolkit to bring this important history into the classroom and spark dialog, encourage critical thinking and exploration, and build deeper understanding about the Secret War’s link to the Vietnam War, Veteran and refugee experiences, and Hmong identity and culture today.
- Hikes and Humanities, piloted for Veterans, explores the healing effects of nature and camaraderie while exploring meaningful literature and mental health. Held at Twin Cities area parks, these day-long events include reflection time, conversations about selected readings, and hiking.
$1,125,000 each year is for programs and purposes of the Minnesota Humanities Center. Of this amount, $125,000 each year may be used for the Why Treaties Matter exhibit and $100,000 each year may be used for the veterans' voices program. Of this amount, $55,000 the first year is for a grant to the Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities to enhance and enlarge the historical digital archives collection "With An Eye to the Past" for oral history interviews and document collection, production, consultation, transcription, closed captioning, Web site administration, and evaluation. The Minnesota Humanities Center may consider museums and organizations celebrating the identities of Minnesotans and the Lake Superior Center Authority for grants from these funds.
Activities and events implemented include:
- The Veterans’ Voices Awards program, honors and demonstrates the diversity of Veterans in Minnesota making positive and extraordinary contributions to their communities, this year through compelling prose and poetry written by Veterans.
- Designed and developed though community convenings, Minnesota Remembers Vietnam aims to remember the war in Vietnam and Southeast Asia through the power of the humanities. Six communities have been hosting events and activities in Minneapolis, St, Paul, Moorhead, Little Falls, Duluth, and St. Cloud.
- Nine nonprofit organizations throughout Minnesota (including in the Twin Cities, Northfield, Shakopee and Winona) received small grants to support activities and events during either Veterans Voices month (October) or Veterans Day (Nov. 11)
- A three-part salon series for higher education professionals working in the humanities to discuss themes of war, remembrance, memorials, monuments, as well as past and present social issues facing their veteran and non-veteran students.
- Five Warrior Writers Workshops held in Duluth, Granite Falls, St. Cloud, St. Paul and Winona the state to convene Veterans and encourage the sharing of stories, opinions, and ideas for productive writing, reflecting, storytelling, and art-making.
- America’s Secret War partnership with TPT: A brand new collection of resources – designed by educators, for educators - based on the Twin Cities PBS documentary "America’s Secret War," empowers educators to bring this story into their classrooms in fresh and engaging ways. This toolkit utilizes first-person storytelling, interactive maps, and accessible guides make themes like justice and freedom relevant for all of us. A multimedia workshop was created to align with the documentary and companion toolkit to bring this important history into the classroom and spark dialog, encourage critical thinking and exploration, and build deeper understanding about the Secret War’s link to the Vietnam War, Veteran and refugee experiences, and Hmong identity and culture today.
$1,125,000 each year is for programs and purposes of the Minnesota Humanities Center. Of this amount, $125,000 each year may be used for the Why Treaties Matter exhibit and $100,000 each year may be used for the veterans' voices program. Of this amount, $55,000 the first year is for a grant to the Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities to enhance and enlarge the historical digital archives collection "With An Eye to the Past" for oral history interviews and document collection, production, consultation, transcription, closed captioning, Web site administration, and evaluation. The Minnesota Humanities Center may consider museums and organizations celebrating the identities of Minnesotans and the Lake Superior Center Authority for grants from these funds.
Activities and events implemented include:
- The Veterans’ Voices Awards program, honors and demonstrates the diversity of Veterans in Minnesota making positive and extraordinary contributions to their communities, this year through compelling prose and poetry written by Veterans.
- Designed and developed though community convenings, Minnesota Remembers Vietnam aims to remember the war in Vietnam and Southeast Asia through the power of the humanities. Six communities have been hosting events and activities in Minneapolis, St, Paul, Moorhead, Little Falls, Duluth, and St. Cloud.
- Nine nonprofit organizations throughout Minnesota (including in the Twin Cities, Northfield, Shakopee and Winona) received small grants to support activities and events during either Veterans Voices month (October) or Veterans Day (Nov. 11)
- A three-part salon series for higher education professionals working in the humanities to discuss themes of war, remembrance, memorials, monuments, as well as past and present social issues facing their veteran and non-veteran students.
- Five Warrior Writers Workshops held in Duluth, Granite Falls, St. Cloud, St. Paul and Winona the state to convene Veterans and encourage the sharing of stories, opinions, and ideas for productive writing, reflecting, storytelling, and art-making.
- America’s Secret War partnership with TPT: A brand new collection of resources – designed by educators, for educators - based on the Twin Cities PBS documentary "America’s Secret War," empowers educators to bring this story into their classrooms in fresh and engaging ways. This toolkit utilizes first-person storytelling, interactive maps, and accessible guides make themes like justice and freedom relevant for all of us. A multimedia workshop was created to align with the documentary and companion toolkit to bring this important history into the classroom and spark dialog, encourage critical thinking and exploration, and build deeper understanding about the Secret War’s link to the Vietnam War, Veteran and refugee experiences, and Hmong identity and culture today.