FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 13th, 2023
Media Contact: Jane Muschenetz, Director of Partnerships, sdpoetryannual@gmail.com
SAN DIEGO ORG RECEIVES GRANT FROM CALIFORNIA HUMANITIES FOR POETRY PROJECT
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. — California Humanities has announced the recent round of Humanities For All Quick Grant awards. SAN DIEGO ENTERTAINMENT & ARTS GUILD’s (SDEAG) SAN DIEGO POETRY ANNUAL has been awarded $5000 for its project, titled “POETRY TO THE PEOPLE.”
The Humanities For All Quick Grant is a competitive grant program of California Humanities that supports locally-initiated public humanities projects that respond to the needs and interests of Californians, encourage greater public participation in humanities programming, particularly by new and/or underserved audiences, and promotes understanding and empathy among all our state’s peoples in order to cultivate a thriving democracy. SDEAG is one of two San Diego-based non-profit organizations to be awarded the grant in this round.
The winning project, “Poetry to the People,” is geared at increasing visibility of San Diego’s diverse voices by bringing poetry publication and education events directly into the community. “With this additional support, we’re offering free readings, workshops, and connection to groups who may never have written a poem before or thought their story worth sharing widely,” said Program Director, Michael Klam. Selected works from these events will be included in the San Diego Poetry Annual, a publication celebrating the experiences of local poets for over fifteen years. Jane Muschenetz, SDEAG Director of Partnerships, said, “We’re excited to actively expand this opportunity for expression and publication to as many San Diegans as possible and to connect San Diego with leading cultural organizations like California Humanities.”
“California Humanities is honored to welcome our newest round of Quick Grant awards,” said the organization’s President & CEO, Rick Noguchi. “These projects will push the boundaries for not only how we understand and engage with our diverse array of California histories and cultures, but also provide a unique humanities lens for discussing pressing and important community issues.”
A complete list of all Humanities For All Quick Grants can be found on the calhum.org website here. Information on the San Diego Poetry Annual and upcoming Poetry to the People events can be found at sandiegopoetryannual.com.
Both Michael Klam and Jane Muschenetz are available for interviews. Please contact Jane Muschenetz at sdpoetryannual@gmail.com
About San Diego Poetry Annual
For over 15 years, SDPA has featured renowned poets and artists alongside emerging local voices. Annually, 600 print copies of our publications (including Kids! and Bilingual volumes) are distributed in libraries, public universities, and public colleges in the greater San Diego County area and beyond. SDPA is a publication of the San Diego Entertainment & Arts Guild, a nonprofit organization. Learn more about us at sandiegopoetryannual.com and SDEAG.org
About California Humanities
California Humanities, a nonprofit partner of the National Endowment of the Humanities, promotes the humanities – focused on ideas, conversation and learning – as relevant, meaningful ways to understand the human condition and connect us to each other in order to help strengthen California. California Humanities has provided grants and programs across the state since 1975. To learn more visit calhum.org, or follow California Humanities on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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