Congratulations to 21 organizations across the state that have been awarded Action Grants. Each organization will receive up to $10,000 to support projects that fulfill Humanities New York’s mission of promoting dialogue and critical thinking from the community level–upward.
Take a look at the full list of recipients.
Long Island University Brooklyn English Department
Mapping Black History in Brooklyn
Project Director: Deborah Mutnick
Brooklyn Public Library
Salon at CBH 2025
Project Director: Marcia Ely
International Print Center New York
Printing Black America: Reimagining Du Bois’ Data Portraits in the 21st Century
Project Director: Jenn Bratovich
Visual AIDS
Getting Off Right: Bridging the past and present of harm reduction
Project Director: Kyle Croft
The Buffalo History Museum
An Investigation of the Erie Canal and Connected Waterways
Project Director: Anthony Greco
New Heritage Theatre Group
“Harlem Is…” : A Multi-Media Cultural Center at Harlem Hospital
Project Director: Barbara Horowitz
Just Buffalo Literary Center
Civil Writes Project
Project Director: Barbara A. Cole
National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum
Engaging Peterboro Past Benefits the Future
Project Director: Dorothy Willsey
The Jewish Museum
Movies That Matter: Film Screenings for Schools
Project Director: Jamie Auriemma
Burchfield Penney Art Center
Against the Grain: The Untold Stories of The Scoopers
Project Director: Scott Propeack
Syracuse University
Listen to the Elders Speaker Series
Project Director: Patricia Roylance
Literary Freedom Project
One Book One Bronx: Sak Pase Haiti
Project Director: Ron Kavanaugh
The School of Making Thinking
Strategies for Liberation Artist Residency
Project Director: Akeema-Zane Anthony
Fourth Arts Block
The People’s LES: Resisting Cultural Erasure in the Lower East Side
Project Director: Dakota Scott
KODA Arts
5 Exhibition Catalogs & 5 Podcast Episodes
Project Director: Elif Usuloglu
Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, Inc.
Resilient Roots
Project Director: Jeremy Dennis
Henry Street Settlement
Queer History Walking Tours
Project Director: Katie Vogel
Homelands Research Group on behalf of Story House Ithaca
Refugee Voices
Project Director: Lesley Lisa Greene
Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater
SPOTLIGHT: Creatives at Work
Project Director: Jorge B. Merced
Ithaca Community Radio
The Undiscovered Country: Voices Over the Wall
Project Director: Michael Rhynes
Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance
Art-Making and Citizenry
Project Director: Nacala Jendayi
