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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

September 11, 2008
9:30 - 11:00 am. Biography discussion series: Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787 by Drinker Bowen. Led by Paul Nelson. Part of the project, Gathering Our Community's Voices, For Now and Always. Cascade Township Branch, Kent District Library, Grand Rapids.

September 18, 2008
9:30 - 11:00 am. Life Journey with Books discussion series: Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky, led by Dr. Kathleen Blumreich, Professor of English at Grand Valley State University. Part of the project, Gathering Our Community's Voices, For Now and Always. Cascade Township Branch, Kent District Library, Grand Rapids.

October 9, 2008
9:30 - 11:00 am. Biography discussion series:Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir by John McCain and The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama. Part of the project, Gathering Our Community's Voices, For Now and Always. Cascade Township Branch, Kent District Library, Grand Rapids.

October 16, 2008
9:30 - 11:00 am. Life Journey with Books discussion series:The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls, led by Dr. Kathleen Blumreich, Professor of English at Grand Valley State University.  Part of the project, Gathering Our Community's Voices, For Now and Always. Cascade Township Branch, Kent District Library, Grand Rapids.

November 13, 2008
9:30 - 11:00 am. Biography discussion series: President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman by William Lee Miller.  Part of the project, Gathering Our Community's Voices, For Now and Always. Cascade Township Branch, Kent District Library, Grand Rapids.

November 20, 2008
9:30 - 11:00 am. Life Journey with Books discussion series: Digging to America by Ann Tyler, led by Dr. Wendy Wenner, Dean of the College of Interdisciplinary Studies at Grand Valley State University. Part of the project, Gathering Our Community's Voices, For Now and Always. Cascade Township Branch, Kent District Library, Grand Rapids.

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March 20, 2008
9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. A Free Life by Ha Jin, led by Dr. Catherine Frerichs of Grand Valley State University. Cascade Township branch, Kent District Library.  2870 Jack Smith Ave. SE, Grand Rapids.

April 1, 2008
7:00 p.m. A Free Life by Ha Jin. Lecture by author Ha Jin, Fountain Street Church, Grand Rapids.  

April 3, 2008  
9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. The Most Noble Adventure: The Marshall Plan and the Time When America Helped Save Europe by Greg Behrman. Cascade Township branch, Kent District Library.  2870 Jack Smith Ave. SE, Grand Rapids.

April 10, 2008
9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel. Led by Dr. Kathleen Blumreich of Grand Valley State University. Cascade Township branch, Kent District Library.  2870 Jack Smith Ave. SE, Grand Rapids.

May 8, 2008
9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography by David Michaelis. Cascade Township branch, Kent District Library.  2870 Jack Smith Ave. SE, Grand Rapids.

May 15, 2008
9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.  Led by Dr. Wendy Wenner of Grand Valley State University. Cascade Township branch, Kent District Library.  2870 Jack Smith Ave. SE, Grand Rapids.

Gathering Our Community's Voices, For Now and Always -- (2007)

Grant Awarded: November 2007

Type of Grant: Michigan People, Michigan Places ... Our Stories, Our Lives

Sponsors: Grand Rapids Area Council for the Humanities

Collaborators: Aquinas College, Calvin College, Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Valley State University, Kent District Library

Contact: Cheryl Van Til, 616-774-1776, grhuman@gvsu.edu

Award: $15,000

Website: www.grhumanities.org

A yearlong series of activities is proposed that build on previous public humanities programming. An electronic magazine, "Through the Third Eye," will be launched to gather the voices of young people. This electronic magazine will be fashioned with poetry, commentary, and literary news created by students ages 13-22 under the mentorship of Poet Laureate Rodney Torreson. Popular reading and discussion programs will be continued which primarily serve senior citizens, and a life journey with books and biographies focusing on how literature intersects with these areas for audience members. Selected titles for the latter will involve video-recorded sessions in which participants will interview a woman important to them during Women’s History Month in March, 2008.