OCCF grant to benefit Oklahoma Humanities | The Journal Record

Oklahoma Humanities just lately acquired a $25,000 grant from the Oklahoma Metropolis Group Basis via its Tradition & Group iFund program.

The grant might be used to develop entry to Let’s Speak About It, a dynamic e book membership that has related readers throughout Oklahoma since 1985. Free and open to all, the applications it provides be certain that on common, Oklahomans are not more than 30 miles from a program website. Places in Oklahoma Metropolis are at Oklahoma Metropolis College, Oklahoma Metropolis Group School and on the Salvation Military of Central Oklahoma. Others are in Guthrie, Locust Grove, Davis, Tuttle, Atoka, Lawton, Pauls Valley, Woodward, Ada, Pawnee, Ponca Metropolis, Guymon, Miami, Cherokee, Enid, Duncan and Chickasha.

Readers discover numerous themes and topics, together with Native American Identification, The Cowboy, The Oklahoma Expertise, Oklahoma Personal Investigations, The Worst Onerous Time Revisited and extra. Featured authors embrace Oklahomans similar to N. Scott Momaday, Pleasure Harjo, Brandon Hobson, Billie Letts and Woody Guthrie, in addition to non-Oklahomans Louise Erdrich, Larry McMurtry, Ursula Le Guin, John Steinbeck and even Jane Austen.

“We’re grateful to the Oklahoma Metropolis Group Basis,” stated Govt Director Caroline Lowery, “and encourage all Oklahomans to start out new chapters and new conversations via Let’s Speak About It. Join along with your native libraries, museums, and nonprofits and be part of us for one session or the entire collection.”