{"id":53805,"date":"2025-10-30T14:34:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T21:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/?post_type=story&p=53805"},"modified":"2025-11-05T12:22:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T20:22:22","slug":"honoring-50-for-our-50th","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/story\/honoring-50-for-our-50th\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring 50 for our 50th"},"content":{"rendered":"

We just turned 50, <\/span>and <\/span><\/i>it\u2019s National Arts and Humanities Month. To celebrate, are honoring 50 people and organizations across the state with the Humanities Washington Award.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Humanities Washington Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the public humanities\u2014people and organizations who bring new stories to light, connect their communities, and encourage us all to think, reflect, and learn. Two awards are typically presented each year, but this year\u2014to celebrate a half-century of enhancing human connections\u2014we decided to go big.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The honorees include scholars, museums, media outlets, historical societies, authors, community leaders, philanthropists and more. Up to ten awards of $1,000 each were given in five geographic regions across Washington State (Central, Central Puget Sound, Eastern, Northwestern\/Islands, and Southwestern\/Coast), and a handful of folks whose work spans the state are being recognized with statewide awards. Recipients were nominated by community members and chosen in partnership with community leaders in those regions. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In presenting these awards, we aim to not only honor previous work, but recognize the strong foundation that will carry us forward for the next 50 years.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Humanities Washington award is funded through a generous gift from the Frank Family of Yakima in honor of Heather and Herb Frank, who were dedicated supporters of the humanities during their lifetime.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The recipients will be honored at an online celebration on December 10. More details to come.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe public humanities are about all of us and so many people contribute to the greater community dialogue every day,\u201d said Julie Ziegler, CEO and Executive Director of Humanities Washington.\u00a0\u201cAs we celebrate 50 years as an organization, and plan for 50 more, we wanted to recognize the many people who have given so much and set the stage for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Congratulations to all honorees, and to those who were nominated. We are grateful for all you do for the humanities!<\/p>\n

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The Awardees<\/h1>\n

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Central Washington<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Baule<\/p>\n

Cragg and Barbara Smith Gilbert<\/p>\n

Annie Poyner<\/p>\n

Yesenia Hunter<\/p>\n

Anna King<\/p>\n

Methow Conservancy<\/p>\n

Sandy P\u00e9rez Z\u00e1rate<\/p>\n

Carolyn and Glenn Schmekel<\/p>\n

Meg Vellejos McCoy<\/p>\n

Cindy Williams Gutierrez<\/p>\n

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Central Puget Sound<\/strong><\/p>\n

Feliks Banel<\/p>\n

Mitchell Keo<\/p>\n

Shin Yu Pai<\/p>\n

The Rhapsody Project<\/p>\n

Anu Taranath<\/p>\n

Janet Wong<\/p>\n

Cascadia Poetics Lab<\/p>\n

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Eastern Washington<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leroy Ashby<\/p>\n

Terry Buffington<\/p>\n

Donna Daudt Ledford<\/p>\n

F\u0101VS News<\/p>\n

Friends of Liberty Lake Municipal Library<\/p>\n

Charles Lassiter<\/p>\n

Rachael Low<\/p>\n

Nigerian American Association of the Inland Northwest<\/p>\n

Sharma Shields<\/p>\n

Spectrum Center Spokane<\/p>\n

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Northwestern\/Islands<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deborah Dine Rice<\/p>\n

Empty Bowl Press<\/p>\n

Jeff Jewell<\/p>\n

Catherine (Kate) Reavey<\/p>\n

Salish Current<\/p>\n

Rosalee Walz<\/p>\n

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Southwestern\/coast<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andre Bouchard<\/p>\n

Abby Braithwaite<\/p>\n

Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum<\/p>\n

Tanna Engdahl<\/p>\n

Christopher Luna<\/p>\n

Alison McCartan<\/p>\n

Linda Reid<\/p>\n

Sam Robinson<\/p>\n

Donna Sinclair<\/p>\n

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Statewide<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manny Cawaling<\/p>\n

Kevin Craft<\/p>\n

Beth Harrington<\/p>\n

Lisa Kranseler<\/p>\n

Makaela Kroin<\/p>\n

Kate Laughlin<\/p>\n

Washington State Historical Society<\/p>\n

Tese Wintz Neighbor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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