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Humanities on the Hill



Event flier

Patterned after the annual "Humantieis on the Hill" event in Washington, D.C., the Massachusetts version was designed to educate legislators about the value of the humanities to their communities. The event was co-hosted by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

The event included:

• Remarks by honorary co-hosts, The Honorable Thomas F. Birmingham, president, Massachusetts Senate, and The Honorable Thomas Finneran, speaker, Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Remarks by featured guest speaker, Robert Pinsky, the U.S. poet laureate
• Displays and presentations by recipients of grants from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities

Tasks:

• coordinated logistics with speakers, statehouse staff, and grant recipients
• designed and distributed fliers
• arranged for media coverage
• managed the reception


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