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Hawai'i Council for the Humanities Board of Directors Welcomes Two New Members
The Hawai'i Council for the Humanities Board of Directors recently elected two new members at its last meeting of 2009. The new members are Kerri A. Inglis, an assistant professor of Hawaiian history at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, and Larry L. Myers, an attorney at Kobayashi, Sugita & Goda. Each member will serve a three-year term, renewable once, for a potential six years of service.
The Board of Directors elected the following officers for 2010: Michael Munekiyo as Chair; Lea Albert as Vice-Chair; and Carol Fox as Secretary-Treasurer.
Ninoy Aquino & the Rise and Fall of People Power to be screened at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
Veteran filmmaker Tom Coffman will be screening his film Ninoy Aquino & the Rise and Fall of People Power at the 2010 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF), which will be held in March (11-21). Coffman's documentary on the late Filipino opposition leader will be featured at the SFIAAFF as part of a special focus on Filipino and Filipino American cinema.
The SFIAAFF is the nation's largest showcase for new Asian American and Asian films, annually presenting approximately 120 works in San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose. Since 1982, the SFIAAFF has been an important launching point for Asian American independent filmmakers as well as a vital source for new Asian cinema. For more information on SFIAAFF, visit http://festival.asianamericanmedia.org.
This film project is supported in part by a grant from the Hawai'i Council for the Humanities.
$50,000 in Grants Awarded to Nine Hawai'i Nonprofits/Individuals
The Hawai'i Council for the Humanities recently awarded nine grants totaling $50,000 for development and production of public humanities projects throughout the state. The grant recipients and the amount of each grant are: Bishop Museum $20,000; University of Hawai'i at Manoa $7,500; Lyman Museum $5,000; Hawai'i Architectural Foundation $5,000; The Friends of Iolani Palace $2,500; Hawai'i Mission Houses Museum $2,500; Historic Hawai'i Foundation $2,500; Heidi Chang $2,500; and Mitsugi Nakashima $2,500.
Next Grant Application Deadline: February 15, 2010
The Hawai‛i Council for the Humanities (HCH) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to connect people with ideas that broaden perspectives, enrich lives and strengthen communities. In addition to its grants program, HCH conducts educational programs including Hawai'i History Day, Literature & Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Health Care®, and Motheread/Fatheread®.
