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Dr. Gigi Jasper: Discusses Her Views on Being African American And Racial Equality In Wyoming
Dr. Gigi Jasper is a retired English teacher living in Rock Springs, Wyoming. In this episode, you'll hear about why Gigi moved to Wyoming, her career as a public school teacher, and her experience with discrimination as an African American woman living in rural...
Caroline Mills: Educator and Eastern Shoshone Tribe Member on the Wind River Reservation
Caroline Mills is the director of the Fort Washakie Learning Center. She was born on the Wind River Indian Reservation and is a member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe. In this episode, Caroline talks about what it was like to grow up on the Wind River Reservation, the...
Nish Goicolea: Embracing Change And Challenges In Wyoming Education
Nish Goicolea is the Executive Director of the Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board. She was born and raised in Sweetwater County. In this episode, you’ll hear about Nish’s childhood in a trilingual household, how she encourages young people to do more and be...
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Wyoming Humanities Partners with Wyoming Women’s Foundation for Statewide Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: November 6, 2019 Contact: Emy diGrappa Emy@ThinkWY.org | 307-699-2680 FIRST, BUT LAST? A PODCAST PRODUCED AND PUBLISHED BY WYOMING HUMANITIES - A STATEWIDE PROJECT TO COMMEMORATE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF WYOMING GRANTING WOMEN SUFFRAGE...
Wyoming’s Future Requires Creative Ideas
October was National Arts and Humanities Month, and along with November tends to be the busiest time for cultural programming in Wyoming. Between attending events and helping my fellow Wyomingites find out about them, the significance and impact of the creative and...
Wyoming Community Foundation Awards Grant to Wyoming Humanities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: October 3, 2019 Contact: Emy diGrappa Emy@ThinkWY.org | 307.699.2680 Since the beginning of time (human time), storytelling has served a critical role as the sole means of communicating experiences and emotions in narrative form. Ancient...
What We Owe the Dead
by Keelyn Byram Cemeteries are often overlooked as something the public needs to be concerned with. However, cemeteries serve an important communal purpose and when they fall into disrepair action needs to be taken. But what can be done? There are simple things...
Three PEN/Hemingway Award Honorees To Read At Sheridan College
Join Ucross Writers Elissa Schappell, Ian Bassingthwaighte, and Ling Ma on Thursday, September 19 at 7 pm Ucross, Wyoming — September 6, 2019 — Ucross is pleased to announce that three award-winning authors, Elissa Schappell, Ian Bassingthwaighte, and Ling Ma will...
Summer Movies’ Nostalgia
Looking back on this summer’s films, what stands out are quite a lot of sequels: Avengers: Endgame, John Wick: Chapter 3, Dark Phoenix, Toy Story 4, Spiderman: Far from Home, Men in Black International, Shaft, The Angry Birds Movie 2. Some of this summer’s films are...
