The Mississippi Humanities Council has been awarded over $3,000 from the Mississippi Arts Commission to support the MHC’s Family Reading Project in the coming year.
The grant funds will support three reading programs taking place in 2021 at the Hernando Public Library in Hernando, the M.R. Dye Public Library in Horn Lake, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College library in Perkinston. MAC grant funds will be used to support storytellers for each of the three programs.
Two of the programs were initially scheduled to take place in Fall 2020, but were postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. All three are now scheduled to take place in Spring 2021, combining virtual and socially-distant in-person components.
The MHC’s Family Reading Project is comprised of English and English-Spanish family-based reading programs for adults and their lower-elementary aged children. The programs model reading skills and discussion techniques that stimulate interest in the books’ content—helping foster a lifelong love of learning through reading. Each program meets once a week for six weeks and features well-known children’s books. A storyteller helps bring the books to life while a discussion leader engages the families in humanities-based discussion on the themes of the books. The programs are free for sites to host, and each program can accommodate up to 25 families.
The Mississippi Arts Commission is a state agency that serves the residents of Mississippi by providing grants that support arts-based programs to enhance communities. Visit MAC’s website for more information.
For more information on the MHC’s Family Reading Project, contact Caroline Gillespie.
