The Mellon Foundation has awarded Humanities New York (HNY) with $1.2 million for its Post-Incarceration Humanities Partnership program for a period of three years.
The 2023-26 HNY Post-Incarceration Humanities Partnership (PIHP) will provide grants of up to $20,000 to organizations in New York State that serve individuals who have previously been incarcerated and their families. Humanities-based techniques will be used in each PIHP collaboration, bringing tools, shared experiences, and peer education to these networks with the aim of seeding life-long community enrichment. The award from the Mellon Foundation expands upon the first year of this signature Humanities New York initiative, the 2022 pilot version of the program, which funded five organizations: Herstory, Incorrigibles, Ritual4Return, Roots Wounds Words, and Time Out of Joint.
The Prison Policy Initiative estimates there are currently 92,000 incarcerated New Yorkers, a number that excludes the many more people who have been impacted by the prison system due to their own previous incarceration or that of someone in their family. Humanities New York’s PIHP seeks to address the myriad impacts of the prison system that reverberate throughout the state.
As an organization that seeks to strengthen democracy through the tools of the humanities, HNY is invested in pursuing these goals for all New Yorkers. HNY says there is a pressing need to support those affected by the prison system – to help these citizens strengthen their relationships and rebuild their lives – and that by doing so, communities in New York State grow stronger, as does our democracy.
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