How does voting build community? Join Nevada Humanities for a conversation with members of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities throughout Nevada to talk...
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The council issued a call for essays, asking Nevadans to reflect on their first time voting. The essays were posted on their website. They hosted nine conversation programs under the theme of civic and electoral participation, with high-profile writers and journalists, including Masha Gessen on Democracy and Journalist and Eli Saslow on White Nationalism.
Streamed Live on May 11, 2021 – Join Nevada Humanities for a conversation with journalists Masha Gessen and Jon Ralston about the state of journalism in the United...
Conversations are happening across the nation about the voting rights of formerly incarcerated people. What is being discussed in Nevada? Join Nevada Humanities for a...
In October 2020, Nevada Humanities launched Nevada Voices: The First Time I Voted, a new program that solicited and published essays by Nevadans around the topic of...
Nevada Humanities’ Why It Matters programming investigates various aspects of democracy and civic engagement – how it works, who gets to participate, and the...
Throughout Nevada, what barriers do Indigenous people face and what issues do they turn out for? This discussion features Indigenous leaders Janet Davis, Lynn Manning...
Panel Discussion, Public Servants, Nevada Humanities
Why I Showed Up: A Conversation with Nevada Elected Officials on How They Came to Politics
From local races to seats in the state legislature, Nevada has continued to see an unprecedented number of young, new candidates running for and holding elected office...
Join Nevada Humanities for a conversation with journalists John L. Smith (Nevada Independent and author of the forthcoming book, Saints, Sinners, and Sovereign Citizens:...
Panel Discussion, Voting Rights, Nevada Humanities
Why It Matters: The Past, Present, and Future of Voting
Nevada was granted statehood, in part, to cast a deciding vote for the Union during the upheaval of the Civil War. What about the rest of the history of voting in the...
Join Nevada Humanities as we share stories, essays, and reflections around the topic of first-time voting in the United States. Watch this space to hear from voters who...
