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LEH Receives Grant to Benefit Plaquemines, Terrebonne, and Lafourche Parishes
The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) has received a $475,000 grant for its Coastal Impacts Project from BHP Billiton, a mining and petroleum company that supports projects focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation. The three-year initiative…
Read MoreBright Lights to be Held on April 4 at University of Louisiana at Lafayette
The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH), in partnership with Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser, has selected former Louisiana poet laureate Darrell Bourque as the 2019 Humanist of the Year. The award, which has been…
Read MoreNew Managing Editor joins LEH Staff
Earlier this month, Chris Turner-Neal joined the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities as Managing Editor of 64 Parishes. Before joining the LEH, he was the Arts and Entertainment Editor for Baton Rouge’s Country Roads Magazine, writing about arts, culture, history, and…
Read MorePRIME TIME Head Start students learn about fire safety, environment
At PRIME TIME Head Start, we strive to expose our students to as many experiences as we can. In October, PTHS hosted two groups of visitors to teach students about a few important topics: fire safety and the environment. Firefighters from…
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