Greater Helena Gives Donors Raise $3,420 for Philosophy in the Community!
Thank you to everyone who so generously donated to Merlin & philosophy in the community during Greater Helena Gives 2021.
Category: Announcements
“Bleeding Spirits” Listed as Standout Military History Book in Montana The Magazine of Western History’s 2020 Montana Book Roundup
Wow!! We just received word that Bleeding Spirits: A Combat Soldier’s Memoir of the Vietnam War (1968-1969) was listed by Aaron Parrett as the standout military history book of 2020 in Montana The Magazine of Western History’s Montana Book Roundup!
BWP Helena Great Northern Hotel Helping to Support Philosophy in the Community in 2021
Thank you to Karena and the BWP Helena Great Northern Hotel family for your continued support of our organization. Your 2021 in-kind sponsorship will help to support our philosophy in the community activities through the provision of lodging for our out-of-town guest speakers.
What Our 2020 CARES Act Relief Grant from Humanities MT Helped Fund
We are extremely grateful to Humanities Montana and the National Endowment for Humanities for awarding our organization a $5,000 CARES Act Grant earlier this year. Their rapid-response relief funding provided operational support to our non-profit (and so many others) during an extreme time of need. Thank you so much!! Check out what their relief grant helped to fund!
Bleeding Spirits – A Post-Humously Published Journal by Bob Jewell
We were honored to have the opportunity to serve as the editor for Bleeding Spirits: A Combat Soldier’s Memoir of the Vietnam War 1968-1969 — a post-humously published journal by Helena native, beloved teacher, and veteran Bob Jewell. Learn more and read the review here!
Merlin Receives $10,000 Social Services Nonprofit Grant from Montana Department of Commerce & DPHHS
Much gratitude to the Montana Department of Commerce and the Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services for awarding our organization a grant as part of their Corona Virus Relief program. This grant will help to support every day operations, existing programing and future programming viability. Thank you so much!!!
Jim “Poz” Posewitz: He was the Real Deal
There was no B.S. about Poz. He was the real deal. His best shots” have made Montana a better place. And his legacy will continue to do the same. These are the marks of a great teacher. Someone who walks the walk. Someone who inspires greatness in others. Someone whose “best shots” never end. It has been an honor and privilege knowing you, friend. Here’s to continuing kicking up dust!
Merlin Receives $3,500 Grant from Humanities Montana for their 2020 “Thinking as a Community” Project
Our “Thinking as a Community” public philosophy project stems from our belief in the importance of staying connected as a people, the richness and power of thinking together, the value of philosophy and philosophically driven dialogue across disciplines, the importance of cultivating of our personal and civic selves, and the vital role the humanities plays in this process. Our project will offer opportunities for communities to think together (on-line/digitally and in-person) via philosophy workshops and philosophy “walk”shops over the course of 2020 into 2021. We are tremendously grateful to Humanities MT and the National Endowment for the Humanities for their support of our project and for all of the amazing work they are doing in Montana!
