GameChanger 101
Grant Guidelines
We live in a rapidly changing world. Travel, technology, and economics are uniting us in ways we could not have imagined just a short time ago. Advances in science and engineering are providing unheralded possibilities for problem solving and discovery. Major cultural and political shifts are transforming the global landscape overnight leading to unrest at homeandabroad.
In response to these challenges the North Dakota Humanities Council createdGameChanger, an annual ideas festival focused on a major event or issue significantly changing the face of our world. We invite people close to the action to share their ideas for managing these changes in ways that will lead to a better, more prosperous world.
Our hope is to create a culture of curiosity and collective inquiry around the ideas that will lead us into tomorrow. Our goal is to equip emerging leaders and everyday citizens with a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing us in the 21st century and the creative solutions we need to address them.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize. To honor this centennial event, NDHC will present their 2016 GameChanger: Pulitzer Prize Edition. In keeping with this theme, GameChanger 101 Grants will focus on discussing the written works of prize-winning journalists and historians chosen to present at this year’s GameChanger ideas festival. Other texts chosen should complement the issues discussed by these speakers. Fifteen organizations will be selected to host GameChanger101 programs.
Libraries are invited to join in viewing the 2016 GameChanger: Pulitzer Prize Edition. Library patrons will be granted the ability to attend the GameChanger Ideas Festival remotely via livestream on the event day.
For more information regarding GameChanger, visit: http://www.gamechangernd.com/
GameChanger 101 GRANTS (up to $1,500)
NDHC GameChanger 101 Grants support program costs of book or film discussions which focus on Pulitzer Prize-winning books and/or journalistic texts. Through the program, scholars teach participants to engage with the text they are reading on a deeper level by giving them the tools to understand Pulitzer Prize winning literature within the context of its historical, cultural, moral, and political significance. Discussions address the vital importance of access to high caliber journalism and research, and the public duty to use critical thinking skills to judge the reliability and credibility of news reports and information sources.
Eligibility
Any nonprofit organization in North Dakota may apply, including schools, churches, community service groups, museums, historical societies, libraries, colleges, governmental or tribal entities, and ad hoc groups formed for the purpose of a specific project. It is not necessary for the sponsor to be incorporated or to have tax-exempt status. Grantees are limited to receiving no more than two GameChanger 101 grants per year.
Submission Deadlines
Your proposal is due six weeks prior to need of the grant. A decision will be made within two weeks of your submission.
Expenditures
Eligible expenditures include honoraria for scholars; travel expenses; printing and publicity; books; facilities; and program materials.
Text and Film Selection & Description
Choose texts or films that express a common element throughout each of the books and/or journalistic pieces you have selected for your series. Pulitzer Prize winning journalism pieces are available for free on the Pulitzer Prize website (http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-categories).
At least one of the 2016 GameChanger Series: Pulitzer Prize Edition speakers’ works should be selected. This may include:
Seymour Hersh: The Dark Side of Camelot, or Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib, or his winning 1970 International Reporting work found on the Pulitzer Prize website.
Elizabeth Fenn: Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People
Sonia Nazario: Enrique’s Journey: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Journey to Reunite with His Mother
Eric Schlosser: Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident and the Illusion of Safety
Jacqueline Jones: A Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama's America or, Labor of Love, Labor of Loss: Black Women, Work and the Family from Slavery to the Present
Scholars
Scholars must have an advanced degree (MA or Ph.D.) in a humanities discipline (English, history, philosophy, or anthropology). Occasionally, an individual without an advanced degree in the humanities may qualify as a humanities scholar by virtue of his or her special knowledge, experience, or contribution to humanities discourse. Writers and Native American elders or tribal representatives may fit into the latter category. The NDHC will assist in finding appropriate scholars or leaders.
Project Evaluation Requirement
For public events, the NDHC provides an audience survey template to grantees to help project directorsevaluate their project's public impact. The NDHC requires project directors to administer the NDHC AudienceSurvey at public events and return them to the NDHC as part of their final report.
Acknowledgement of NDHC Support
Grantees are required to give proper credit to the NDHC for its support. This includes printing an acknowledgement of NDHC support and use of the NDHC logo on all promotional and program material, making an announcement crediting the NDHC with support at the beginning of any public program or event, display the NDHC poster at the program, and noting NDHC support in any interviews with the press.
How to Apply:
1) Using the GameChanger 101 Grant Guidelines provided, fill out the GameChanger 101 Grant Application Form downloaded from the web site or requested from the NDHC office.
2) Mail the original signed grant application to the address below:
North Dakota Humanities Council
418 Broadway E., Suite 8
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501
The NDHC Staff is here to help! If you have any questions, please call 1-800-338-6543 or 701-255-3360 or e-mail Kayla Schmidt, Program Coordinator, at .
The following pages include sample discussion topics and ideas.
GameChanger 101 Grant Discussions Ideas
When choosing the books, films, or journalistic texts for your discussions, keep in mind that there should be a common element apparent throughout and that at least one of your selections must include a piece from one of the 2016 GameChanger: Pulitzer Prize Edition speakers. Pulitzer Prize winning journalism pieces are available for free on the Pulitzer Prize Website (http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-categories). Below are some suggestions that may prompt your own ideas for GameChanger 101!
Life in a Cold Climate: Understanding the Cultural Effects of the Cold War and the Nuclear Arms Race—This collection of nonfiction, fiction, and primary sources including Cold War-era travelogues, defense films, and cinematic satire take a thorough look at the historical events which held immense cultural impact not only for the U.S., but for the entire world on the verge of nuclear war. What have we learned as a nation? What are our concerns for the future regarding nuclear weapons and international disputes?
· Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident and the Illusion of Safety (2014 Pulitzer Prize finalist) by Eric Schlosser, 2013
· “Duck and Cover: Bert the Turtle” Official Civil Defense Film, 1951
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60
· The Longest Night by Andria Williams, 2016
· A Russian Journal by John Steinbeck, 1948
· “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,” directed by Stanley Kubrick, 1964
Land of the Free: Immigrants of the Past and Present—Access to high caliber journalism and research is vital to understanding the world around us. It is the public’s duty to use critical thinking skills to judge the reliability and credibility of news reports and information sources. These books and reportage help us consider the wider meaning of immigration’s impact on American economy, culture and society’s definition of who truly is an “American”. These texts will help define who we are, where we’ve come from, and how we will handle immigration reform for future generations.
· Enrique’s Journey(2003 Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Sonia NazarioThe
· Atlantic Migration, 1607–1860: A History of the Continuing Settlement of the United States(1941 Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Marcus Lee Hansen
· “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas (Pulitzer Prize winning writer, article posted in the New York Times, 2011)
Plain Stories: Tales of Native Americans in North Dakota—These narratives, whether historical or fictional, strive to showcase the complex culture and resilience of the Mandan Indians, the Sioux, and Ojibwa tribes . Through various lenses and voices we develop a picture of Native American life. What internal conflicts drive these stories? What external influences alter these communities? Spirituality is a main factor in Native American belief, where does it come into play within these texts and how does it interact with those of non-Native American societies who may challenge this sacred way of life?
· The Round House by Louise Erdrich, 2012
· Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People (2015 Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Elizabeth Fenn, 2014
· The Grass Dancer by Susan Power, 1997
Place for Race: Defining what “Race” means in America—Jacqueline Jones will present her theory of “race” at the 2016 GameChanger: Pulitzer Prize Edition. How does her theory that race does not technically exist complement or contradict the themes explored in the film, article, and novel discussed in this series? Using Jones’ theory as a framework to interpret the following week’s materials, how does this impact the reader’s personal definition of race? How do we discuss issues of race, if the very concept of its existence is challenged, especially in modern society? In an intense election year such as this, how important is it that politicians and citizens address these issues?
· A Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama's America (2014 Pulitzer Prize Finalist) by Jacqueline Jones, 2015
· “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, “directed by Stanley Nelson, 2016
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/the-black-panthers-vanguard-of-the-revolution/
· “Crossing Over” by J.R. Moehringer (2000 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Feature Writing). Los Angeles Times, August, 22 1999.
http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/6901
· To Kill a Mockingbird (1961 Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Harper Lee, 1960
GameChanger101: an Overview—This year’s GameChanger speakers come from a variety of backgrounds and their awards in journalism and history cover a multitude of topics. These sessions will implement discussion about each work’s themes. What role does journalism and reportage play in our everyday life? What knowledge have we gained because these writers have delved deeper into sometimes taboo, secretive, or controversial topics? How do we use these new understandings to question the world around us – both in interpreting the past and in navigating the challenges of the future?
· The Dark Side of Camelot by Seymour M. Hersh, 1998
· Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People (2015 Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Elizabeth Fenn, 2014
· Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, 2001