Colorado Humanities

We are dedicated to support humanities education for adults and children statewide. In our 43-year history, we have created more than 75 unique program initiatives. Our major objectives include developing programs that engage diverse populations, help preK-12 students--especially youth at risk--improve academic achievement, and encourage community engagement.

We forge partnerships throughout Colorado, and Greeley is our long-time programmatic hub for Weld County. In addition to High Plains Chautauqua, our programs include: Black History Live; Colorado Encyclopedia; Colorado Book Awards; Latino Heritage Live; Letters About Literature, a K-12 writing competition; Motheread/Fatheread Colorado, a literacy program; River of Words, a K-12 poetry and art competition; War Stories, a writing program for Denver combat veterans; Writers in the Schools K-12 writing workshops, and Young Chautauqua, our K-12 program of research, writing, and presentation of living history characterizations. More than 700 Weld County School District 6 students participate each academic year, and 40-50 perform at High Plains Chautauqua each August. In 2016, we joined the national Pulitzer Campfires initiative to celebrate the Pulitzer Prize Centennial by developing a special program, The American West as Living Space, a reading and discussion series about Western Pulitzer writers. Greeley resident Northern Colorado University Professor Emeritus of History Ron Edgerton edited the more than 100-page anthology of Western Pulitzer writing that we published for the series.