2023 marks the 50th anniversary of Delaware Humanities.  In this episode, current Executive Director Michele Anstine and former Delaware Humanities Board Chair Barbara Benson discuss the stories and histories of Delaware Humanities, in particular how the organization has developed over the past 50 years along with the changing social and cultural landscape of the state and the nation.

2023/1973: In Conversation Episode 1

Dr. Lee and Ms. Brown’s conversation in episode 2 of In Conversation: 2023/1973 addresses health disparities, increase health workforce diversity, and address the social determinants of health and the role of African American female physicians in our healthcare system, particularly within the last 50 years.

2023/1973: In Conversation Episode 2

This episode of 2023/1973: In Conversation will feature Ed Ratledge, Director of the University of Delaware's Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research. During this discussion with Tom Byrne, Ed Ratledge explores the demographic shifts of Delaware over the past fifty years and the implications these changes have had on our communities.

2023/1973: In Conversation Episode 3

For the fourth and final episode of this podcast series, 2023/1973: In Conversation, Tom Byrne will be joined by Joan DelFattore, author and professor emerita of English and Legal Studies at the University of Delaware. This conversation will explore the change seen in political discourse and how we as a a society receive political information. Joan DelFattore will explain how misinformation occurs, the impact it has on our democracy, and how we can combat these issues without undermining democracy.

2023/1973: In Conversation Episode 4

Featuring Delaware State Representative Sherry Dorsey Walker, this episode looks at Delaware House Bill 198, passed in 2021, which requires every Delaware school district and charter school serving K-12 students to provide instruction on Black history.

A More Just Delaware Episode 1: House Bill 198

Featuring educator Kathy Trusty, this episode looks at Delaware’s complex history of school segregation and its lasting impact on Delaware’s school system today. This episode complements Delaware Humanities’ 2024 traveling exhibit on the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

A More Just Delaware Episode 2: Brown v. Board

Featuring Delaware state Senator Darius J. Brown, this episode looks at Delaware Senate Bill 192 (the CROWN Act), passed in 2021, prohibiting discrimination in the workplace based on hairstyles historically associated with race.

A More Just Delaware Episode 3: The Crown Act

Featuring former Delaware state Senator Karen Peterson, this episode focuses on discrimination in the LGBTQ+ community, looking at the leadup to Delaware’s legalization of same-sex marriage in 2013 and what has changed since that moment.

A More Just Delaware Episode 4: Marriage Equality

Delaware Humanities provides educational outreach, special projects, and funding opportunities to bring Delawareans together. We connect cultural, educational, and civic institutions statewide to provide public events that enhance our understanding of who we are, where we’ve been, and where we are going as individuals, communities, and citizens of Delaware.

2023/1973: In Conversation Episode 4

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