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Get to know: PA Humanities Window Keeper Bryan Wade, Founder, @keystonesoralhistories, New Cumberland, Cumberland County

Bryan Wade is a former educator with a passion for examining the human condition and telling the stories of ethnic minorities on a local, county and regional level. His documentary films chronicle African Americans from Dauphin and York Counties who served in the military from the Civil War through the Vietnam War as well as the Underground Railroad and abolitionists in south central Pennsylvania, including a teacher’s guide for classroom use.

We are about to announce our newest set of Window Keepers in the coming days, but there`s still time to nominate YOUR Window Keeper before the July 31 deadline!

You can find the nomination form, guidelines and everything else you need to know about this special initiative where YOU can recognize the people making a difference in YOUR community as we celebrate the nation at 250 by visiting our website:

https://pahumanities.org/thewindowkeeper/ ...

Get to know: PA Humanities Window Keeper Allie O’Shea, Project Coordinator, @portallegany_heart_soul, Port Allegany, McKean County

As the youngest @communityheartandsoul project coordinator not just in Pennsylvania but also the nation, Allie O’Shea leads a team of volunteer residents who are implementing the four-phase Community Heart & Soul process all while a full-time college student. She is passionate about serving her community and sharing her love for the town and the people who live there, and stewarding it as a place that other young people want to call home.

Who`s a Window Keeper in your community? How do you nominate them to become a Window Keeper? What the heck is a Window Keeper?

Find answers to all these questions, as well as inspiration from other Window Keepers who show what`s possible in our communities, at:

https://pahumanities.org/thewindowkeeper/ ...

Get to know: PA Humanities Window Keeper Kyra Taylor, Co-Founder & Executive Director, @eriesblackwallstreet, Erie, Erie County

As Executive Director of Erie’s Black Wall Street, Kyra leads a powerful effort to advance change and opportunity in Erie’s Black community. Through building meaningful relationships, expanding access to education, and promoting Black entrepreneurship and homeownership, she is helping to create pathways to lasting wealth and stability. Kyra was also a crucial partner in bringing Voices of History to Erie, helping to coordinate storytellers and tapings. Grounded in a deep commitment to service, her work fosters a culture that uplifts individuals and inspires future generations.

Who`s a Window Keeper in your community? How do you nominate them to become a Window Keeper? What the heck is a Window Keeper?

Find answers to all these questions, as well as inspiration from other Window Keepers who show what`s possible in our communities, at:

https://pahumanities.org/thewindowkeeper/ ...

Get to know: PA Humanities Window Keeper Doug Miller, Site Director, Pennsbury Manor, Morrisville, Bucks County

Under Doug Miller’s leadership, Pennsbury Manor’s award-winning William Penn: The Seed of a Nation exhibit explores Penn’s desire to create a place that stood for fairness, religious tolerance, acceptance and representative government. Miller was also instrumental in a repatriation project in collaboration with Jeremy Johnson and members of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, helping locate the remains of the ancestors that had been taken and dispersed to museums and universities and returning them to be interred on the land that the Lenape once called home.

Who`s a Window Keeper in your community? How do you nominate them to become a Window Keeper? What the heck is a Window Keeper?

Find answers to all these questions, as well as inspiration from other Window Keepers who show what`s possible in our communities, at: https://pahumanities.org/thewindowkeeper/ See less ...