We Are South Dakota Humanities

SDHC sponsors a discussion program entitled Humanities Cafe (formerly known as Brainstorming). Held biweekly via Zoom, this interactive program seeks to discuss topics important to our society that all too often go unaddressed.

Since 2014, SDHC selects a book for the Young Readers One Book program to share with children across the state. This program provides over 14,000 books to students across the state and is made possible by generous donors.

Since 2003, SDHC’s One Book South Dakota (OBSD) program has encouraged people across the state to read and discuss the same book throughout the year. Groups receive the current OBSD on loan from the SDHC lending library and host a SDHC scholar for their event.

SDHC’s Speakers Bureau offers a depth of topics that groups across South Dakota can bring to their communities. The council supports nearly 150 Speakers Bureau events annually, across a range of humanities-related subjects.

The South Dakota Humanities Council offers a packaged reading program for book clubs organized by individuals, libraries, bookstores, museums, and other organizations. Any organization is eligible to apply for a Book Club To-Go program.

The South Dakota Humanities Council provides program funding to make “We the People” available free-of-charge throughout the state via the South Dakota Newspaper Association. The article is published weekly, and discusses many topics in David Adler’s deciphering study of the Constitution. 

The South Dakota Humanities Council sponsors a series of writing workshops specifically for military veterans and their families, designed to help these heroes share their experiences and honor their stories.