Cal Humanities

"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more when it is in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

Awesome Sauce!

California Humanities-supported Community Stories project, LA Heat: Mouth Altering Condiments—Artworks, which explores the impact of Sriracha and Tapatio in Los Angeles, recently opened its exhibit to a record-setting crowd on March […]

New Multimedia Exhibit Brings History to Life

Fort Ord was once the largest military base in the American West. Between 1863 and 1993, when it was decommissioned, over 1.5 million soldiers passed through the Monterey Bay base. […]

Treading Water: How Long Can We Last?

Facing an uncertain future, Californians confront their own reflection in the mirror of water scarcity. In the new normal of what once was the California dream, activists, commercial fishermen, farmers, […]

Heroes of the Coast

Heroes of the Coast, a film by Janet Bridgers, exploresthe story of the passage of Proposition 20, California’s historic Coastal Act legislation, through interviews and video collection with citizen activists […]

Reflections of a Drought, Project Director Interview

Fresno County Public Library (FCPL), in partnership with Steve Thao, produced Reflections of a Drought, a 20 minute documentary that collects interviews from Fresno County residents and their experience with the […]