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

Documenting California

A poster with a long green bus. Different hands and a crutch stick out of the busses windows. On the bus the writing says, “Nothing about us without us.”

Since 2003, we have made over 250 grants and awarded nearly $6.5 million through the
California Documentary Project grant program to humanities-based media projects.