What’s in a new name (and look)? You may have noticed that we’ve changed a little. Ok, a lot. We have a brand new organizational name, a new look and logo, both new and re-named programs, and a new website with plenty of ways for you to experience the power …
Read More »Monthly Archives: February 2012
When Dreams are Interrupted
Imagine that you, your extended family, and many of your closest friends are suddently deemed a threat to the nation. You are forced to give up your home and all your belongings and move to an internment camp. You don’t know when you might be allowed to return and what, …
Read More »The Search for Equality: LGBT Stories of Democracy in Action
Hear from those who know firsthand just how deeply personal the political can be, and vice versa. The Search for Equality: LGBT Stories of Democracy in Action documents first-person stories from San Diego's LGBT community that explore the basic principles of democracy, inequality, and community activism.
Read More »Interview with Richard Beeman
Our partner Mary Menzel from the California Center for the Book spoke with Beeman, who is one of the nation's foremost Constitutional scholars, at the Newport Beach Library at an author in conversation event in April 2012.
Read More »Interview with Rebecca Solnit
*Note: this is the short version of this interview. You can also find the full-length version of the interview here on our site. In the aftermath of disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, or the Loma Prieta Earthquake, author Rebecca Solnit collected hundreds of interviews and spent time in various disaster zones. …
Read More »Film: From The Quarters to Lincoln Heights
Experience a taste of the documentary From the Quarters to Lincoln Heights, which delves into the story of how thousands of African Americans came to work in Northern California's lumber mills nearly a hundred years ago and explores the multi-racial rural towns they called home.
Read More »Interview with Daniel Alarcón
*Note: this is the short version of this interview. You can also find the full-length version of the interview here on our site. Daniel Alarcón is the author of California Reads selected book Lost City Radio, a fiction rooted in the human experience of the aftermath of war through the …
Read More »Trailer: We Were Here: The AIDS Years in San Francisco
When AIDS (or “gay cancer,” as it was first called) began ravaging San Francisco’s gay community in the 1980s, the epidemic raised profound personal and community issues and unleashed broad political and social upheaval. Despite the fear and turmoil, many Bay Area residents responded tirelessly in compassionate and creative ways.
Read More »Film: The Polk Gulch Oral History Project
When a new wave of urban gentrifiers infiltrate a historically disenfranchised LGBT San Francisco community conflicts and tensions abound. Can they find a way to live together harmoniously or will war ensue? Since the late 1970s, San Francisco’s Polk Gulch neighborhood has been a national destination and home of some of …
Read More »Trailer: Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
Who put the funk in punk? It hasn't been easy, but for over 25 years a band out of South Central Los Angeles has been challenging racial stereotypes and defying musical genres.
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