Launched in 2014, the War Comes Home initiative was launched to help veterans strengthen connections to their communities, and vice versa, and increase awareness and understanding of the impacts of war. Over $300,000 in grants was awarded and provided additional resources to 43 library jurisdictions throughout California, carrying out 856 activities, and …

FRESNO– Fresno State’s Valley Public History Initiative will launch the public history and archive project Straight Outta Fresno: From Popping to B-boys and B-girls at FresCo on December 7th. Straight Outta Fresno seeks to document and showcase the local history of hip hop in Fresno and the Central Valley by …

SAN FRANCISCO– Screening of TRIBAL JUSTICE at American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco. TRIBAL JUSTICE has been nominated for Best Doc on Sunday Nov 5, 2017 at 3:30pm – 6:00 pm. This film will be playing with MANKILLER by Valerie Red-Horse Mohl about the great Wilma Mankiller. Tickets: $5 Brava Theatre …

OXNARD– Join us for an evening celebrating the storytellers who participated in recent workshops funded by a California Humanities Community Stories grant and Beacon Reader, and in launching our new web page dedicated to farmworker women. This free public event features stories in English and in Spanish, as well as …

In the summer of 1990, President George H. Bush declared the month of November as National Native American Heritage Month. This month is intended to celebrate the history, culture and traditions of America’s Indigenous peoples. Through a collaborative project of the Library of Congress, the National Endowment for the Humanities, …

California Humanities has had a long history in working with veterans and veterans’ organizations through our grants and programs, from our Literature and Medicine® program to our War Comes Home initiative, which included a series of thought-provoking interviews with veterans. We hope to increase awareness and understanding of the veteran …

OAKLAND– Have you ever driven down the highway – past acres of farmland on either side of the road – and wondered what stories from the past would unfold with the tilling of the soil? It was the summer of 1975 when a group of farmworkers joined Cesar Chavez in a 1,000 …

Nationally recognized expert on workers’ rights and civil rights, Julie has dedicated her distinguished legal career to advancing justice on behalf of disenfranchised communities, and we’re so proud to have her join our board of directors. Julie also participated in our We Are the Humanities initiative, which we launched in 2015 to …

SANTA BARBARA–Curatorial Walkthrough with Sacred Art in the Age of Contact Curators Diva Zumaya and Maggie Bell October 22 @ 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm Join curators Diva Zumaya and Margaret Bell for a walkthrough of Sacred Art in the Age of Contact. The walk-through will focus on key objects that highlight the …