LOS ANGELES– No Más Bebés (documentary) tells the story of Mexican immigrant mothers who were forcibly or unknowingly sterilized while giving birth at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center during the 1960s and 1970s. Represented by a young Chicana lawyer, the mothers stood up to injustice by suing the county, …

BOYLE HEIGHTS–Join us for a special screening of East LA Interchange, a documentary about how Boyle Heights survived the freeways that threatened to destroy their proud, immigrant community, followed by a panel discussion with the filmmaker and scholars featured in the film on October 30th. In English with Spanish subtitles. The …

LOS ANGELES– The day after Veterans Day, join us in truly honoring those among us in California who have served by listening as they share their experiences in the ancient tradition of the Greek storytellers during a unique performance, discussion, and refreshments reception at the Mark Taper Auditorium of the …

October 4, 2017 For Immediate Release Media Contact: Jody Sahota  415.391.1474 (Oakland, CA) As California Humanities celebrates National Arts & Humanities Month this October, they’re honoring the memory of longtime California Humanities’ Board Member and Chair Nancy Hatamiya, who passed away in 2012. Former California Humanities Board Chair Nancy Kikuko …

We’ve got our fingers crossed here at California Humanities for the three California Documentary Project films nominated for 2017 Emmy Awards. The 38th Annual News and Documentary Awards® will be presented on Thursday, October 5th 2017 and we wish each of these excellent film projects the best of luck! No …

The Art of Storytelling brings you “Pictures from the Field” photographs taken by Mimi Plumb Opening Reception on October 19th in Oakland It was July 1975 in the sun-drenched Salinas Valley. Cesar Chavez and the United Farmworkers Union had ten days and 1,000 miles on foot to raise awareness throughout …

SAN FRANCISCO– University of San Francisco’s Thacher Gallery is hosting a panel discussion between University of San Francisco Law School Professor Bill Ong Hing, Dean Ito Taylor, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Island Legal Outreach, and Korematsu legal team members Karen Kai and Robert Rusky on the legal, social and historical …

Artist Dario Canul from the Oaxacan collective Tlacolulokos at work in the Central Library. Photo Credit: Al Seib/ LA Times California Humanities recently supported an exhibition entitled Visualizing Language: Oaxaca in LA, as part of the Pacific Standard Time: Latin America/ Los Angeles initiative by the Getty. Los Angeles Times …

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will award up to $1 million in emergency grants to preserve humanities collections and help restore operations at libraries, museums, colleges, universities, and other cultural and historical institutions in the areas of Texas and Louisiana affected by Hurricane Harvey, Acting Chairman Jon Parrish …

Scores of Southern California cultural and educational institutions are participating in the Getty-led project Pacific Standard Time: From LA to LA, a series of hundreds of public events and exhibits taking place between September 2017 and January 2018 that will illuminate the myriad ways in which Latin America and Los …