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Cal Humanities

"Part of resilience is finding joy, finding beauty, finding love."

— George Takei, Actor, Author, Director, Activist

Archive Year: 2018

What is your California Story?

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California. A state of almost 40 million people, with millions of stories to share. A state of writers, filmmakers, storytellers and artists. A state

Grantee Feature– Screening of Walking Into the Unknown: A History of Punjabi Women in California on Nov 16

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Wedding Photo, Punjab, India, 1979. Courtesy of Pushpinder Kaur
Wedding Photo, Punjab, India, 1979. Courtesy of Pushpinder Kaur
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ORANGE– California Humanities’ grantee Punjabi American Women Oral History Project will be presenting a documentary film Walking into the Unknown: A History of Punjabi

Grantee Feature– South of Fletcher: Stories from the Bowtie Exhibit through Nov 4th

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South of Fletcher, Photo Credit Bear Guerra, Courtesy of Clockshop
Bear Guerra of Fonografia Collective, courtesy of Clockshop.
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South of Fletcher: Stories from the Bowtie is a multi-platform storytelling project by Fonografia Collective, a project that received an Humanities for All Quick Grant from

Betty Reid Soskin, US National Park Ranger and Author of Sign My Name to Freedom

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Betty Reid Soskin. Photo Credit: AK Sandhu
Betty Reid Soskin. Photo Credit: AK Sandhu
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Born in Detroit, raised in New Orleans, and making California her home for the majority of her life, at the age of 97 Betty

Grantee Feature– Mixteco Language Presentation and Dance Performance, Dec 1st

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VENTURA– Mixteco: Tu’un Savi, the Language of the Rain, presented by Silvia Ventura Luna, M.A. The Mixteco language, Tu’un Savi, is an oral language

Grantee Feature– A Lens Into Mi Vida: Dishes of the Immigrant Experience Poetry Reading on Oct 22

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A Lens Into Mi Vida: Dishes of the Immigrant Experience
A Lens Into Mi Vida: Dishes of the Immigrant Experience
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LOS ANGELES– The Lens into Mi Vida: Dishes of the Immigrant Experience program will kick-0ff with a poetry reading featuring local poets. Kimberly Cobain,

Strengthening Education Through the Humanities

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One of California Humanities’ three primary strategic components, developed as part of our strategic refresh in 2015/2016, is focused on deeper engagement with K-12

Celebrate National Arts & Humanities Month in October with Three Current Humanities For All Quick Grant Project Interviews

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Noah Berger, In the Sunshine of Neglect exhibition, Embers From the Blue Cut Fire; R+A Multimedia, La Ultima Parada; and George Simia, The Community Salon: HOME.
Left to Right: Noah Berger, In the Sunshine of Neglect exhibition, Embers From the Blue Cut Fire; R+A Multimedia, La Ultima Parada; and George Simia, The Community Salon: HOME.
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As part of California Humanities’ celebration of National Arts and Humanities Month in October, we feature the stories of three of our recent, statewide

Pulitzer Prize-Winner Sonia Nazario to Participate in California Humanities CA 2020: Democracy and the Informed Citizen Initiative Bakersfield College Will Host “On Immigration and Journalism” Forum

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For Immediate Release Media Contact: John Lightfoot 415.391.1474 ext. 314, jlightfoot@calhum.org September 14, 2018 (Oakland, CA) California Humanities presents a free public forum, On

Pulitzer Prize-Winner Sonia Nazario to Participate in California Humanities CA 2020: Democracy and the Informed Citizen Initiative San Jose State Will Host “On Immigration and Journalism” Forum

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For Immediate Release Media Contact: John Lightfoot 415.391.1474 ext. 314, jlightfoot@calhum.org September 14, 2018 (Oakland, CA) California Humanities presents a free public forum, On

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