California Humanities A State of Open Mind
The 2019–2020 California State budget includes a $1 million appropriation to California Humanities.
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Monthly Archives: July 2019
California Humanities’ Advocacy Results in First-Ever State Budget Funding Allocation
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Claudia Leung, cleung@calhum.org, 415.391.1474 x303 July 25, 2019 (Oakland, CA) — California Humanities is pleased to announce the success of advocacy efforts resulting in the first-ever allocation of state funding to the organization. The budget appropriation requests led by California State Senator Ben Allen and …
Read More »Recruiting Literature & Medicine® Facilitators & Partner Sites
View the RFI for Southern California and Central California opportunities in the medical humanities.
Read More »2020 Book to Action Application Now Live
In 2020, 25 libraries will be selected to participate in creating a Book to Action series.
Read More »California Humanities Presents California on the Table: An Evening Celebrating Our State’s Delicious Food Stories on September 12
Fundraiser at One Kearny Club Features Nikiko Masumoto of Masumoto Family Farms & Food by James Beard-Nominated Chef Reem Assil For Immediate Release Media Contact: Claudia Leung, cleung@calhum.org, 415.391.1474 x303 July 12, 2019 (San Francisco, CA) —California Humanities presents California on the Table: An Evening Celebrating Our State’s Delicious Food …
Read More »Don’t Miss An Evening Celebrating our State’s Delicious Food Stories
Featuring Nikiko Masumoto of Masumoto Family Farm and highlighting recent grantees.
Read More »New Grant Focus Area Supports Storytelling in the Wake of Natural Disasters
Update: The NEH supports this new grant area with a match of $30,000.
Read More »California Humanities Announces New Grant Focus Area “Second Responders” in Wake of Natural Disasters
New Focus on Post-Wildfire Public Humanities Projects Supported by National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman’s Award For Immediate Release Media Contact: Claudia Leung, cleung@calhum.org, 415.391.1474 x303 July 8, 2019 (Oakland, CA) — California Humanities announces the creation of a new focus area within the public humanities grants available to California …
Read More »New Exhibit We Are More: Stories by Queer Comic Artists Opens in July
The latest in the Art of Storytelling series features work from four Oakland-based artists and clips from upcoming documentary No Straight Lines.
Read More »Our Staff’s Suggested Summer Reads
A list of books to enjoy during the warmer months.
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