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"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more when it is in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

Cal Humanities

"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

Archive Year: 2023

California Humanities Emerging Journalist Fellowship Provides $135k in Support for Community College Journalists

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For Immediate Release Media Contact:  Kerri Young, Communications Manager, kyoung@calhum.org  March 30, 2023—(Oakland, CA)— California Humanities is pleased to announce awards for the 2023 Emerging Journalist

Announcing California Humanities’ 2023 Library Innovation Lab Awardees

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Photo shared by California Humanities on March 23, 2023 tagging @silverlinesaidy, @rivcntylib, @oceansidelibrary, @commercelibrary, @haywardlibrary, @cityofhayward, @escondidolibrary, @dalycitygov, @dalycitylibrary, @oceansidenylibrary, @riversideilpubliclibrary, @sanleandrolib, @rivlibrary, @sonomalibrary, @ocpubliclibraries, @dalycity.ca.local, @yolocountylibrary, and @dalycityartsandculture. May be an image of 15 people and eyeglasses.
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For Immediate Release Media Contact:  Kerri Young, Communications Manager, kyoung@calhum.org  March 23, 2023—(Oakland, CA)— California Humanities is delighted to announce awards for the 2023 Library Innovation

California on the Ballot: Season Two Highlights

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Multiple hands in various colors hold papers. Behind them is an outline of the state of California.
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The newest installment of our California on the Ballot series sought to explore persistent demographic gaps at the polls, as well as other imbalances in our

Women’s History Month Spotlight: Beth Ann Gerstein of Women in California Clay

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Above: Breaking Ground: Women in California Clay at the American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) in Pomona, California. Photo courtesy of AMOCA. In recognition

3 Questions With Julie Fry

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Above image: Julie Fry (center), with California Humanities staff in Oakland on February 9, 2023. This month we talk to outgoing President & CEO

Literature & Medicine®: Humanities at the Heart of Healthcare

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Photo collage depicting selfies of healthcare professionals wearing masks and holding books they are reading
2023 Literature and Medicine participants. Credit: Carolyn Cusick. 
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Above: 2023 Literature and Medicine participants. Credit: Carolyn Cusick.  Since 2010, California Humanities has presented Literature & Medicine, a humanities-focused professional development program for

Photos: California Humanities in Motion: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Fête featuring Fanny

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On February 8, 2023, we gathered in San Francisco with friends and supporters to celebrate rock ‘n’ roll icons Fanny and the California Documentary

Highlighting African American Humanities Projects: A Recap of Recent Humanities for All Project Grants

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Above: Members of the Carver Garden Club, Oakland, Dec. 2, 1960. African American Museum & Library at Oakland Photograph Collection. In recognition of California’s

Humanities for All Quick Grant Winter Deadline: February 15

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Armando Hernandez and Michael Aguirre of Humanities For All Quick Grant grantee Trash-Mex, surrounded by original Mexican Genre Film poster art. Credit: Armando Hernandez.
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Above image: Armando Hernandez and Michael Aguirre of Humanities For All Quick Grant grantee Trash-Mex, surrounded by original Mexican Genre Film poster art. Credit:

California Humanities Awards 20 Humanities for All Quick Grant Projects to Support Community, History, & Storytelling

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A production of the Raizes Collective, based in Santa Rosa. Courtesy of the Raizes Collective.
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For Immediate Release Media Contact:  Kerri Young, Communications Manager, kyoung@calhum.org  January 30, 2023—(Oakland, CA)— California Humanities is proud to announce that 20 new public humanities grantees

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