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

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 when it is in context."

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

Archive Year: 2023

Support a Small-Scale Public Humanities Project! Quick Grant Applications Open January 2024

  • Blog, Humanities For All, Spotlight
Collage of three Quick Grant projects, featuring an archival photo of a family, person wearing a Danza de Diablos mask, and two dancers in a field
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California Humanities is pleased to announce the next deadline of Humanities for All Quick Grants on February 15, 2024.

California Humanities Awarded California Arts Council Statewide and Regional Networks Grant 

  • Press Releases, Spotlight
Text "We Got the Grant!" on bright red background with California Arts Council logo in white and hashtag #ArtsinCA
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The California Arts Council has announced a grant award of $42,500 to California Humanities as part of its Statewide and Regional Networks (SRN) program

Fall 2023 Project Grants Awarded $330,000 for Engaging Humanities Programs Across California

  • Humanities For All, Press Releases, Spotlight
Painting with two square images, one with a close-up of a rooster wearing a tan hat, ad one with a woman with short dark hair and glasses.
Exhibition art from a newly-commissioned animated video, crafted for grantee project Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley.
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14 new grantees will receive $330,000 in funding through the Humanities for All Project Grant program.

Emerging Journalist Fellows at El Camino College Win Top Media Prize for Coastal Erosion Series

  • Blog, Emerging Journalist Fellowship, Spotlight
Four people smile and pose for the camera
Left to right: Kim McGill and Khoury Williams, journalism advisor Jessica Martinez, and student Ethan Cohen.
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Read more about first place awards from the College Media Association (CMA) for the 2023 Emerging Journalist Fellowship team at El Camino College in

Celebrating Community and Culture at California Libraries in December  

  • Blog, Experience the Humanities, Library Innovation Lab, Spotlight
Photograph of a small city with a mountain in the distance.
Mount Jurupa in Jurupa Valley, California, 2017. Photo by Scottthezombie, CC-BY-SA 4.0.
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2023 Library Innovation Lab participants are hosting public programs in December that celebrate the cultural traditions and heritage of immigrant communities.

National Native American Heritage Month Project Spotlights

  • Blog, Spotlight
Volunteers working at the Kaweah Oaks Preserve to weave the tule mats for a housing structure
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We are proud to feature several current and upcoming projects that are sharing and celebrating the stories, culture, and traditions of indigenous Californians.

Youth Grants Available! Civics + Humanities Grants Back for Second Year

  • Blog, Civics + Humanities Middle Grades, Spotlight
Middle school students sitting around a wooden picnic bench.
Planning grantee Film Independent Inc, based in Los Angeles, will research and build a program to serve middle schoolers in exploring issues of representation and identity in film/media. Image courtesy of Film Independent Inc.
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California Humanities is pleased to announce the next deadline of Civics + Humanities Middle Grades Grants on February 1, 2024.

“A Tough Climb:” Emerging Journalist Fellows at Los Medanos College Report on Housing Insecurity in Contra Costa County

  • Emerging Journalist Fellowship, Spotlight
Woman speaking into a microphone during a speaker panel
Pittsburg Mayor Shanelle Scales-Preston shares city resources with audience alongside Los Medanos College student Reese Clayton during an October 3 panel on housing insecurity in Contra Costa County. Photo by Ray Kopf.
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Through an in-depth reporting series, this Emerging Journalist Fellowship project helped campus and community members better understand the current housing crisis in Contra Costa

Libraries Celebrate Immigrant Traditions and Heritage this November  

  • Blog, Experience the Humanities, Library Innovation Lab, Spotlight
Three women pose for a photograph
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Libraries across the state participating in the 2023 Library Innovation Lab program are hosting public programs this month that celebrate the cultural traditions and

California Humanities Welcomes Marika Garcia as Director of Development 

  • Press Releases, Spotlight
Image: Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve Lancaster, CA by Steve Wiesner
Image: Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve Lancaster, CA by Steve Wiesner
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California Humanities is pleased to announce life-long California resident Marika Garcia as its new Director of Development.

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