California Humanities A State of Open Mind
“What are the things that lead us to aspire to something greater?”
Read More »Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Poet, Dancer, Playwright
George Takei, Actor, Author, Director, Activist
“Part of resilience is finding joy, finding beauty, finding love.”
Read More »Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice of California
“What humanities teaches you is that we are all of the human collective and that we all have a story.”
Read More »Betty Reid Soskin, U.S. National Park Service Ranger
“It’s through the humanities that one learns empathy … access that great attribute which is empathy.”
Read More »Tracy Fullerton, Game Designer
“It has become increasingly important for us to question how and why we do things.”
Read More »Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder-in-Residence of PolicyLink
“We are living in the nation’s future … in California, people of color are deciding the fate of the nation.”
Read More »2017 CA Documentary Project Guidelines Now Available
California Documentary Project grants for documentary film, audio and digital media are now available. Deadline: November 1, 2017 The California Documentary Project (CDP) is a competitive grant program that supports the research and development and production stages of film, audio, and digital media projects that seek to document California in all its …
Read More »Celebrating 100 Years of an Iconic Oakland Landmark
In conjunction with the Swan’s Market 100th Anniversary celebration hosted by the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, California Humanities hosted a panel discussion and a participatory flash memoir writing workshop. The panel “What Makes a Neighborhood” drew a full crowd of over 50 people. Jeremy Liu, Senior Fellow for …
Read More »Map of America Through Literature
This is a map of what I read, what changed my life; from the time I was three until yesterday, when I added one more book.” – Susan Straight Our dear friend and We Are the Humanities participant, author Susan Straight put together a map of America through her favorite books set …
Read More »National History Day
Thirty Middle and High School Students Named NEH Scholars at 2017 National History Day
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