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Our twelve Library Innovation Lab (LIL) 2018 cohort members reconvened in Oakland July 19 and 20 to share what they have learned through two months of intensive research into their communities’ needs and aspirations. Presentations of each library’s tentative plan (including goals, activities, outreach, and assessment strategies) generated lively discussion. …

California Humanities’ application and grantee portal has recently moved. Applicants and grantees will now use a new and improved grant portal on SurveyMonkeyApply to submit materials to us at: https://ch-grants.smapply.io/. Project Directors and Authorizing Officials for grants that began on the former portal should have received email invitations to register …

The California Humanities Art of Storytelling exhibit WordsUncaged: Voices from Inside Lancaster Prison closing reception is on September 27, 2018 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm in our Oakland office. Words Uncaged, a project funded by California Humanities, is a creative platform created by the men of A-Yard California State Prison, Lancaster and California …

In conjunction with our current Art of Storytelling exhibit, WordsUncaged: Voices from insider Lancaster Prison, we invite you to a screening of the Oscar-nominated and California Humanities-supported documentary Last Day of Freedom at our Oakland office on August 21, 2018.  The WordsUncaged: Voices from insider Lancaster Prison exhibit is available …

Grants for Youth Media Organizations in Support of Emerging California Mediamakers Age 18 and Under Deadline: Friday, September 14, 2018 California Humanities is pleased to announce guidelines for CDP NEXT GEN, a new funding opportunity through the California Documentary Project grant program in support of California’s next generation of documentary …

California Humanities is currently looking for a Communications Manager to join the staff in our Oakland office. Read on for more information about this opportunity and our organization. Please share this opportunity with those who might be interested! Applications will be accepted through Friday, August 3, 2018. Please sign up …

California Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invite you to attend a free information session about current funding opportunities from NEH program staff and California Humanities in Corona on Monday, July 16th from 1:30pm – 3:30pm hosted by Home Gardens Library, at 3785 Neece Street. California Humanities Program …

Applications for the next round of our new grants program, Humanities for All Project Grants, will be accepted July 1 through August 1 HERE. Guidelines, application instructions, FAQs, and a link to the recorded informational webinar are all available on the program webpage. Awards range between $10,000 and $20,000 for public humanities …

NAME: Debra White TITLE: Grants Manager PREVIOUSLY: Senior Grants Manager, Marin Community Foundation GUIDING QUOTE/TAGLINE: To whom much is given, much is required. CURRENTLY READING: The Baptist Heritage by H. Leon McBeth and Birthright by David Needham FAVORITE MOMENT OF CALIFORNIA HISTORY: The Oakland parade for the 2018 NBA Champion Golden State …

California Humanities is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity through the California Documentary Project (CDP) grant program in support of California’s next generation of documentary mediamakers. Presented in alignment with CA 2020: Youth Perspective and the Future of California, our new statewide initiative focusing on the lives and experiences …