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Explore Our Updated California on the Ballot and Tools of the Trade Pages

Siloulettes of hands casting ballots in colors of the rainbow, collaged together with a YouTube play symbol and screenshots of Tools of the Trade title cards

Explore relaunched pages for our Tools of the Trade and California on the Ballot initiatives.

Taking Action Against Banned Books

“A range of perspectives are core to the humanities, so when diverse voices are banned and silenced, then we must step up and call out the dangers to our democracy. The voices of people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals must be represented and heard.”

California Humanities expresses its grave concern as a growing number of restrictive book bans in the state and across the nation continue to compromise freedom of expression.

United Skates’ Co-Directors on Making the Documentary

An interview with Tina Brown and Dyana Winkler, the filmmakers behind new documentary UNITED SKATES.

California on the Ballot: Season Two Highlights

Multiple hands in various colors hold papers. Behind them is an outline of the state of California.

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 state’s electoral processes.

New Series in Los Angeles Showcases Indigenous Filmmaking in June 2023

Quad of four film stills: a cow surrounded by red video graphics, a woman plays a violin next to a still pond, a hand with fingers painted red holds a red card against the sky, two people stand outside portrayed behind a yellow video filter.

From June 2-18, The UCLA Film and Television Archive and UCLA American Indian Studies Center will present Imagining Indigenous Cinema: New Voices, New Visions.

Pride Month Spotlight: T. Hammidi of Hi Desert Queer & Trans Oral History Project

A woman with a tall blonde updo and blue flower pin wearing white rimmed sunglasses sits on a pink upholstered chair in front of rows of people sitting on the floor holding what look like bingo cards.

A conversation with the project director of the Humanities For All Quick Grant-supported Hi Desert Queer & Trans Oral History Project

Everybody is Entitled to Equity: Stories from Emerging Journalist Fellows at Sierra College

A set of four stories produced by a team of journalist fellows at Sierra College in Rocklin, California.

APA Heritage Month Spotlight: Lucy Burns and Karen Umemoto of Never Forget

Poster depicting a black and white hand grasping a brown hand in solidarity, with title "Oppose U.S. Intervention in the Philippines!"

An interview with the directors of a Humanities for All Project focused on the Philippine Anti-Martial Law Movement.

Making Waves PBS Premiere Dates in May

“Sound is still the best way to experience emotion.” — Gary Rydstrom, American Sound Designer We are excited to share the upcoming PBS premiere dates of MAKING WAVES: THE ART […]

Humanities for All Quick Grant Applications Open May 15

Photographs of Quick Grant grantees Armando Hernandez and Michael Aguirre of Trash-Mex (credit: Armando Hernandez), and a production of the Raizes Collective, based in Santa Rosa courtesy of the Raizes […]

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