“It’s through the humanities that one learns empathy…” -Betty Reid Soskin April is Black Women’s History Month, an opportunity to embrace the achievements and to build awareness of the contributions of generations of Black Women and minority women of African descent. Born in Detroit, raised in New …
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California Humanities is pleased to announce $302,000 in awards to 14 new film, audio and interactive media projects through the 2018 California Documentary Project (CDP) grant program. From a film highlighting the origins of the disability rights movement; to a radio series examining the social and economic impact of drought …
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– by Oliver Rosales, CH Board Member and Professor of History at Bakersfield College Engaging with elected officials is an important part of engaged citizenship. Lobbying elected officials, however, does not come naturally and requires practice. For those of us laboring in the humanities, the Federation of State Humanities Council-sponsored …
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Past and Future Connections to Pond Farm Pottery exhibition demonstrates the creative breadth of work by Bauhaus-trained master potter Marguerite Wildenhain and her students known as Pond Farmers. The exhibition which is supported by an Humanities for All Quick Grant explores how the lives of the Pond Farmers were transformed by their …
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We’re pleased to announce the release of our 2017 Annual Report. Click through for information on all of the exciting work that took place in 2017.
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“It has become increasingly important for us to question how and why we do things.”
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“We are living in the nation’s future … in California, people of color are deciding the fate of the nation.”
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Getting Here: LA Stories of Immigration stimulated hundreds of young people to hand-write letters and share their story of childhood migration. We are proud to share their work as a grantee of our new grant program Humanities for All. This project was awarded a Humanities for All Quick Grant from California …
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Congratulations to 25 new public humanities grantees who received funding through the Humanities For All grant program in December 2017. These projects ask the big questions on topics important to us as Californians and as global citizens– around food systems, economic inequality, intergenerational understanding and more. Check out the full …
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“If truth has a future in America, we must support the humanities…”
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California Humanities A State of Open Mind
