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

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"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

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Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder-in-Residence of PolicyLink

Angela Glover-Blackwell: We Are the Humanities

“We are living in the nation’s future … in California, people of color are deciding the fate of the nation.”

Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Poet, Dancer, Playwright

Marc Bamuthi Joseph: We Are the Humanities

“What are the things that lead us to aspire to something greater?”

Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice of California

Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye: We Are the Humanities

“What humanities teaches you is that we are all of the human collective and that we all have a story.”

George Takei, Actor, Author, Director, Activist

George Takei: We Are the Humanities

“Part of resilience is finding joy, finding beauty, finding love.”

Governor Jerry Brown

Jerry Brown: We Are the Humanities

“The humanities are ways or windows into what it is to be human.”

Betty Reid Soskin, U.S. National Park Service Ranger

Betty Reid-Soskin: We Are the Humanities

“It’s through the humanities that one learns empathy … access that great attribute which is empathy.”

Tracy Fullerton, Game Designer

Tracy Fullerton: We Are the Humanities

“It has become increasingly important for us to question how and why we do things.”

Richard Louv, Author & Journalist

“If truth has a future in America, we must support the humanities…”

Juan Felipe Herrera, Former U.S. Poet Laureate

Juan Felipe Herrara: We Are the Humanities

“The humanities are peacemakers…one of the most powerful ways to generate peace is by listening …”

Father Gregory Boyle, Author & Activist

Father Greg Boyle: We are the Humanities

“Give your hearts to dismantling the barriers.”

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