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.”
Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Poet, Dancer, Playwright
“What are the things that lead us to aspire to something greater?”
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.”
George Takei, Actor, Author, Director, Activist
“Part of resilience is finding joy, finding beauty, finding love.”
Governor Jerry Brown
“The humanities are ways or windows into what it is to be human.”
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.”
Tracy Fullerton, Game Designer
“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
“The humanities are peacemakers…one of the most powerful ways to generate peace is by listening …”
Father Gregory Boyle, Author & Activist
“Give your hearts to dismantling the barriers.”
