California Humanities Emerging Journalist Fellowship Provides $135k in Support for Community College Journalists

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Kerri Young, Communications Manager, kyoung@calhum.org March 30, 2023—(Oakland, CA)— California Humanities is pleased to announce awards for the 2023 Emerging Journalist Fellowship program. Presented in partnership with […]
Announcing California Humanities’ 2023 Library Innovation Lab Awardees

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Kerri Young, Communications Manager, kyoung@calhum.org March 23, 2023—(Oakland, CA)— California Humanities is delighted to announce awards for the 2023 Library Innovation Lab (LIL) grant program to ten […]
Literature & Medicine®: Humanities at the Heart of Healthcare

Above: 2023 Literature and Medicine participants. Credit: Carolyn Cusick. Since 2010, California Humanities has presented Literature & Medicine, a humanities-focused professional development program for healthcare providers at Veteran’s Affairs Medical […]
3 Questions With Fritz Friedman

Above image: Fritz Friedman, California Humanities Board Member, with actress Meryl Streep. This month we spoke with California Humanities’ longest-serving board member Fritz Friedman, appointed by Governor Jerry Brown. He […]
Highlighting African American Humanities Projects: A Recap of Recent Humanities for All Project Grants

Above: Members of the Carver Garden Club, Oakland, Dec. 2, 1960. African American Museum & Library at Oakland Photograph Collection. In recognition of California’s African American and African diasporic communities, […]
Humanities for All Quick Grant Winter Deadline: February 15

Above image: Armando Hernandez and Michael Aguirre of Humanities For All Quick Grant grantee Trash-Mex, surrounded by original Mexican Genre Film poster art. Credit: Armando Hernandez. Are you looking for […]
Humanities for All Project Grant Awards and *January 24* Deadline to Apply for Next Round of Grants

Above Image: Humanities for All Project Grantee, Bringing it Home Humanities: Learning through Japantown Immersive. Photo courtesy of San Jose Taiko California Humanities will soon be announcing its latest Humanities […]
A Year in Review and a Look Ahead

Above image: Los Angeles River Walk Tour at the 2022 National Humanities Conference. Photo courtesy of Lucena Lau Valle. As we bid adieu to 2022, and wish you a very […]
Celebrating a Year of Programming with the 2022 Library Innovation Lab Cohort

Above: Our 2022 LIL cohort at their final convening on January 20, 2023. Photo by Kerri Young. On January 19 and 20, we hosted our final meeting of the 2022 […]
2023 Grant Opportunities at California Humanities!

Above photo: California Road by David Mark from Pixabay. This winter, California Humanities is pleased to offer five grant opportunities for humanities projects. California-based, non-profit organizations are eligible to apply […]