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From 2003 to 2016, California Humanities funded public humanities projects -- projects that engaged communities in all types of humanities experiences-- through the Community Stories Grant (originally the California Story Fund). During this period, California Humanities made 496 awards to community-based projects that have enabled Californians to voice, record, and share personal and community narratives—many previously untold or little known.
These stories have been shared with audiences, both live and virtual, throughout the state and beyond, making it possible for us to discover our commonalities, appreciate our differences, and learn something new about how to live well together.
Click here to see a list of Community Stories funded projects.
Since 2003, California Humanities has awarded over $4 million to projects that gave voice to extraordinary variety of histories and experiences of California's places and people.
The current grant program supporting public humanities projects is called Humanities for All and has the goal of providing thought-provoking and engaging programming to all Californians.
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Women’s History from Bike Warriors to Retirement Communities
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1947 Partition Archive Project Director Interview
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The South Colton Oral History Project
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Young City at War: West Hollywood During the AIDS Epidemic, Project Director Interview
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Reflections of a Drought, Project Director Interview
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The Women of El Toro, Project Director Interview
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Project Director Candacy Taylor Discusses the Negro Motorist Green Book
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Big Sur Oral History Project Director Interview
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Docks to Delta Project Director Interview
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War Ink Exhibit Uses Tattoos to Open Vital Dialogue Between Vets and Civilians
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Film Celebrates Murals of San Francisco Mission District
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TRAILER: The Worlds of Bernice Bing
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Growing a Community: Pioneers of the Japanese American Floral Industry
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Multimedia Exhibit Documents Life and Art at Ford Ord Through July 20
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Riverside Veterans’ Stories Highlighted in Wild Blue Yonder Through July 22
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Objects of Affection Exhibit
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From Red State to Golden State
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Film: Everything Comes from the Streets
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Of the Sea
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Treading Water: How Long Can We Last?
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Heroes of the Coast
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Veterans Stories Highlighted in Wild Blue Yonder
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New Multimedia Exhibit Brings History to Life
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Awesome Sauce!
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The Montford Point Marines of San Diego Screening
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Documentary Film Everything Comes from the Streets screened in Ethnografilm Festival in Paris
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Now We Can Dance: The Story of The Hayward Gay Prom
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Grapes of Wrath, Retracing the Steps 75 Years Later
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Camp to Campus
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Film: From The Quarters to Lincoln Heights
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Film: The Polk Gulch Oral History Project
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Film: Hyampom Oral History Project