California Humanities Announces 2019 Library Innovation Lab Cohort

After a competitive process, California Humanities is pleased to announce awards for the 2019 Library Innovation Lab (LIL) cohort and grant program to ten public libraries across the state.
LOS ANGELES—Out of the Shadows: Building Community Through the Arts

An exhibit celebrating Visual Communications’ use of media arts to engage with Angelenos living in and around Little Tokyo.
SAN FRANCISCO—World Premiere of UNSETTLED: SEEKING REFUGE IN AMERICA

A portrayal of the challenging process that LGBTQ refugees must go through to find safety and security while starting over in the US.
OAKLAND—World Premiere of UNSETTLED: SEEKING REFUGE IN AMERICA

A portrayal of the challenging process that LGBTQ refugees must go through to find safety and security while starting over in the US.
LOS ANGELES — Screening of NO MÁS BEBÉS at Occidental College

Followed by a conversation with the film’s producer Virginia Espino and Consuelo Hermosillo, a plantiff in the civil rights lawsuit.
SAN DIEGO—City Heights Voices Showcase

Watch films created by immigrant students reflecting on living and going to school in the US.
LOS ANGELES—Centering the Masses: “Families Belong Together” Quilt

Hear about the 25,000 origami cranes sent from around the country, local support work for migrant and asylum seekers, and the Nikkei Progressives’ Families Belong Together quilt.
LOS ANGELES—Centering the Masses: Little Manila

Join Visual Communications and Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation to learn about the history of Filipino Americans in Los Angeles.
LGBTQ+ Stories on the Silver Screen

Highlighting a few films we have supported with LGBTQ+ stories throughout the Golden State.
OAKLAND—Otherwise: Stories by Immigrant & Refugee Youth

See stories written by immigrant and refugee youth, performed by international theatremakers.