The California Council for the Humanities connects Californians to ideas and one another in order to understand
our shared heritage and diverse cultures, inspire civic participation, and shape our future.
our shared heritage and diverse cultures, inspire civic participation, and shape our future.
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Find out more about the history of California immigration and migration and tell your own story. |
Spotlighting California Stories projects
“Polk Street: Lives in Transition”
Listen to stories and see photographs from a once thriving gay San Francisco neighborhood
"Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Time"
Watch a trailer of a Council-supported film about the powerful Chandler family, who helped shape the city of Los Angeles through the newspaper they owned.
“Stories From Baghdad U.S.A.”
Watch a trailer of a film about El Cajon’s Iraqi Chaldeans, who left their homeland to escape religious persecution.
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