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Literature & Medicine

Literature & Medicine

Healing has as much to do with the soul as the body. Through the Literature and Medicine program, we’re leveraging the power of the humanities in support of our healthcare providers and their patients at VA hospitals in California. Facilitated discussion about issues revealed by poetry, plays, personal narratives, and films uncover the realities of people’s lives as no x-ray can.

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California Documentary Project

Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines

At first, Wonder Woman was a powerful alternative to other WWII-era superheroes. By the 60s, she had morphed into an eyelash-batting shopaholic. How was Wonder Woman born and then reborn into a strong, independent, iconic heroine?

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Community Stories

From the Quarters to Lincoln Heights

Experience a taste of the documentary From the Quarters to Lincoln Heights, which delves into the story of how thousands of African Americans came to work in Northern California's lumber mills nearly a hundred years ago and explores the multi-racial rural towns they called home.

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Give a Gift. Open a Mind.

See how our work with libraries, veterans' hospitals, media makers, and others reached over a million people in communities throughout California this year. We can't do it alone. Your gift allows us to continue on our journey to create a State of Open Mind. Give a gift today and open a mind.

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Events & Announcements

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May

Exhibit & Discussion: Filipino Love Stories on California’s Central Coast, 1920-1970

Join Dr. Grace Yeh of Cal Poly’s Ethnic Studies Department for an exploration and exhibit of local Filipino love stories, and to share your own love stories.

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May

An American Mosque on PBS

Watch An American Mosque, a Cal Humanities-supported documentary about the dreams and struggles of a Muslim community in Northern California, during its first California broadcast on PBS.

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May

A Man and the Mountain - Messages From Joaquin Miller’s Shasta Years

Come to a preview of the film A Man and the Mountain – Messages From Joaquin Miller’s Shasta Years and find out how Joaquin Miller’s words are still relevant today.

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Application Materials and Info Sessions for Community Stories Grantseekers

Posted on May 13, 2013

Interested in our Community Stories grant opportunities? We've got new application materials and guidelines and an informational webinar for grantseekers. Applications are due August 1, 2013.

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Opportunity for Educators Teaching About the Holocaust

Posted on May 10, 2013

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum invites applications for the 2013 Belfer National Conference for Educators: Social Studies. Teachers who complete the program receive a set of educational materials. Registration is free. Apply by June 21, 2013. 

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CA Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera’s Anti-Bullying Poetry Project

Posted on May 9, 2013

Joanna Ramos was a 5th-grade, eleven-year-old girl who got caught up in a fight and died as a result of a hit to the head last year. When I saw her photo on TV, smiling and full of joy, I knew we'd lost a beautiful child and that I had to do something. A few weeks later I was appointed as Laureate.

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