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Cal Humanities

A State of Open Mind

What's in a new name (and look)? You may have noticed that we’ve changed a little. We have a brand new organizational name, a new look and logo, both new and re-named programs, and a new website with plenty of ways for you to experience the power of the humanities.

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Searching For
Democracy

Searching for Democracy

How do we create a healthy democracy in a time of political polarization? How do we carry out our responsibilities as citizens in an increasingly interdependent world? Our statewide initiative is animating public conversation about how we forge a common good in a place of uncommon diversity of opinion, values, and cultures.

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Daniel
Alarcón

California Reads

How do we come together to talk about things that matter to us all? California Reads provides a springboard to think about and discuss ideas that are critical to you and to life in our state using a diverse set of five thought-provoking books.

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Zydeco
Nation

California Documentary Project

Each of the stories we’ve supported through the California Documentary Project adds a new layer to a complex and growing portrait of California. Together, they help us better understand who we are and where we live.

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An American
Mosque

Community Stories

Each of us has a story. Giving expression to the extraordinary variety of histories and experiences of California’s places and people moves us closer to finding our commonalities, appreciating our differences, and learning something new about how to live well together.

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May

Senior Book Club: Farewell to Manzanar

The Rancho Cucamonga Public Library presents a senior book club discussion of Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston's memoir.

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May

Film Screening: An American Mosque

This Community Stories film is part of the 2011 Santa Cruz Film Festival.

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May

Origami Workshop

The Rancho Cucamonga Library presents a workshop for both children and adults at this CA Reads event.

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Storytelling as Battlefield—a Q&A with Author Daniel Alarcón

Posted on April 16, 2012

Daniel Alarcón, author of the California Reads book Lost City Radio, talks with Cal Humanities about the state of our democracy and the power, promise, and necessity of narrative.

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CA Poet Laureate on the Road: Project Primavera

Posted on April 2, 2012

California Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera blogs for us on the "miracle of poets in the making" and what gives him hope for primavera in our democracy.

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Q&A With Author Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

Posted on March 6, 2012

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, author of the California Reads book Farewell to Manzanar, speaks about how the story of her family's life in an internment camp became a cautionary tale about civil rights violations.

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