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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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Jun

3rd on Third Arts Celebration

3rd on Third, a reference to the third Thursday of the month and the event location, Third Street, will feature a myriad of activities for the whole family, including an unveiling of six new StreetSmARTS murals by local artists, pop up galleries, outdoor performances, a special children’s zone with free art-making activities, and food vendors.

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Jun

Call for Proposals: Belfer National Conference for Educators: Social Studies

Our friends at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum invite applications the 2013 Arthur and Rochelle Belfer National Conference for Educators: Social Studies. The conference is designed for educators with less than five years’ experience teaching about the Holocaust, but educators with more experience may attend.

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Jun

Symposium: The Neighborhoods of Baseball

This day-long symposium, featuring a variety of thematic panel discussions, will document and interpret the role that amateur, semi-professional, and professional baseball has played in the history and development of the Mexican American, Japanese American, and African American communities of Southern California.

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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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