California Stories eNews

A periodic update about the activities of California Stories, the California Council for the Humanities' multiyear initiative designed to strengthen California communities. To find out more about California Stories and how you can support this important work, visit us at www.californiastories.org

Learn exciting ways to use the Council's WeAreCA immigration website in your classroom. Workshops for K-12 teachers take place this month and next. Find out more and register. If you haven't uploaded your own immigration or migration story to the site, please take a few minutes to do so. We want your story to be part of California's story. Visit the site today and tell your story.

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For grant seekers:

The guidelines and online application for the April 1 round of funding for the California Story Fund are now available. Take a webinar to learn about the grant program and how to apply. All applications must be submitted electronically by April 1, 2009. The goal of the grant program is to encourage Californians from many communities to share their stories, thus promoting greater understanding and appreciation of the richness and complexity of our state.

California Stories events:

Radio broadcast: "Broadway: Around the World in 30 Blocks," a radio series about the cultures and cuisines along Sacramento's most delicious street. The series airs on Capital Public Radio on the second Friday of each month through November 2009 during "Morning Edition." Learn more about the project and listen to the first segment.

San Francisco events:

 "Dishing It Out," an exhibit of Candacy Taylor's photographs and stories of older waitresses across the United States. This is an outgrowth of a California Story Fund project on longtime waitresses in San Francisco. Through April 26. Jewett Gallery, San Francisco Public Library, Main Library, 100 Larkin Street.  More.

 "Polk Street: Lives in Transition," an exhibit of photographs and audio on the changing face of Polk Street, continues through June 2009 at the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Historical Society, 657 Mission St. More.

Of interest:

Screen "Hollywood Chinese" for your class or community group. Arthur Dong's award-winning film about how Chinese and Chinese Americans have been protrayed in Hollywood feature films now comes with a discussion and study guide. More.

StoryCorps now in San Francisco: StoryCorps, the nationwide oral history project that records the stories of everyday Americans as they tell them to friends and loved ones, will be at San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum through October 2009. Recording sessions are by appointment only and can be made by visiting the StoryCorps website or by calling 800-850-4406. Find out more about StoryCorps and listen to sample stories.

Opportunity for young filmmakers: Bresee Foundation's fourth Annual Youth Film Festival on Social Justice invites submissions from young filmmakers on the theme "Hard Times for the American Dream: Personal Stories of Struggle." The submission deadline is April 24. For more information, contact Jerold Kress at 213-387-2822, ext. 123 or jkress@bresee.org.

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