Cal Humanities

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.

Are you interested in free film sets and grants to develop public programming in your community around Civil Rights history? The NEH, in parternship with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, offers Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle. Read on and apply by May 1, 2013.

We are pleased to announce that we have awarded California Documentary Project grant funding to fifteen film, radio, and new media productions! Click through to read more about the projects.

Cal Humanities is currently looking for a Director of External Affairs to join the staff in our San Francisco office. Read on for more information about this opportunity and our organization--and please share this opportunity with those who might be interested! Priority will be given to candidates who apply by April 15, 2013.

Former Cal Humanities Board Chair Nancy Takahashi Hatamiya displayed a passion and enthusiasm for public service, an abiding devotion to her community, and boundless energy that inspired everyone around her. In recognition of her extraordinary service, we have established a memorial fund to honor her inspiring legacy.