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The California Council for the Humanities connects Californians to ideas and one another in order to understand
our shared heritage and diverse cultures, inspire civic participation, and shape our future.

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How I See It — My Place
An exhibit of photographs and writing
by California teens

California Stories Programs

	California Documentary Project
	California Story Fund
	How I See It
	We Are California

Browse videos/audios of CCH supported work

Find out more about the history of California immigration and migration and tell your own story.

What do young people's stories tell us about today's California?

Spotlighting California Stories projects

“Polk Street: Lives in Transition”

Listen to stories and see photographs from a once thriving gay San Francisco neighborhood

"Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Time"

Watch a trailer of a Council-supported film about the powerful Chandler family, who helped shape the city of Los Angeles through the newspaper they owned.

“Stories From Baghdad U.S.A.”

Watch a trailer of a film about El Cajon’s Iraqi Chaldeans, who left their homeland to escape religious persecution.

california council for the humanities

california council
for the humanities