Who's supporting the project?
The following prominent individuals, organizations, and city and state officials have endorsed California Stories: Reading "The Grapes of Wrath."
Individuals
- Richard C. Atkinson, President, University of California
- Russell Banks, author
- Jackson Benson, Steinbeck biographer
- T.C. Boyle, author
- Jackson Browne, musician
- Herbert Gold, author
- Iftekhar A. Hai, director of Interfaith Relations, United Muslims of America
- Gerald Haslam, author
- Robert Hass, former poet laureate
- Jack Hicks, author
- Dennis Hopper, actor
- James D. Houston, author
- Carol Jago, Executive Director, California Reading and Literature Project
- Francisco Jimenez, author
- Maxine Hong Kingston, author
- Helie Lee, author
- Barry Lopez, author
- Kerry Mazzoni, California Secretary for Education
- Arthur Miller, playwright
- Anchee Min, author
- Leonard Nimoy, actor and director, and Susan Bay-Nimoy
- Louis Owens, author
- Rob Reiner, actor and director, and Michelle Reiner
- Orville Schell, author
- Maria Shriver, television journalist
- Gary Soto, author
- Thomas M. Steinbeck, son of John Steinbeck and author
- Amy Tan, author
- Studs Terkel, author
- Gerald Vizenor, author
- Rita Wilson, actor
- Caprice Young, Board president, Los Angeles Unified School District
U.S. Senate
- * U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
- U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
U.S. House
- Rep. Joseph Bac
- Rep. Xavier Becerra Rep. Howard Berman
- Rep. Ken Calvert Rep. Susan A. Davis
- Rep. Sam Farr Rep. Bob Filner
- Rep. Jane Harman Rep. Mike Honda
- Rep. Barbara Lee Rep. Zoe Lofgren
- Rep. Robert Matsui
- Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon
- Rep. George Miller
- Rep. Grace Napolitano
- Rep. Nancy Pelosi
- Rep. Adam Schiff
- Rep. Brad Sherman
- Rep. Hilda Solis
- Rep. Ellen Tauscher Rep. Mike Thompson
- Rep. Maxine Waters
- Rep. Henry Waxman
- Rep. Lynn Woolsey
California State Senate
- Sen. Jack Scott
Supervisors and other City Officials
- City of Bellflower Public Information Manager Jeff Hobbs
- Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia
- Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne Braithwaite Burke
- Chairman, Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, Dr. J. David Colfax
- Santa Rosa City Council Member Jane Bender
Organizations
- California Arts Council California
- Association of Teachers of English
- California Federation of Teachers
- California History and Social Science Project
- California Labor Federation AFL-CIO
- California Library Association
- California Poets & Writers
- California Reads
- California School Library Association
- California State Library
- California State University Honors Consortium
- Center for Religion and Civic Culture, USC
- Central Valley Library Consortium
- Fresno Reads Roundtable
- Heyday Books
- Los Angeles County Office of Education
- National Steinbeck Center, Salinas
- Northern California Independent Booksellers
- Pacific Regional Humanities Center, UC Davis
- PEN USA
- Penguin Books
- San Jose State University Center for Steinbeck Studies
- Social Studies School Service
- Songs Inspired by Literature project
- Southern California Booksellers
- Stanford University Libraries
- United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO
Mayors
- Mayor, City of Albany -- Peggy Thomsen
- Mayor, City of Aliso Viejo -- Carmen L. Vali
- Mayor, City of Burlingame -- Mary H. Janney
- Mayor of El Cerrito -- Janet Abelson
- Mayor, City of Dublin -- Janet Lockhart
- Mayor, City of El Centro -- Larry L. Grogan
- Mayor, City of Hemet -- Roger Meadows
- Mayor of Lompoc -- Dick DeWees
- Mayor of Long Beach -- Beverly O'Neill
- Mayor of Los Angeles -- James K. Hahn
- Mayor, City of Pasadena -- Bill Bogaard
- Mayor of Paso Robles -- Frank Mecham
- Mayor, City of Pleasanton -- Tom Pico
- Mayor of Riverside -- Donald Loveridge
- Mayor, City of Rolling Hills Estates -- Susan Seamans
- Mayor of Sacramento -- Heather Fargo
- Mayor, City of Salinas -- Ann M. Caballero
- Mayor of San Anselmo -- Judith K. Hodgens
- Mayor of San Francisco -- Willie Brown
- Mayor of San Leandro -- Sheila Young
- Mayor of Sunnyvale -- Fred Fowler
- Mayor, City of Vallejo - Anthony J. Intintoli, Jr.
- Mayor, City of Ventura-- Ray DiGuilio
- Mayor, City of Winters -- Harold R. Anderson
- Mayor of Woodside -- David Tanner