Community Stories (formerly California Story Fund)

Community Stories (Formerly California Story Fund)

Geographic Scope: California, United States

Organization: California Humanities

Overview

Community Stories is an ongoing story-gathering effort to document community life in California. This program coincides, at times, with thematic initiatives conducted by California Humanities. The program awarded grants in Summer 2016 to support community-based documentary and storytelling projects.

Award Categories

Grants support various storytelling formats including:
• Documentary films
• Multimedia exhibits (online and physical)
• Radio shows and podcasts
• Website archives
• Oral history collections
• Interactive digital projects
• Community engagement programs

Focus Areas

Projects have explored:
• Rural community resilience and economic transitions
• Asian American history and activism
• Food movements and agricultural history
• Filipino American immigration stories
• Homelessness and housing
• Lumber trade and environmental history
• Bilingual education
• African American cultural history and redevelopment
• Indigenous communities and languages
• LGBTQ+ history and activism
• Veterans' experiences
• Jazz and music history
• Reproductive justice
• Refugee experiences and integration
• Folk art and creative reuse

Geographic Locations

Oakland Office: 300 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 203 Oakland, CA 94612 415.391.1474

Los Angeles Office:
1000 N Alameda Street, Suite 240
Los Angeles, CA 90012
415.391.1474

Contact

More information available at calhum.org