<html><head><base href="x-msg://24/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">This also ties in with what Susan is teaching in her focus on regional identity -- but you'll have to jump on this one, only a week left.<div><br></div><div>Robin<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Adrienne Thomas <<a href="mailto:adrienne@ee.ucr.edu">adrienne@ee.ucr.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">November 9, 2011 11:46:29 AM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Robin Russin <<a href="mailto:robin.russin@ucr.edu">robin.russin@ucr.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>FW: News, Events and Opportunities from CA Council for the Humanities.</b><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; 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font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>California Council for the Humanities [mailto:info@calhum.org]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, November 09, 2011 11:39 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:adriennt@ucr.edu" style="color: blue; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; text-decoration: underline; ">adriennt@ucr.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>News, Events and Opportunities from CA Council for the Humanities.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; 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California Council for the Humanities" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></div></td><td style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right; "><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(191, 191, 191); ">November 9, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></i></div></td></tr><tr><td width="348" valign="top" style="width: 261pt; padding-top: 16.5pt; padding-right: 10.5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 10.5pt; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; "><a name="CSFapps" id="CSFapps"></a><b><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: black; text-transform: uppercase; ">1. CA STORY FUND APPLICATIONS DUE 11/15<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><img border="0" width="470" height="204" id="Picture_x0020_5" alt="Description: Image removed by sender. Photo" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image020.jpg@01CC9ED5.37A22E60"></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br></span><span class="style101" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">"Hands, Work Work" — portrait of a hard-working mother by her daughter. This image is part of a previous Council-supported CSF story and photography project by Asian Health Services for at-risk Southeast Asian women in Oakland, CA</span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">The California Story Fund (CSF), a competitive grant program of CCH, supports community-centered, story-based public humanities projects that contribute to our understanding of California and its cultures, peoples, and histories. For the next round of the CSF program, applicants are strongly encouraged (but not required) to submit proposals for projects that address the meaning of democracy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Click<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7336028364/208734529/226599931/1407752/goto:http:/www.calhum.org/guidelines/csf_2011_guidelines.htm" target="_blank" style="color: blue; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; text-decoration: underline; "><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(38, 121, 185); ">HERE</span></i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to read about how to apply</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for a California Story Fund grant. More information about recently funded CSF projects can be found<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7336028364/208734529/226599932/1407752/goto:http:/www.calhum.org/programs/story_intro.htm" target="_blank" style="color: blue; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; text-decoration: underline; "><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(38, 121, 185); ">HERE</span></i></a>.<strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">Applications are due on November 15, 2011.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><a href="#top" style="color: blue; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; text-decoration: underline; "><i><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Back to top^</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><img border="0" width="348" height="27" id="Picture_x0020_6" alt="Description: Image removed by sender. Hr" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image021.jpg@01CC9ED5.37A22E60"></span><o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; "><a name="CSFgrants" id="CSFgrants"></a><b><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: black; text-transform: uppercase; ">2. NEW CA STORY FUND GRANTS AWARDED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><img border="0" width="470" height="318" id="Picture_x0020_7" alt="Description: Image removed by sender. Photo" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image022.jpg@01CC9ED5.37A22E60"></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br></span><span class="style101" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">Traditional and tribal fishing is part of the cultural history of California's Klamath River—the subject of a Council-supported CSF mural project. Photo by David McLain</span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">The Council is pleased to announce that it has awarded California Story Fund (CSF) grants to a range of projects that give evidence of California's rich and complex mix of peoples, cultures, and experiences. In line with the Council's<em><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">Searching for Democracy</span></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>initiative, many of the projects will provide insight into the varied ways democracy can be understood and interpreted. These projects tell the stories of young people and elders, of Native Californians and recent immigrants, of artists and activists and leaders; they examine themes ranging from environmental justice to the culture of working people, from the rights of disabled Californians to the legacy of the Japanese American internment. The projects employ a wide variety of program formats, are sponsored by an equally diverse range of institutions, and engage the knowledge and wisdom of both academic- and community-based humanities advisors. The fall 2011 California Story Fund grant awardees are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Beijing, CA: The Fight Over Confucius Classrooms</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>Lodestone Theatre Ensemble, Los Angeles<br>Project Director: Philip W. Chung<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Calling This Home: A People's History of Refugee Settlement to the Bay Area</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>International Rescue Committee — San Francisco, San Francisco<br>Project Director: Lauren Markham<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">The Comic-Con Kids: Finding and Defining Fandom</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>The Campanile Foundation (San Diego State University), San Diego<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Project Director: Rob Ray<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><em><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Democracia</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">: The Impact of Community Service Organization in California</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>Regents of the University of California/UC San Diego, San Diego<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Project Director: Gretchen Laue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">The Democracy of Inclusion</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>Arts Council of Kern County, Bakersfield<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Project Director: Jill Egland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Fostering Democracy</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>A Home Within, Inc., San Francisco<br>Project Director: Amanda Herman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">"I Have A Story to Tell": Creating Engagement with L.A. Histories</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Los Angeles<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Project Director: Yusef Omowale<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">A Landscape Full of Stories</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center, Nevada City<br>Project Director: Shana Maziarz<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Look to the Source: Intergenerational Talk Story with Pacific Islander Elders</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>Pacific Islander Health Partnership, Garden Grove<br>Project Director: Juliet McMullin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">The Lunch Love Community Documentary Project</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>Citizen Film, Inc., San Francisco<br>Project Director: Helen De Michiel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Making Public Spheres in South Los Angeles: Storytelling Community Organizer Struggles to Create Democratic Spaces in South Los Angeles</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism/University of Southern California, Los Angeles<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Project Director: George Villanueva<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Rhythm of the Refugee</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, Oakland<br>Project Director: Holly Alonso<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Sharing Our Stories: Diversity in the Inland Empire</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Project Director: Tom Bryant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Soul Calling</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>Fresno Art Museum, Fresno<br>Project Director: Linda Cano<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">There It Is — Take It: Looking Back at 100 Years of the Los Angeles Aqueduct</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>Friends of the Eastern California Museum, Independence<br>Project Director: Kim Stringfellow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">An Uncommon Commons: The Power of Public Place</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>West Marin Commons/On The Commons, Point Reyes Station<br>Project Director: Elizabeth Barnet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Voices of the Timber Industry</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>Timber Heritage Association, Eureka<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Project Director: Renee Ross<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">The Water Writes Mural Project: Klamath River</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>Estria Foundation, Oakland<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Project Director: Nancy Hernandez<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">We Are Not Your Dumping Ground: Youth Stories of Environmental Justice from the Streets of South Sacramento</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>Ubuntu Green, Sacramento<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Project Director: Charles Mason, Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Wende Moments: A Multigenerational View of Immigration by the Soviet Jews to Los Angeles During the Late 1970s and Early 1980s</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>Wende Museum, Culver City<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Project Director: Ljiljana Grubisic<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">When Dreams Are Interrupted (Sacramento and San Diego)</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>Purple Moon Dance Project, San Francisco<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Project Director: Jill Togawa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Full project descriptions can be found<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7336028364/208734529/226599933/1407752/goto:http:/www.calhum.org/programs/story_intro.htm" target="_blank" style="color: blue; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; text-decoration: underline; "><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(38, 121, 185); ">HERE</span></i></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><img border="0" width="470" height="302" id="Picture_x0020_8" alt="Description: Image removed by sender. Photo" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image023.jpg@01CC9ED5.37A22E60"></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br></span><span class="style101" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">Members of the Community Service Organization—subject of a Council-supported California Story Fund project—worked to register and encourage farm workers to vote in the 1940s and 50s. Photo courtesy of the César E. Chávez Foundation</span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><a href="#top" style="color: blue; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; text-decoration: underline; "><i><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Back to top^</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><img border="0" width="348" height="27" id="Picture_x0020_9" alt="Description: Image removed by sender. Hr" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image021.jpg@01CC9ED5.37A22E60"></span><o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; "><a name="events" id="events"></a><b><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: black; text-transform: uppercase; ">3. EVENTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><img border="0" width="470" height="346" id="Picture_x0020_10" alt="Description: Image removed by sender. Photo" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image024.jpg@01CC9ED5.37A22E60"></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br></span><span class="style101" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">The members of Fishbone. Photo by Ann Summa</span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Playing at the Smithsonian:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><em><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "></span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">The Council-supported documentary<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone</span></em>—a film directed by Lev Anderson and Chris Metzler—will have its Washington, DC theatrical premiere this month, courtesy of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Everyday Sunshine</span></em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is a documentary about the Black punk-funk-rock-ska band Fishbone, genre- and expectation-defying musical pioneers from the streets of South Central LA who rose to prominence amid the competitive Hollywood music scene of the 1980s. Laurence Fishburne narrates the story of artists on a quest to reclaim their musical legacy while debunking myths of young Black men from urban America. The film, which highlights the parallel journeys of a band and its city, includes interviews with musicians Gwen Stefani, Flea, Ice-T, Perry Farrell, and Branford Marsalis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Click<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7336028364/208734529/226599934/1407752/goto:http:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChXk4R0mGNw" target="_blank" style="color: blue; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; text-decoration: underline; "><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(38, 121, 185); ">HERE</span></i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to watch the film trailer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Friday, November 11, 2011<br>7:00 pm<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Historic Lincoln Theater<br>1215 U Street, NW, Washington, DC<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Screening will be followed by a panel discussion and performance by the band.<br>Presented by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. This event is FREE but tickets are required. For more information and tickets, call (202) 328-6000 or (202) 633-0070 or visit<a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7336028364/208734529/226599935/1407752/goto:http:/www.thelincolntheatre.org/" target="_blank" style="color: blue; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; text-decoration: underline; "><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(38, 121, 185); ">http://www.thelincolntheatre.org/</span></i></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><img border="0" width="470" height="354" id="Picture_x0020_11" alt="Description: Image removed by sender. Photo" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image025.jpg@01CC9ED5.37A22E60"></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br></span><span class="style101" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">Image courtesy of Squeezebox Stories/Julie Caine</span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Hear Squeezebox Stories Online and On the Airwaves</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">The accordion—the "ultimate people's instrument"—was one of the first global instruments. Learn the social history of the accordion and delve in the musical worlds it inhabits. Tune in to Julie Caine's Council-supported "Squeezebox Stories," hosted by Marco Werman of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">PRI's The World,</span></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and let Zydeco, Mexican Norteño, punk rock, and Arabic music wash over you. Hear from a master musician and an apprentice about the incredible history and surprisingly widespread appeal of the accordion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Hear stories online at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7336028364/208734529/226599936/1407752/goto:http:/squeezeboxstories.com/" target="_blank" style="color: blue; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; text-decoration: underline; "><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(38, 121, 185); ">http://squeezeboxstories.com/</span></i></a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Click<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7336028364/208734529/226599937/1407752/goto:https:/www.facebook.com/squeezeboxstories" target="_blank" style="color: blue; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; text-decoration: underline; "><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(38, 121, 185); ">HERE</span></i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for updates on broadcasts stations and times.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">California broadcast stations and times to date are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 472px; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><img border="0" width="213" height="332" id="Picture_x0020_12" alt="Description: Image removed by sender. Photo" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image026.jpg@01CC9ED5.37A22E60"></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign="top" style="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Thanksgiving evening, November 24 at 7 pm; Saturday, November 26 at 1 pm; and Tuesday, November 29 at 7 pm</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on KRCB, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Sonoma<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Thursday, December 29 at 8 pm</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on KQED, San Francisco, Sacramento<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Other broadcast stations (times to be announced) include:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>KALW, San Francisco; KVHS, Concord; KGUA, Gualala; KWMR, Pt. Reyes Station, Bolinas; KVMR, Nevada City, Truckee; KECG, Oakland; and KCBX, Santa Barbara, Cayucos, Santa Ynez Valley, Lompoc.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><img border="0" width="470" height="314" id="Picture_x0020_13" alt="Description: Image removed by sender. Photo" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image027.jpg@01CC9ED5.37A22E60"></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Performance of "Sun Yat-sen & the Three People's Principles"</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Learn the unique story of Dr. Sun's life in America before returning to be the first provisional President of the Republic of China through this Chataquan<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">History Alive!</span></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>museum theater presentation of "Sun Yat-sen & the Three People's Principles" by Chinese Historical Society of America artist-in-residence Charlie Chin. The performance aims to illuminate the linkages between the modern history of China, the history of Chinese American communities, and the democratic ideas pursued in the post-Civil War era. This event, put on by the Chinese Historical Society of America, is free to the public, suitable for all ages, and funded through the Council's California Story Fund in conjunction with our<em><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">Searching for Democracy</span></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>initiative.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Saturday, December 3, 2011<br>2:00 pm<br>San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch, Koret Auditorium<br>100 Larkin Street, San Francisco<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>(415) 557-4400<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><img border="0" width="470" height="165" id="Picture_x0020_14" alt="Description: Image removed by sender. Photo" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image028.jpg@01CC9ED5.37A22E60"></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br></span><span class="style101" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">Stills from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span class="style111" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">Fragrance<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span class="style101" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span class="style111" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">As Above, So Below</span></span><span class="style101" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">. Courtesy of the UCLA Film and Television Archive</span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">L.A. Rebellion Screenings and Online Archive</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">If you're in the Los Angeles area, check out these upcoming UCLA Film and Television Archive events and screenings—part of "L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema"—of both well-known and rare works of African American cinema.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">"L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema — Symposium"<br>Critics and scholars come together to discuss L.A. Rebellion filmmaking.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Free and open to the public.<br>Saturday, November 12, 2011<br>8:30 am – 5:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Illusions; Fragrance; As Above, So Below; Rain</span></em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(short films/clips)<br>Saturday, November 12, 2011<br>7:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Cutting Horse</span></em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>— preceded by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">The Horse</span></em><br>Sunday, November 13, 2011<br>7:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Sankofa — preceded by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">The Diary of an African Nun</span></em><br>Saturday, November 19, 2011<br>7:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Black Art, Black Artists; Festival of Mask; Varnette's World: A Study of a Young Artist; Trumpetistically, Clora Bryant<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">(short films/clips)<br>Sunday, November 20, 2011<br>7:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Click<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7336028364/208734529/226599938/1407752/goto:http:/www.cinema.ucla.edu/la-rebellion/la-rebellion-creating-new-black-cinema" target="_blank" style="color: blue; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; text-decoration: underline; "><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(38, 121, 185); ">HERE</span></i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for information about tickets, all screenings, and locations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Through our California Documentary Project, the Council supported the LA Rebellion Website, a project by Jan Christopher-Horak that works in tandem with this public screening series and a touring exhibition to provide a wealth of resources and information on the "L.A. School of Black Filmmakers" to students, scholars, and the general public. Visit the site at<a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7336028364/208734529/226599939/1407752/goto:http:/www.cinema.ucla.edu/la-rebellion" target="_blank" style="color: blue; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; text-decoration: underline; "><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(38, 121, 185); ">http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/la-rebellion</span></i></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><a href="#top" style="color: blue; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; text-decoration: underline; "><i><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Back to top^</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><img border="0" width="348" height="27" id="Picture_x0020_15" alt="Description: Image removed by sender. 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ITEMS OF INTEREST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><img border="0" width="391" height="121" id="Picture_x0020_16" alt="Description: Image removed by sender. ALA" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image029.jpg@01CC9ED5.37A22E60"></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">ALA Call for Applications</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br>The ALA Public Programs Office is accepting applications for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">Building Common Ground: Discussions of Community, Civility and Compassion</span></em>, a multi-format discussion program for public audiences to spark action, engagement, and reflection within their communities. The goal of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; ">Building Common Ground</span></em>project is to engage the public in contemplation and discussion of the importance of community, civility and compassion in their daily lives. This library programming initiative is supported by the Fetzer Institute. For more information—including programming resources, ideas, and the online application—visit<a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7336028364/208734529/226599940/1407752/goto:http:/www.ala.org/commonground" target="_blank" style="color: blue; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; text-decoration: underline; "><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(38, 121, 185); ">www.ala.org/commonground</span></i></a>. Applications are due November 18, 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><a href="#top" style="color: blue; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; text-decoration: underline; "><i><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Back to top^</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><img border="0" width="348" height="27" id="Picture_x0020_17" alt="Description: Image removed by sender. 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