Funded Projects
The California Civil Liberties Public Education Program (California Civil Liberties Program) supports the creation and dissemination of educational and public awareness resources concerning the history and the lessons of civil rights violations or civil liberties injustices carried out against communities or populations. These include, but are not limited to, civil rights violations or civil liberties injustices that are perpetrated on the basis of an individual’s race, national origin, immigration status, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. The California Civil Libraries Program is a competitive grant program funded by the State of California.
California Civil Liberties Program 1998-2011: Grantee List
Projects from the first decade of the program that resulted in products such as books, films, and curricula have been cataloged at the California State Library. To search for a specific project from the list, use the search box on this page of the California State Library catalog.
Projects to Guide Civil Liberties Educational Discussions and Learning
Many resources funded by the California Civil Liberties Program are available for classrooms and community discussions. These include an interactive online experience of the hardships Japanese Americans experienced and the decisions they needed to make during World War II, multiple documentaries and podcasts from public broadcasting organizations and nonprofits, performing and visual arts programming, teacher’s guides and lesson suggestions with primary source materials and articles. More about these past projects can be found in the Civil Liberties Past Project List (PDF).