[kids-lib] Grant Opportunity: Apply by Feb 13 for a Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Culture Grant

[Katie Anderson]

Posted on behalf of the American Indian Library Association and the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association:

Questions? Contact:

Lessa Pelayo-Lozada, APALA Co-Chair

lessalozada at gmail.com<mailto:lessalozada at gmail.com>

Liana Juliano, AILA Co-Chair
lj2116 at yahoo.com<mailto:lj2116 at yahoo.com>




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The American Indian Library Association (AILA) and the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) are pleased to announce their continued sponsorship from Toyota Financial Services.  Toyota Financial Services will sponsor the Talk Story: Sharing stories, sharing culture program by providing funding for the fourth year for mini-grants that will be awarded in early 2015.

Talk Story: Sharing stories, sharing culture (www.talkstorytogether.org<http://www.talkstorytogether.org>) is a literacy program that reaches out to Asian Pacific American (APA) and American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) children and their families. The program celebrates and explores their stories through books, oral traditions, and art to provide an interactive, enriching experience.  2014 will be the fifth year that AILA and APALA  have partnered on the Talk Story project and allocated grant funding to libraries to implement programs geared towards the APA/AIAN communities.  To date, thirty-three Talk Story grants have been awarded.

Applications for the grant can be found on the Talk Story website at: www.talkstorytogether.org/grants<http://www.talkstorytogether.org/grants>.


Deadline:  Friday, February 13, 2015

Grant Amount:  $600
Grant Period:  May 1, 2015 - November 30, 2015

For more information, please contact:

Lessa Pelayo-Lozada, APALA Co-Chair

lessalozada at gmail.com<mailto:lessalozada at gmail.com>

Liana Juliano, AILA Co-Chair
lj2116 at yahoo.com<mailto:lj2116 at yahoo.com>

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