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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hello! I just receive the following announcement about a grant opportunity to do some advocacy. Here are a few key bits of information, read the email below for details:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The grants will cover travel and expenses to send expert advocates to 20 locations over the course of 2 years to help Friends of the Library groups, library directors and Trustees
develop individual blueprints for advocacy campaigns to restore, increase or save threatened library budgets.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Applications for the first cycle of grants are<b> due</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>April 15, 2013</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Applications for the second cycle of grants will be available in January 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Questions? Contact
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">United for Libraries at (800) 545-2433, ext. 2161 or by email
<a href="mailto:united@ala.org">united@ala.org</a> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">"Joaquin Falcon" <<a href="mailto:jfalcon@ala.org">jfalcon@ala.org</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Subject: [advocacy-l] Applications due April 15 for FREE professional advocacy consulting services!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Date:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Thanks to a $75,000 grant from the Neal-Schuman Foundation, United for Libraries is awarding 20 Citizens-Save-Libraries grants to support advocacy at the local level for libraries with troubled
budgets. The grants will cover travel and expenses to send expert advocates to 20 locations over the course of 2 years to help Friends of the Library groups, library directors and Trustees develop individual blueprints for advocacy campaigns to restore, increase
or save threatened library budgets.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Selected libraries will receive two days of on-site, in-person training (approx. 5 hours each day). Applications for the first cycle of grants are due<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>April
15, 2013</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for training between June 1, 2013-May 1, 2014. Selected libraries in the first cycle will be notified of acceptance by May 15, 2013. Exact dates of training to be set in consultation with selected libraries.
Applications for the second cycle of grants will be available in January 2014.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Requirements include:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Demonstrated need for help with a library advocacy campaign.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Minimum of five volunteers committed to working on a leadership team for a campaign.
Each member understands that this commitment may require at least weekly meetings for up to 90 days.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Leadership team available for two days of on-site, in-person training (approx. 5
hours each day) between June 1, 2013-May 1, 2014.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">One member of the leadership team is willing to become a local “mentor” for other
libraries in the state and/or region. Mentor may be invited to participate in a one-time live one hour webinar and may also be asked to give an advocacy program at state library conference.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Support of the library’s Board of Trustees.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">No member of the United for Libraries’ Board of Directors or his or her library
will be eligible to receive this grant.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Application and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color:#1F497D">d</span>etails:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/united/grants_awards/neal-schuman"><span style="color:purple">http://www.ala.org/united/grants_awards/neal-schuman</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Office for Library Advocacy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">800-545-2433 ext. 2428<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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