<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal">Please excuse the cross posting, wanted to make sure libraries serving teens saw this opportunity: <br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">ALA is now accepting applications for the Great
Stories Club, a grant program in which library workers lead reading and
discussion programs with underserved teens in their communities.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="https://apply.ala.org/greatstories" target="_blank">Read the project guidelines and apply online.</a></b> Applications are due <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">July 9</span></span>. Up to 150 grants will be awarded.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Program details and eligibility<u></u><u></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Working with small groups of approximately 10
teens, grantees will host reading and discussion programs for up to four
thematically related books. The titles — selected in consultation with
librarian advisors and humanities scholars — are
chosen to resonate with reluctant readers struggling with complex
issues like academic probation, detention, incarceration, violence and
poverty.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All types of libraries are eligible, as long as
they work in partnership with, or are located within, organizations that
serve under-resourced youth, such as alternative high schools, juvenile
justice organizations, homeless shelters, foster
care agencies, teen parenting programs, residential treatment
facilities and other nonprofit and community agencies.
<a href="http://www.programminglibrarian.org/articles/juvie-101-six-things-i-learned-doing-outreach-juvenile-detention-center" target="_blank">
(Read an account of a former Great Stories Club grantee about her partnership with a juvenile detention center.)</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Libraries located in high-poverty communities are
also eligible to apply, though outreach partnerships with youth-focused
organizations are still encouraged.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Themes and titles<u></u><u></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Participating libraries may choose to work with one
or both of the following themes during a 12-month programming period
(September 2018 – August 2019): “Empathy: The Cost of Switching Sides”
and “What Makes a Hero? Self, Society and Rising
to the Occasion.”<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Empathy: The Cost of Switching Sides” will feature the following titles, from which libraries may select up to four<u></u><u></u></p>
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<li class="gmail-m_-6055679681966427034MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">“Flight” by Sherman Alexie
<a href="http://www.ala.org/tools/programming/GSC/statement-flight-sherman-alexie" target="_blank">
(Read ALA’s statement about the use of “Flight” for this project.)</a><u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-6055679681966427034MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">“Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation” by Octavia Butler, Damian Duffy and John Jennings<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-6055679681966427034MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">“All American Boys” by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-6055679681966427034MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">“Stuck in Neutral” by Terry Trueman<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-6055679681966427034MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">“March: Book Three” by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“What Makes a Hero? Self, Society and Rising to the
Occasion” will feature the following titles, from which libraries may
select up to four:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<li class="gmail-m_-6055679681966427034MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">“Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 1” by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Brian Stelfreeze<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-6055679681966427034MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">“Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began” by Art Spiegelman<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-6055679681966427034MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">“Binti” by Nnedi Okorafor<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-6055679681966427034MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">“Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two” by Joseph Bruchac<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-6055679681966427034MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">“What Can(t) Wait” by Ashley Hope Pérez<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-6055679681966427034MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">“How I Live Now” by Meg Rosoff<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Grantee benefits<u></u><u></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Grantees will receive:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<li class="gmail-m_-6055679681966427034MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">11 paperback copies of up to four book selections (10 to gift to participants; 1 for discussion leader/library collection)<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<li class="gmail-m_-6055679681966427034MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Travel
and accommodation expenses paid for one staff member to attend a 1
½-day project orientation workshop in Chicago (libraries selected to
implement both Great Stories Club series
will be assigned to attend only one workshop)<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<li class="gmail-m_-6055679681966427034MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Programming materials, including discussion guides, related reading lists and promotional resources<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>For more information<u></u><u></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Potential applicants may sign up for a free webinar to learn more about this opportunity. The webinar will be held at <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">1 p.m.</span></span> Central Time on <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">Monday, May 21</span></span>.
<a href="http://www.programminglibrarian.org/learn/learn-more-great-stories-club" target="_blank">
Reserve a spot for the webinar.</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Great Stories Club National Advisors are
Allyson Dowds, Youth Technology Librarian for Teen Central at the Boston
Public Library; Anna Mae Duane, Associate Professor of English at the
University of Connecticut; Jennifer Mann, Professional
Librarian at Washtenaw Community College; and Maria Sachiko Cecire,
Director of Experimental Humanities and Assistant Professor of
Literature at Bard College.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Great Stories Club has been made possible in
part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The grant will be administered by ALA’s Public Programs Office.</p><br><div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1">Danielle Jones</font><div><font size="1"><i>Oregon Library Association ALA Chapter Councilor</i></font><br></div><div><font size="1"><i>Teen and youth librarian at Multnomah County Library</i></font></div><div><font size="1"><i>My pronouns are she, her, hers</i></font></div></div></div></span></div></div>
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