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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#2E75B6">“The American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting applications for the Great Stories Club, a grant program in which library workers lead book club programs with underserved
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#2E75B6">Here are the main criteria of the
<a href="https://apply.ala.org/greatstories/guidelines#requirements" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
<span style="color:#2E75B6">eligibility requirements</span></a>:</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#548235">all types of libraries (public, school, academic and special)
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#2E75B6">in the United States and its territories that meet one of the following criteria:</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#2E75B6">The applicant library is located within an organization that reaches underserved, under-resourced, or at-risk teens (e.g., a tribal library, alternative high school, juvenile
detention facility), OR;</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#548235">Applications are due July 9<sup>th</sup></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#2E75B6">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#2E75B6">FYI,<br>
Jen</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 18, 2018 7:23 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> A reading program for underserved youth</span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:black">Do you love reading and want to help young people in your community love it as well?</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:black">The American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting applications for the Great Stories Club, a grant program in which library workers lead book club programs with underserved
teens.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:black">Working with small groups of teens, grantees will host reading and discussion programs for up to four thematically related books chosen to resonate with reluctant readers struggling
with complex issues like academic probation, detention, incarceration, violence and poverty. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:black">Up to 150 libraries will be selected. All types of libraries are eligible, as long as they work in partnership with, or are located within, organizations that serve under-resourced
youth. <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT03NjM3ODI3JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjAwMTYxNDEmbGk9NTQ5NzM2MDE/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
Read the full project guidelines.</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:black">Choose one or both of the following themes:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">"Empathy: The Cost of Switching Sides" (<a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT03NjM3ODI3JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjAwMTYxNDEmbGk9NTQ5NzM2MDI/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">View
the titles for this theme</a>)</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">"What Makes a Hero? Self, Society and Rising to the Occasion" (<a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT03NjM3ODI3JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjAwMTYxNDEmbGk9NTQ5NzM2MDM/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">View
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:black">Benefits include:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">11 copies of each of the selected titles (10 to gift to participants, one for the library collection)</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Travel and accommodation expenses paid for one library staff member to attend a project orientation workshop in Chicago. (Libraries selected to implement
both themes may be assigned to attend only one workshop)</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Additional training, resources and support</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"></span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:black">Visit <strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT03NjM3ODI3JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjAwMTYxNDEmbGk9NTQ5NzM2MDU/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">apply.ala.org/greatstories</a></span></strong> for
full project guidelines and to apply online. Apply by July 9, 2018.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:black">Questions? Contact ALA's Public Programs Office at
<a href="mailto:publicprograms@ala.org?subject=Great%20Stories%20Club" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
publicprograms@ala.org</a>.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
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