<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Hi everyone,</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Please excuse the cross posting, I want to make sure this goes out as far and wide as possible. Please share with any youth services staff that may be interested in this opportunity.<br></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><b style="font-weight:normal" id="gmail-m_9046043602468593034gmail-docs-internal-guid-178381eb-7fff-02ee-a708-00121f51fe24"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ALSC Equity Fellowship</span></b></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">ALSC
announces new Equity Fellowship! Through the ALSC Equity Fellowship
program, ALSC affirms its commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion
by engaging new generations of racially and ethnically diverse library
professionals.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Five
ALSC fellowships will be awarded to American Indian/Alaska Native/First
Nations, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Middle
Eastern, and/or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander individuals who
commit to service within ALSC and demonstrate a capacity for future
leadership. Fellowship recipients will receive funding for two-year ALSC
and ALA memberships and one year of conference
registrations and travel stipends for ALA Midwinter and ALA Annual.
Fellowship recipients will also receive mentorship from members of the
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion within ALSC Task Force. The Equity,
Diversity, and Inclusion within ALSC Task Force
will review applications and select recipients.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Applications are now open and will close on
<b>September 14, 2018</b>. Learn more on criteria, requirements, and how to apply:
<a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/scholarships/equity-fellowship" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/scholarships/equity-fellowship</a></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><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><font size="1"><i>YALSA 2019 Printz Award Committee<br></i></font></div><div><font size="1"><i>ALSC Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Task Force<br></i></font></div></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<br></i></font><font size="1"><i>twitter @daniellebookery</i></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>