<div dir="ltr"><div><b><font color="#ff0000" size="4">[Is your library doing anything to celebrate our culture?]</font></b></div><div><b><font color="#ff0000" size="4"> </font></b></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><span class="gmail-lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase gmail-u-letter-spacing-012" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-width:0px;border-style:solid;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.125rem">LIBRARIES ACROSS THE</span> country are joining the celebrations commemorating the <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/grammy-awards-hip-hop-anniversary-tribute-rappers-list-1234674419/" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-width:0px;border-style:solid">50th anniversary</a> <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/grammys-2023-hip-hop-50th-anniversary-performance-watch-1234672741/" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-width:0px;border-style:solid">of hip-hop</a>. <br><a href="https://hiphop50.queenslibrary.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-width:0px;border-style:solid">“Collections of Culture: 50 Years of Hip-Hop Inside Libraries, Museums and Archives”</a> launched late last month and will feature a mix of in-person and virtual programs, including panel discussions, author talks, and workshops digging into the genre’s history and influence on American culture. The country-wide initiative was made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and will culminate with a two-day summit, August 3 and 4, in Queens, New York. <br>The Queens Public Library in New York City is spearheading the effort and will help other participating institutions create different programs (and archive them for posterity). The QPL — which has built up its own collection of artifacts documenting <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/hip-hop/" id="gmail-auto-tag_hip-hop" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-width:0px;border-style:solid">hip-hop</a>’s history and legacy in the borough — launched its own hip-hop program in 2015, hiring Ralph McDaniels, co-creator of the pioneering show <em style="box-sizing:border-box;border-width:0px;border-style:solid">Video Music Box</em>, to serve as the first hip-hop coordinator.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>The rest of the article can be found <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hip-hop-at-50-libraries-special-events-anniversary-1234691386/.">here.</a> </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#ffffff">-</font></div><div><font color="#ffffff"><br></font></div><div><font color="#ffffff">Max</font></div><span style="color:rgb(120,63,4)">Max Macias, MLS</span><a href="https://www.name-coach.com/max-macias" style="font-family:"open sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.538em;background-color:transparent;border-radius:0px;color:rgb(136,91,192);outline:0px!important" target="_blank"><img alt="A button with "Hear my name" text for name playback in email signature" src="https://www.name-coach.com/images/emailsig/email-sig.jpeg" style="border-radius:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:middle;margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:15px"></a></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/JAKDaQJD3DRofZwc7" target="_blank"><b>Book a meeting with Max</b></a> </span><b>(Please book 24 hours in advance.)</b></div><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-size:12.8px">Pronouns: | He, Him, His/They |</b></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,255)"><b>Strengths:</b> Input, Ideation, Context, Connectedness, Intellection</span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">Online Learning</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)">971-722-8151</span><span></span><span></span><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><div><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4z4VYYpxtVnzXknxQ52p10_O3Dnv1Sm05HYtz0EUVVGhui7dGGbyBIn5Wv7rZwt4nPiSd9HX4Y"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>