<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:1rem 0rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(73,73,73);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">The Gerald Hodges Award recognizes an intellectual freedom-focused organization that has developed a strong multi-year, ongoing program or a single, one-year project that exemplifies support for intellectual freedom, patron confidentiality, and anti-censorship efforts. This award consists of a citation and $1,000.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:1rem 0rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(73,73,73);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">The deadline for nominations is February 1, 2024. An <a href="https://www.ala.org/rt/ifrt/hodges" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration-line:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">online nomination form</a> and printable <a href="https://www.ala.org/rt/sites/ala.org.rt/files/content/IFRT/Hodges_Award_Nomination%20Form_RevisedSept2023.pdf" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration-line:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">PDF nomination form</a> are available.</p></div><div><br></div><a href="https://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2023/12/nominations-open-2024-ifrt-gerald-hodges-intellectual-freedom-chapter-relations">https://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2023/12/nominations-open-2024-ifrt-gerald-hodges-intellectual-freedom-chapter-relations</a><div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Chair - <a href="mailto:ifc.chair@olaweb.org" target="_blank">ifc.chair@olaweb.org</a><div>Intellectual Freedom Committee <a href="https://www.olaweb.org/if-home" target="_blank">https://www.olaweb.org/if-home</a></div><div>Oregon Library Association <a href="https://www.olaweb.org/" target="_blank">https://www.olaweb.org/</a></div></div></div></div></div>