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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello all,</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Here’s</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> a new grant opportunity that ALA's Public Programs
Office is collaborating on. See the details below!</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Calling all libraries!</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Do you have…</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif;color:black">✓ </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">a young patron (aged 16-24) with excellent leadership skills in your community?</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif;color:black">✓</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> staff with 5-7 hours per month to work with this young patron? </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif;color:black">✓ </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">a mission to foster youth leadership through constructive dialogue and community building?</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://cortico.ai/" title="http://cortico.ai">Cortico</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, in collaboration with the
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ccc.mit.edu/" title="https://www.ccc.mit.edu/">MIT Center for Constructive Communication</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (MIT CCC) and
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/" title="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/">PBS FRONTLINE</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, invites your library to apply for
the <b>Teen Dialogue Accelerator</b>-a new national initiative empowering young people to lead meaningful civic conversations in their communities.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">10 public libraries across the U.S.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> will be selected to pilot this innovative program. Selected libraries will receive:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$14,000 grant funding</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> for staff, fellows, and programming<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Training, coaching, and tools to support youth-led dialogue<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">National storytelling amplification through PBS FRONTLINE<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Over 10 months, library teams - a designated library staff person + their selected youth fellow (aged 16–24) will host local small-group conversations on topics like civic identity, democracy, and the
future of work. Together, you'll co-create outputs, such as audio medleys, that share youth voices locally and nationally.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">You can review the application details and FAQs
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://cortico.ai/news/apply-now-teen-dialogue-accelerator-for-libraries/" title="https://cortico.ai/news/apply-now-teen-dialogue-accelerator-for-libraries/"><b>here</b></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">!</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Apply now to bring this opportunity to your community and help shape the future of youth civic dialogue.
<i>Applications close by 11:59pm EST on October 13, 2025.</i></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Questions? Email
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:programs@cortico.ai" title="mailto:programs@cortico.ai">programs@cortico.ai</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We're excited to review your applications,</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Teen Dialogue Accelerator Program Team</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://cortico.ai/" title="http://cortico.ai/">Cortico</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Meghan Gieseker<br>
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American Library Association<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Darci Hanning, MLIS (she/her/hers)</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Public Library Consultant / CE Coordinator<br>
<b>Continuing Education Resources: </b></span><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99"><a href="https://slo.oregon.gov/conted/"><span style="color:#215E99">https://slo.oregon.gov/conted/</span></a></span></u></b><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">State Library of Oregon
<b>|</b> Library Support and Development Services</span><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>|</b> </span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99"><a href="mailto:darci.hanning@slo.oregon.gov"><span style="color:#215E99">darci.hanning@slo.oregon.gov</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">
<b>|</b> </span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/library"><span style="color:#215E99">www.oregon.gov/library</span></a></span></u><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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