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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi folks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I wanted to share these updates that came from Kristin Pekoll at ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h1>Conable Scholarship<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal">Attend ALA Annual Conference 2018 for FREE (registration, transportation, housing for six nights, and a $300 stipend for meals and other expenses. The recipient also will receive a one-year membership in the Freedom to Read Foundation.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">LIS student or recent graduate<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Deadline: Friday, April 27, 2018; the award will be announced by the second week in May<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ftrf.org/page/Conable_Scholarship">More information</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<h1>Banned Books Week grants<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal">Apply to receive a $1000 or $2500 programming grant <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Offered through the Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Deadline: May 11, 2018<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ftrf.org/?page=Krug_BBW">More information</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<h1>Free Webinar<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fake News or Free Speech: Is There a Right to be Misinformed?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, 4/25/2018 at 1pm CST<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/webinar/fakenews">More Information</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Keep updated with these opportunities and more on
<a href="https://twitter.com/FTRF">twitter</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print"">Kristin<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Kristin Pekoll, Assistant Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.ala.org/oif"><span style="color:#0070C0">Office for Intellectual Freedom</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000">ALA</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">AmericanLibraryAssociation</span></b><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#257911"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">312.280.4221
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">800.545.2433 x4221</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0070C0">Censorship thrives in silence; silence is its aim. ~ James LaRue<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.ala.org/challengereporting"><span style="color:#0070C0">Report Censorship</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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