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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">(Please pardon the duplicate postings)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Greetings! This grant opportunity landed in my inbox this morning so I’m passing it on. Please note:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><a href="https://apply.ala.org/foundingera/guidelines">Read the full project guidelines</a> and
<a href="https://apply.ala.org/foundingera">apply online</a> by January 31, 2018.
<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b>Public libraries serving rural or underserved communities are especially encouraged to apply.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Complete details are below!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i>To read this announcement online, please visit
<b><a href="http://www.programminglibrarian.org/articles/apply-now-revisiting-founding-era"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.programminglibrarian.org/articles/apply-now-revisiting-founding-era</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></b></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Public libraries are invited to apply for
<a href="http://www.programminglibrarian.org/articles/apply-now-revisiting-founding-era">
Revisiting the Founding Era</a>, a nationwide project that will use historical documents to spark public conversations about the Founding Era’s enduring ideas and themes and how they continue to influence our lives today.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Revisiting the Founding Era is a project of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in collaboration with the American Library Association (ALA) and the National Constitution Center. The project is supported
by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Up to 100 U.S. public libraries will be selected to host programs related to the American Revolution and the early years of the nation. Participating libraries will receive:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>10 copies of a 100-page reader containing selected documents from the lauded Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in U.S. history<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>$1,000 to help implement discussion groups and other public programs<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Training, resources and support<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Libraries, working in collaboration with scholars, local experts and others, will be asked to implement at least three public programs for adult and teen audiences. Topics may include the rights of citizens versus
the rights of government; who is “we the people?”; and decision-making and taking action.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a href="https://apply.ala.org/foundingera/guidelines">Read the full project guidelines</a> and
<a href="https://apply.ala.org/foundingera">apply online</a> by January 31, 2018. Public libraries serving rural or underserved communities are especially encouraged to apply.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Revisiting the Founding Era will be administered by ALA’s Public Programs Office.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">_______________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Sarah Ostman<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Communications Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Public Programs Office<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">American Library Association<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">312-280-5061<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Darci Hanning, MLIS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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