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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Good morning!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I’m passing along this opportunity, please visit the
<a href="https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/language-literature-culture/reading-groups-public-libraries">
Yiddish Book Center website</a> for additional information:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Yiddish Book Center has announced <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yiddishbookcenter.org%2Flanguage-literature-culture%2Freading-groups-public-libraries&data=05%7C01%7CDarci.HANNING%40slo.oregon.gov%7C1669d26525954c520d7308da4967bf9e%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C637903007197710877%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5pEQbCU9BfqEbMzy8pp2GKNnJGti%2FhCGY65uA7r4MRI%3D&reserved=0" title="https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/language-literature-culture/reading-groups-public-libraries">"Stories
of Exile" Reading Groups for Public Libraries</a>, a reading and discussion program that will engage teens and adults in thinking about experiences of displacement, migration, and diaspora.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Participating libraries will organize a reading group for adults, teens ages 16 to 19, or a combined group to discuss three books of Yiddish literature in translation,
as well as one book related to a community served by their library. <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yiddishbookcenter.org%2Flanguage-literature-culture%2Fstories-exile-reading-groups%2Fapply&data=05%7C01%7CDarci.HANNING%40slo.oregon.gov%7C1669d26525954c520d7308da4967bf9e%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C637903007197710877%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9bo3QY%2BUlnVnKKtAAiBNGe5JO1ZWgdKq1VlDRCMyRU4%3D&reserved=0" title="https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/language-literature-culture/stories-exile-reading-groups/apply">Learn
more and apply by August 19, 2022.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Using Yiddish literature as a portal, "Stories of Exile" will feature works in translation that explore narratives grappling with questions of homelands, journeys, identity,
and belonging. Reading groups will compare these works-written in Yiddish in the early and mid-20th century-to works by contemporary writers from across the globe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Selections from the reading list include <i>Survivors: The Complete Short Stories of Chava Rosenfarb</i>; <i>On the Landing: Stories by Yenta Mash</i>; and <i>The Glatstein
Chronicles</i> by Jacob Glatstein.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Public libraries selected to participate in "Stories of Exile" will receive:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">15 copies of each of the three books on the Yiddish Book Center reading list, as well as copies for the discussion facilitator and the library's collection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">15 copies of one additional book, selected by the library, related to the experiences of the community served by the library.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Travel, accommodation, and meal expenses paid for participation in a workshop at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA, to orient library staff on engaging reading groups and discussion
of Yiddish literature in translation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Online access to downloadable discussion guides and programming resources for future use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Advice and assistance in identifying potential guest speakers, as well as training and support for engaging guest speakers at public events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To learn more and apply, <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yiddishbookcenter.org%2Flanguage-literature-culture%2Freading-groups-public-libraries&data=05%7C01%7CDarci.HANNING%40slo.oregon.gov%7C1669d26525954c520d7308da4967bf9e%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C637903007197868414%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=N%2BqpgLXxfDNJJ6mjDpAKOvRCxmB9Bt29EvjhcVQml3I%3D&reserved=0" title="https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/language-literature-culture/reading-groups-public-libraries">visit
the Yiddish Book Center website.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Darci Hanning, MLIS (she/her/hers)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Public Library Consultant / CE Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">State Library of Oregon <b>|</b> Library Support and Development Services
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">971-375-3491 <b>|</b> <a href="mailto:darci.hanning@slo.oregon.gov">
darci.hanning@slo.oregon.gov</a> <b>|</b> <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/library">
www.oregon.gov/library</a> <u><span style="color:#0563C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Continuing Education Resources: </b><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/conted"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/conted</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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