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Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant for the Milwaukee Public Library Deaf Storyslam

  • 1.  Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant for the Milwaukee Public Library Deaf Storyslam

    Posted May 18, 2020 04:23 PM
    I am delighted to announce that ALA has just published a press release announcing the first Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant (LTCEG) award winner: http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2020/05/milwaukee-public-library-awarded-ala-s-first-libraries-transform-communities. Please join me in applauding the Milwaukee Public Library Deaf Storyslam along with the work of all libraries striving to build community during challenging times. 
     
    I'm sure you will agree this is an excellent choice and one that demonstrates the value of this LTCEG initiative. For the more than 100 other applicants who put together highly competitive proposals, I hope you'll carry out your plans anyway as well as consider reapplying next year.  
     
    Many thanks to everyone who contributed funds to make this possible and who plan to help grow it in the future. I want to especially thank staff in the ALA Public Programs Office for flawlessly planning and implementing the project. It reflects the power of our working together to make good things happen. 
     
    --Nancy Kranich
     
    Follow the ALA Center for Civic Life
    Subscribe to ALA's Civic Engagement listserv: 
    Search for "deliberate"
    Click on "Subscribe" 
    Meet with colleagues at the ALA Libraries Foster Community Engagement Membership Initiative Group (MIG) at ALA conferences
    Donate to the Libraries Transform Communities Grant Fund: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/ppo/ccf/culturalcommunities
    Link to the ALA Libraries Transform Communities web site: http://www.ala.org/tools/librariestransform/libraries-transforming-communities
    Learn to convene and moderate deliberative forums at: http://www.programminglibrarian.org/find?keys=%22center+for+civic+life%22


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    Nancy Kranich
    Lecturer and Special Projects Librarian
    Rutgers University--New Brunswick
    nancy.kranich@rutgers.edu
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