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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Learn how to foster conversation and lead change in your community with <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT03MzI3MjAyJnA9MSZ1PTEwNTM4MTc5NzImbGk9NTE0OTcwMTE/index.html" target="_blank">Libraries
Transforming Communities: Models for Change</a>, a free learning series on dialogue and deliberation specially designed for small, mid-sized and rural public libraries.</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Register now for the following free webinars:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Mid-Sized and/or Rural Communities"</a> (Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1 p.m. CST)<br>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">View all three webinars (live or recorded) and you will be invited to attend a
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">free one-day pre-conference workshop at the 2018 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans</span></strong>. Space is limited. Twenty-five travel stipends of $800 each are available for people representing small
and rural libraries. <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT03MzI3MjAyJnA9MSZ1PTEwNTM4MTc5NzImbGk9NTE0OTcwMjA/index.html" target="_blank">
Learn more and apply for a travel stipend by March 9.</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">These Libraries Transforming Communities: Models for Change sessions are brought to you by the American Library Association (ALA), the Public Library Association (PLA), and the National Coalition for Dialogue &
Deliberation (NCDD).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Questions? <a href="mailto:publicprograms@ala.org?subject=LTC:%20Models%20for%20Change" target="_blank">
Email ALA's Public Programs Office.</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Libraries Transforming Communities: Models for Change is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant number RE-40-16-0137-16.</span></em><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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