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<p class="MsoNormal">Do you love books and want to instill a love of reading in others? Learn how ALA’s Great Stories Club grants can help you connect with underserved youth in your community.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This opportunity is open to all library types who are interested in working with (or located within) organizations that serve under-resourced youth, such as alternative high schools, juvenile justice organizations or foster care agencies.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We’ll also be hosting a <a href="http://www.programminglibrarian.org/learn/learn-more-great-stories-club">
free webinar</a> on May 21 for anyone who’s like to learn more. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sarah Ostman<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ALA Public Programs Office<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>View the following announcement online at <a href="http://www.programminglibrarian.org/articles/apply-now-great-stories-club-book-club-underserved-youth">
http://www.programminglibrarian.org/articles/apply-now-great-stories-club-book-club-underserved-youth</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">*********<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ALA is now accepting applications for the Great Stories Club, a grant program in which library workers lead reading and discussion programs with underserved teens in their communities.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="https://apply.ala.org/greatstories">Read the project guidelines and apply online.</a></b> Applications are due July 9. Up to 150 grants will be awarded.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Program details and eligibility<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Working with small groups of approximately 10 teens, grantees will host reading and discussion programs for up to four thematically related books. The titles — selected in consultation with librarian advisors and humanities scholars — are
chosen to resonate with reluctant readers struggling with complex issues like academic probation, detention, incarceration, violence and poverty.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All types of libraries are eligible, as long as they work in partnership with, or are located within, organizations that serve under-resourced youth, such as alternative high schools, juvenile justice organizations, homeless shelters, foster
care agencies, teen parenting programs, residential treatment facilities and other nonprofit and community agencies.
<a href="http://www.programminglibrarian.org/articles/juvie-101-six-things-i-learned-doing-outreach-juvenile-detention-center">
(Read an account of a former Great Stories Club grantee about her partnership with a juvenile detention center.)</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Libraries located in high-poverty communities are also eligible to apply, though outreach partnerships with youth-focused organizations are still encouraged.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Themes and titles<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Participating libraries may choose to work with one or both of the following themes during a 12-month programming period (September 2018 – August 2019): “Empathy: The Cost of Switching Sides” and “What Makes a Hero? Self, Society and Rising
to the Occasion.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Empathy: The Cost of Switching Sides” will feature the following titles, from which libraries may select up to four<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">“Flight” by Sherman Alexie <a href="http://www.ala.org/tools/programming/GSC/statement-flight-sherman-alexie">
(Read ALA’s statement about the use of “Flight” for this project.)</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">“Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation” by Octavia Butler, Damian Duffy and John Jennings<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">“All American Boys” by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">“Stuck in Neutral” by Terry Trueman<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">“March: Book Three” by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“What Makes a Hero? Self, Society and Rising to the Occasion” will feature the following titles, from which libraries may select up to four:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">“Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 1” by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Brian Stelfreeze<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">“Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began” by Art Spiegelman<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">“Binti” by Nnedi Okorafor<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">“Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two” by Joseph Bruchac<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">“What Can(t) Wait” by Ashley Hope Pérez<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">“How I Live Now” by Meg Rosoff<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Grantee benefits<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Grantees will receive:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">11 paperback copies of up to four book selections (10 to gift to participants; 1 for discussion leader/library collection)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:2.4pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Travel and accommodation expenses paid for one staff member to attend a 1 ½-day project orientation workshop in Chicago (libraries selected to implement both Great Stories Club series will be assigned to
attend only one workshop)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:2.4pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Programming materials, including discussion guides, related reading lists and promotional resources<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>For more information<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Potential applicants may sign up for a free webinar to learn more about this opportunity. The webinar will be held at 1 p.m. Central Time on Monday, May 21.
<a href="http://www.programminglibrarian.org/learn/learn-more-great-stories-club">
Reserve a spot for the webinar.</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Great Stories Club National Advisors are Allyson Dowds, Youth Technology Librarian for Teen Central at the Boston Public Library; Anna Mae Duane, Associate Professor of English at the University of Connecticut; Jennifer Mann, Professional
Librarian at Washtenaw Community College; and Maria Sachiko Cecire, Director of Experimental Humanities and Assistant Professor of Literature at Bard College.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Great Stories Club has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The grant will be administered by ALA’s Public Programs Office.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">_______________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sarah Ostman<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Communications Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Public Programs Office<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">American Library Association<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">312-280-5061<o:p></o:p></p>
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