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<p>Colleagues,</p>
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<p>ALA's Public Policy and Advocacy Office is seeking applicants for two opportunities. If you know others who would like to apply, please pass it on even if you aren't interested yourselves.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif, serif, "EmojiFont";">APPLY FOR GRANTS TO ADVANCE SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif, serif, "EmojiFont";">IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES—GRANTS OF $50K to $150K</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif, serif, "EmojiFont";">With funding from Google.org (the philanthropic part of Google), we will fund 10-14 libraries to further develop small business/entrepreneurship
programs geared towards low-income and/or underrepresented entrepreneurs. First round applications are brief.
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<p class="x_MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif, serif, "EmojiFont";">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2019/11/ala-opens-application-libraries-build-business-grants</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif, serif, "EmojiFont";">APPLY TO BECOME PART OF THE ALA POLICY CORPS, COHORT III</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif, serif, "EmojiFont";">ALA is expanding its Policy Corps! Join us in building and amplifying our ability to advocate on key policy issues on behalf of the library community.
Participants will focus on issues for which deep and sustained knowledge is necessary to advance ALA policy goals among policymakers. Training and opportunities to participate in targeted national advocacy will be provided to participants.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif, serif, "EmojiFont";"><a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/ala-policy-corps-application" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="LPlnk304536" previewremoved="true">http://www.ala.org/advocacy/ala-policy-corps-application</a></span></p>
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<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"><font face="Arial">Janet T. O'Keefe<br>
Librarian<br>
Flint Public Library<br>
1026 E. Kearsley<br>
Flint MI 48503<br>
810-232-7111<br>
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