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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Partners,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Save the Children and Partners for Education at Berea College are pleased to announce that the second annual Rural Library Summit will be held Wednesday, December 1, 2021. The
Summit will explore how libraries can support cradle-to-career solutions by growing their impact on improving third-grade reading, combating food insecurities and enhancing mental health.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">We are excited to announce that Dr. Felicia Cumings Smith, president of the National Center for Families Learning, will present the opening keynote address.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The 2021 Rural Library Summit celebrates the power of libraries to engage rural communities to build stronger, more equitable supports for all young people. Presentations and workshops
will introduce how to create successful cradle-to-career initiatives and offer practitioners the opportunity to share what has worked in their community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Cradle-to-career initiatives create pathways to success for all young people by recognizing that access to opportunity is limited for many and supports are needed to meet the needs
of all. Supports include programs addressing food insecurity, early education, literacy, mental health, college access and much more. Public libraries play a key role in creating successful initiatives by catalyzing the community to work together. The Rural
Library Summit will introduce attendees to the mindsets, skills and tools needed to bring community partners together to build shared pathways to success.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">In addition to the opportunities for learning at the Summit, Save the Children is proud to offer $7,500 worth of support material to Rural Library Summit participants. Fourteen
attendees will be randomly selected to win the prizes listed below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">1 grand prize winner - $2,500 to shop on <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstemfinity.com%2F%3Fgclid%3DCj0KCQiAsqOMBhDFARIsAFBTN3fscepXyQyX5szOAC2F-A3ar4iuqZ-SE_Qp3XV-erRQgx8mThS5lYQaAuBREALw_wcB&data=04%7C01%7CLancasterC5%40michigan.gov%7C1f3429a1a96540797cb008d9a9fcedac%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637727726063042248%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=lxVIMUBDrtTJzvJxG2rOK1F1k3XZvfAKhvDwNbB5dXs%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">STEMfinity</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">3 winners - $1,000 each to shop on Scholastic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">10 winners – $200 Vroom Kits<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">To win, you must be present during the Summit and be a member of the Rural Library Network. <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.berea.edu%2Fpfe%2Frln-membership%2F&data=04%7C01%7CLancasterC5%40michigan.gov%7C1f3429a1a96540797cb008d9a9fcedac%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637727726063052213%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=1ymIDe8%2FIwxZjbHxgCx6dTz5JW%2FjzjMPlrEiAOmBt3U%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">Join
the Network for free here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">For more information about the Summit schedule, including keynotes and breakout speakers, <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.berea.edu%2Fpfe%2Flibrarysummit%2F&data=04%7C01%7CLancasterC5%40michigan.gov%7C1f3429a1a96540797cb008d9a9fcedac%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637727726063062166%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=OWM9llzsreRePtljdmP6W9iTnJf8LZ5UI4mKz5SzZig%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">please
visit our website</a>. To register for the Summit, <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Frural-library-network-summit-registration-166657542195%3Faff%3Descb%26utm-source%3Dcp%26utm-term%3Dlisting%26utm-campaign%3Dsocial%26utm-medium%3Ddiscovery%26utm-content%3Dattendeeshare&data=04%7C01%7CLancasterC5%40michigan.gov%7C1f3429a1a96540797cb008d9a9fcedac%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637727726063062166%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=fv9NgxNptWgHO4U55Oe5tDjP40Ly5Z73yku5Kbwz%2Fo0%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">click
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<p class="MsoNormal">Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">@NoahLenstra<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Author, <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc-clio.com%2FABC-CLIOCorporate%2Fproduct.aspx%3Fpc%3DA5725P&data=04%7C01%7CLancasterC5%40michigan.gov%7C1f3429a1a96540797cb008d9a9fcedac%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637727726063082078%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=gpujjM5JhKlSpvfB8v0HBojXtJLvJZlaNL9hGIoCYko%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">
Healthy Living at the Library</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Director of <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fletsmovelibraries.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7CLancasterC5%40michigan.gov%7C1f3429a1a96540797cb008d9a9fcedac%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637727726063092033%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=ANok4JKpZKtpGYyqBj3RaiiPOV7CkdjJGVgg7i3nrag%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">
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