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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black;background:#BFBFBF">I am sharing some more news from MLA: The 2022 Equity Fund Grant application is now open! Applications will be accepted through </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">June
3, 2022</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black;background:#BFBFBF">. Equity Fund Grants aim to reduce financial barriers to professional development opportunities and support individuals currently underrepresented in the library
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">The MLA Equity Fund is used to provide individual grants to fund professional development opportunities for individuals currently underrepresented in the library profession.
MLA Equity Fund Grants will reduce financial barriers and uplift the professional development of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, North African, and Middle Eastern individuals by providing resources to be used for memberships, attendance at workshops, educational
events, or conferences of the applicants’ choosing, or for other purposes that they believe increase their ability to impact and transform the library profession.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">The 2022 MLA Equity Fund Grants will be awarded for activities occurring between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023. Requests of up to $1,000 will be considered. Partial funding
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">The application form will be open Monday, April 18, 2022, through Friday, June 3, 2022, at 5:00 PM. Download the <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001v1U5Ii3mhkm0955ql4Z5BVPDtsWsmfwnlUQn9tYoIshSIAO6BurFjBYHlmWfmu9zixXs7Y3sA179BLlOFUhzgK8U_OS4fztnKYYA3_85Sr7jWclkaLlG8C5PyDvVnT-HRNBr90NSeDNQh0w8CFehtrK4ObFIDm8sOlUl9MzzOoZ_8Js0IAi_psjeUnHflGiPSSasihijbrB-raMTVNGa8zWxva0N2myDK0r7M8wPxkKyuzXbUBp0jw==&c=ls9jdZ2E3B0vf7eIh0mYmGyHDwuZELWJlSi2U9XNsIjYAsgfSz3nfw==&ch=sXjGekkeAKBmfHZbQ6ZDVkmwQbR2IY6rpdcea1GHpITkX7UG0BvGag==" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#058689">MLA
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