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There are a few upcoming webinars on applying for grants focused on digitization, preservation, and community archiving. See below for additional details and registration: </div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Applications are now open for the second round of funding for the
</span><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2022/06/applications-open-second-round-of-funding-for-community-collections-grant-program/" title="https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2022/06/applications-open-second-round-of-funding-for-community-collections-grant-program/" style="font-size: 11pt;">Community
Collections Grant program</a><span style="font-size: 11pt;">. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">These grants will support individuals or non-profit organizations in producing cultural documentation–photographs,
interviews, audio or video recordings about their community from the community’s perspective. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The American Folklife Center will be holding informational webinars about the funding opportunity and you can
</span><a href="https://loc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_safBo-0sR7S-istAv2cWNw" title="https://loc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_safBo-0sR7S-istAv2cWNw" style="font-size: 11pt;">click here to register</a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> for the
</span><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;">June 8</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, 2022</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> session. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">NEDCC has an upcoming webinar on
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<b>June 28, 2022</b> and you can <a href="https://www.nedcc.org/preservation-training/registration?p=575" title="https://www.nedcc.org/preservation-training/registration?p=575 ">
click here to register</a>.</span><br>
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|</span></span><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> 517-335-1402</span></span></p>
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<span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i><b>Discover digital collections from cultural institutions throughout the state at </b></i></span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i><b><a href="https://michmemories.org/" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://michmemories.org/"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Michigan
Memories</span></a></b></i></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i><b>!</b></i></span></span></p>
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<span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i><b>Find out more about preserving Michigan's digital cultural heritage through
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