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<b style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;">Connecting Communities Digital Initiative Grant - Closing September 30, 2022</b><br>
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Library of Congress is pleased to announce two grant opportunities in the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/programs/of-the-people/about-this-program/" title="https://www.loc.gov/programs/of-the-people/about-this-program/">
Of the People</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; text-align:start; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important"> program's Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, funded by the Mellon Foundation. Grants of up to $50,000 support
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libraries, archives, museums</a>,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; text-align:start; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important"> and
<a href="https://loc.gov/programs/of-the-people/represent/higher-education-application/" title="https://loc.gov/programs/of-the-people/represent/higher-education-application/">
higher education institutions</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; text-align:start; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important"> in creating projects that use and re-mix Library of Congress digital collections. Projects must center the
lives, experiences, and perspectives of Black, Indigenous, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander, or other communities of color in the 50 U.S. states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands and the
US Virgin Islands.</span><br style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-size:14.6667px; text-align:start; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt; text-align:start; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">The Library is seeking to award three grants for the Higher Education opportunity and three grants for the Libraries, Archives, and Museums opportunity.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; text-align:start; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important"> You
can <a href="https://www.loc.gov/programs/of-the-people/apply/" title="https://www.loc.gov/programs/of-the-people/apply/">
click here to learn more about the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative Grants program and how to apply</a>.</span><br>
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