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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information, please contact:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sarah Nguyễn, Patty Sumire McGowan, & Becky Leathersich</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">APALA Co-Chairs: <a href="mailto:familylit@apalaweb.org" title="mailto:familylit@apalaweb.org">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">familylit@apalaweb.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
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<p class="has-text-align-center" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2023 TALK STORY GRANT AVAILABLE</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="has-text-align-center" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applications being accepted for American Indian, Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander programs</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Culture</span></b></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> is a family literacy initiative that connects Asian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific
Islander, and American Indian communities across generations. The <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Talk Story</span></em> grant celebrates and explores Asian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and American Indian stories through books, oral
traditions, and cultural arts to provide interactive and enriching experiences for all ages. This grant provides financial support to libraries and community organizations who are motivated to promote intergenerational literacy through programming, services,
and collections. <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Talk Story</span></em> programs may be conducted in-person or virtually. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Talk Story</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> is in its fourteenth year of partnership between the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) and the
American Indian Library Association (AILA).</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Eligibility</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Libraries, archives, museums, and community organizations that promote intergenerational literacy across Asian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and/or American Indian families and communities
are eligible to apply. We encourage collaboration with related community organizations on a <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Talk Story</span></em> program, although the applying organization must be a library, archive, or museum. With the
exception of cross-border tribal organizations, all organizations must be based in the United States or U.S. territories. Organizations who have previously been awarded two <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Talk Story</span></em> grants are
ineligible for additional awards. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Two grant winners for each organization (APALA and AILA), a total of four winners, will receive $500 each to fund a program that meets the criteria of the grant.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Deadline and Application</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All complete submissions will be considered, which includes a statement of financial or economic need, narrative describing how the grant addresses community needs and promotes the Talk Story
mission, an explanation of how your program empowers AANHPI and/or AIAN communities, and a proposed budget. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">You may apply for either an APALA grant OR an AILA grant. You may not apply to both organizations.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Applications must be received by Wednesday, March 15, 2023 11:59pm AoE.</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Awards will be announced by Monday, May 1, 2023.</span></strong></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">"Sharing information across generations within our Asian, Pacific Islander, Native Hawaiian, and American Indigenous communities is practiced through oral, aesthetic, and movement based traditions,"
says Sarah Nguyễn, Co-Chair of the Talk Story grant. "We strive to provide education and funding support for libraries and communities organizations to initiate and experiment with celebrating AANHPI and AIAN histories, traditions, and progress."</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">"Talk Story grants enable our communities to sustain, share, and spread traditional literacies. Grant recipients are supported in their creation of family and intergenerational literacy programming
that may include oral, artistic, musical, and other indigenous traditions." -Richenda Hawkins,
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Talk Story</span></em> grant Co-Chair</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applications are due by March 15, 2023. Application, eligibility details, submission form, and past winners can be found at
<a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapalaweb.org%2Ftalkstorytogether%2Fgrant%2F&data=05%7C01%7CLancasterC5%40michigan.gov%7Cf9a2bccf67264b183fb908db0fc2b836%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C638121101599466660%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=2C59dMU%2F9McruiEPnFOdR6sgtg5Hd5ghvtBc273ax8s%3D&reserved=0" title="http://apalaweb.org/talkstorytogether/grant/">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">www.apalaweb.org/talkstorytogether/grant/</span></a>. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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