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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please excuse any cross-posting<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000">There's Still Time: Banned Books Week Grant and Conable Scholarship Applications Are Open</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#163E64">Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund Grants for Programs During Banned Books Week</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#494949">Each year the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) distributes grants to organizations to support activities that raise awareness of intellectual freedom and censorship issues during the annual Banned
Books Weeks celebration (September 22-28, 2024). Staff at all types of libraries, schools, universities, and non-profit community organizations are encouraged to apply. Grants are awarded for $1,000 and applications are accepted now through </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">April
30, 2024.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202124;background:white">Grants are evaluated based on the following criteria:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">IMAGINATION: What makes your plan unique? How have you integrated the concept of
<i>Freed Between the Lines</i>? </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202124;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">SCHEDULE/ACTION PLAN: Include key dates, responsibilities, and collaboration with other groups to carry out a creative project.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202124;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">PR PLAN: What are the ways you will promote your event and who is your intended audience? Do you have a media and social media plan? How will your promotion be creative, unique and eye-catching?</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202124;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">BUDGET: Please detail your proposed budget. Institutions, and other groups they are working with, should partially contribute to the funding of proposed events rather than solely relying on the grant.
Do not designate all of these grant funds for the purchase of books, or as an honorarium for one speaker.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202124">EVALUATION: Detail how you will evaluate the success of your program.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#494949">To be eligible for a grant, organizations must not have been a recipient of an FTRF grant within the past five years. FTRF Founder Judith F. Krug was a fierce proponent of education and intellectual
freedom. During Krug's lengthy career she worked non-stop to prevent censorship and protect First Amendment rights. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#494949">Apply</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://airtable.com/app3mKtZ2b0w0g2UK/shrqhRjWJJvLNlJXL" title="https://airtable.com/app3mKtZ2b0w0g2UK/shrqhRjWJJvLNlJXL"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#009BC9"> here</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#494949"> or
visit the </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.ftrf.org/?page=Krug_BBW" title="http://www.ftrf.org/?page=Krug_BBW"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#337AB7">Freedom to Read Foundation</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#494949"> online
to apply and learn more about past recipients and their projects through the </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.ftrf.org/page/Krug_BBW" title="https://www.ftrf.org/page/Krug_BBW"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Judith
F. Krug Memorial Fund</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#494949">. Contact Joyce McIntosh at </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:jmcintosh@ala.org" title="mailto:jmcintosh@ala.org"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">jmcintosh@ala.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#337AB7"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#494949">or
Karen Gianni at </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:kgianni@ala.org" title="mailto:kgianni@ala.org"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#009BC9">kgianni@ala.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#337AB7"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">with
questions</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#494949">.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Apply now </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://airtable.com/app3mKtZ2b0w0g2UK/shrqhRjWJJvLNlJXL" title="https://airtable.com/app3mKtZ2b0w0g2UK/shrqhRjWJJvLNlJXL"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#009BC9">with
this application</span></b></a><b><a href="https://airtable.com/app3mKtZ2b0w0g2UK/shrqhRjWJJvLNlJXL" title="https://airtable.com/app3mKtZ2b0w0g2UK/shrqhRjWJJvLNlJXL"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#009BC9">.</span></a></b></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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