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American Library Association Awards 27 Libraries with Teen Sci-Fi Great Stories Club Grant
CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) has selected 27 U.S. libraries to receive implementation grants for “ Imagining Tomorrow: Building Inclusive Futures.” This brand-new series in ALA’s Great Stories Club (GSC) features science fiction books...
95 Great Stories Club Grants to be Awarded by the American Library Association
CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) has selected 58 U.S. libraries to receive implementation grants for the Great Stories Club (GSC), a thematic reading and discussion program that engages teens who are facing difficult challenges through...
ALA invites libraries to apply for Great Stories Club Grants for teens
CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) invites library workers to apply for ALA’s Great Stories Club (GSC), a thematic reading and discussion program that engages teens who are facing difficult challenges through literature-based library...
35 libraries selected for ALA's Great Stories Club series on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation
CHICAGO — Thirty-five U.S. libraries have been selected to participate in the American Library Association’s Great Stories Club series on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT), a thematic reading and discussion program series that engages...
ALA announces participants in Racial Healing Circle workshop with AAC&U
Forty-two library workers and educators have been selected to participate in a two-day workshop to learn how to lead Racial Healing Circles, a transformative facilitation process, championed by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, that strives to help communities...
ALA joins W.K. Kellogg Foundation in observance of 2019 National Day of Racial Healing
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) will join the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and organizations across the country in observing the 2019 National Day of Racial Healing on Tuesday, Jan. 22. (Read the proclamation by ALA President Loida Garcia-Febo...
70 libraries named for ALA’s Great Stories Club series on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation
CHICAGO — Seventy libraries have been selected to participate in the American Library Association’s Great Stories Club series on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT), a thematic reading and discussion program series that will engage underserved...
Libraries invited to apply for Great Stories Club grants on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation
CHICAGO — Library professionals are invited to apply for the American Library Association’s Great Stories Club series on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT). This thematic reading and discussion program series will engage underserved teens...
Free virtual event with MARCH graphic novel creators offered as part of ALA’s Great Stories Club
The American Library Association (ALA) invites library professionals and their patrons to a free virtual event with Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell, co-author and illustrator of the acclaimed graphic novel series March. During the event, Aydin and Powell...
100 libraries selected to lead Great Stories Club reading programs with underserved youth
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) has announced 100 libraries nationwide selected to take part in the Great Stories Club, a national grant program that supports reading and discussion programs for underserved teens. The grantees represent...
Apply now for the Great Stories Club, a reading and discussion programs for underserved teens
CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting applications for the Great Stories Club, a grant program in which library workers lead reading and discussion programs with underserved teens in their communities. Visit https://apply.ala...
CHICAGO — Twenty-five libraries have been selected to participate in the pilot phase of the Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Great Stories Club, a thematic reading and discussion program series that will engage underserved teens through...
