For Grantees: Finding Your Voice: Speaking Truth to Power
Created by Susana M. Morris, Associate Professor of Literature, Media, and Communication at the Georgia Institute of Technology, in collaboration with Angelina M. Cortes, Sno-Isle Libraries; Joslyn Bowling Dixon, Prince William Library System; and Amira Shabana, Proviso East High School.
The "Finding Your Voice" theme is part of the Great Stories Club series on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation.
Grantees may log in to view their original application, complete a schedule of programs, and work on the final report at our online application site. Additional resources for participating libraries are below.
Timeline
- Applications accepted online Sept. 5 - Nov. 16, 2018
- Grant notification: Dec. 7, 2018
- Programming Term: March 1 - Dec. 31, 2019
- Workshop for grantees: March 7 - 8, 2019 in Chicago (PDF agenda)
- Online final report due: January 31, 2020 or within 30 days of final program (preview the final report form or log in to begin)
Reading List
Grantees have selected up to four books from the reading list below.
- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina
- Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
- Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
- American Street by Ibi Zoboi
- Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro
Programming Materials
- Essay
- Discussion questions #1 (general questions)
- Discussion questions #2 (book-specific questions)
- Related reading list
- Certificate of achievement (for participants)
- Certificate of appreciation (for partners and supporters)
- Racial Healing Circle prompts
Promotional Materials
- Press release
- Social media prompts
- Poster (with printing crop marks)
- Poster (without printing crop marks)
- Bookmarks
- Web banner
- Sample media release form
- Resources for the National Day of Racial Healing (Jan. 22, 2019)
See Also
- Preview of TRHT GSC final report (due within 30 days of your last program, or by January 31, 2020)
- Tips for implementing a Great Stories Club program
- Tips for working with teen readers facing challenges with reading level and engagement (created for the GSC series “Structures of Suffering”)
- Resources compiled to support Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation, which include a TRHT Glossary, readings on structural racism, links to publications about racial healing circles, and a list of TRHT Places around the country
- Archived Racial Healing Methodology Webinar (presented February 15, 2019, by Mee Moua and Monica Haslip, consultants to the W.K. Kellogg Foundation) and related slides
- Archived Microaggressions Webinar (presented February 6, 2019, by Jody Gray, director of ALA’s Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services) and related slides
- Archived TRHT GSC Evaluation Webinar and related slides
- TRHT GSC Evaluation Resource Packet (PDF)
- TRHT GSC Theory of Change (PDF)
- Roster of "Finding Your Voice" grantees and contact information (PDF, requires password)
- Presentation files from the March 7-8, 2019, workshop (PDF)
