[Libs-Or] Apply Now: Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Great Stories Club

[Darci Hanning]

Forwarding this along:


Please see below for a new opportunity from ALA's Public Programs Office.



To read the following announcement online, or to share via social media, visit
http://programminglibrarian.org/articles/apply-now-truth-racial-healing-transformation-great-stories-club.



--Sarah, ALA Public Programs Office



ALA invites libraries to apply for a pilot of the Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Great Stories Club (GSC)<http://apply.ala.org/greatstories>, a thematic reading and discussion program series that will engage underserved teens through literature-based library outreach programs and racial healing work.



The TRHT GSC is supported by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation<http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/ala-receives-11-million-wk-kellogg-foundation-reading-and-discussion-model>.



An expansion of ALA's long-standing GSC program model<https://apply.ala.org/greatstories>, the TRHT GSC will feature books that explore the coming-of-age experience for historically marginalized youth. The TRHT GSC is a part of the Kellogg Foundation's Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation<http://healourcommunities.org/> efforts, a comprehensive, national and community-based process to plan for and bring about transformational and sustainable change, and to address the historic and contemporary effects of racism.



Visit the project guidelines<https://apply.ala.org/greatstories/guidelines> and apply online<https://apply.ala.org/greatstories> by February 16, 2018. Potential applicants may register for a free Jan. 12 webinar <http://programminglibrarian.org/learn/apply-now-truth-racial-healing-transformation-great-stories-club> to learn more about the pilot program and its requirements.



Up to 25 selected libraries will work with small groups of teens to read and discuss three titles --selected by librarians and humanities scholars to resonate with reluctant readers facing difficult challenges like detention, incarceration, addiction, academic probation, poverty, and homelessness -- on the theme "Growing Up Brave on the Margins."

Applicant libraries must either be located within an organization that serves under-resourced, troubled or at-risk teens (e.g., alternative high schools, juvenile detention facilities) or work in partnership with an organization that serves that teenage population. For examples of acceptable partner organizations, visit the TRHT GSC Resources page<https://apply.ala.org/greatstories/resources>.



Participating libraries must host at least three book discussion programs and at least one interactive racial healing session, led by a racial healing practitioner familiar with the Kellogg Foundation's TRHT framework and racial healing approach. Programming must take place between May and October 2018.



Featured titles will include "Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal"<https://www.booklistonline.com/Ms-Marvel-No-Normal-G-Willow-Wilson/pid=7218069> by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona; "The Hate U Give"<https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Hate-U-Give-Angie-Thomas/pid=8567474> by Angie Thomas; and "MARCH: Book One"<https://www.booklistonline.com/March-Book-One-John-Lewis/pid=6009983> by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell.



Participating libraries will receive:

  *   11 copies of each of the three selected titles (10 to gift to participants, one for the discussion leader/library collection)
  *   A $300 programming stipend
  *   Access to a racial healing practitioner who is engaged with the Kellogg Foundation's TRHT framework and racial healing approach
  *   Travel and accommodation expenses paid for one library staff member to attend a project orientation workshop, April 19-20, 2018, in Chicago; training will cover humanities content for the selected titles, best practices for leading discussion groups, an overview of the TRHT process, and an interactive session led by a racial healing practitioner
  *   Additional training, resources and support

The TRHT Great Stories Club will be administered by ALA's Public Programs Office in partnership with ALA's Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services.



Sarah Ostman

Communications Manager

ALA Public Programs Office
sostman at ala.org<mailto:sostman at ala.org>
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