[Libs-Or] Fwd: [REFORMANET] Library of Congress Community Grants - WEBINAR August 25th 3 PM ET

Tue Aug 24 16:57:21 PDT 2021

[FYI.   Note--webinar is tomorrow.]

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From: Allina Migoni <allina.migoni at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 3:10 PM
Subject: [REFORMANET] Library of Congress Community Grants - WEBINAR August
25th 3 PM ET
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Good morning!

The Library is funding a Community Collections Grant (up to $50,000) for
individuals and organizations to document their communities to be part of
our national collections. Register for a webinar on application and program
guidelines *tomorrow at 4 pm EST *here:
https://loc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_R7dK0YuXTpqUtIRzvdLmEg.
Applications are
due September 7th!

*The American Folklife Center Community Collections Grants Program*

As part of the Mellon Foundation-funded Library of Congress initiative, *Of
the People: Widening the Path*, each year over the course of 3 years, the
American Folklife Center (AFC) will be inviting applications for up to 10
grants of up to $50,000 each to support contemporary cultural documentation
on the culture and traditions of diverse communities across the United
States ($60,000 if applicants intend to host a public program in their
community), and will support projects of up to 12-months in length.. These
projects can span up to twelve months, and will result in archival
collections preserved at the AFC and made accessible through the Library of
Congress’ web site (as well as remain with source communities and
organizations).

The major goals of this grant program are to support communities in
documenting their cultural life and experiences from their own
perspectives, while enriching the Library’s holdings with diverse materials
featuring knowledge and creativity found at the local level. As such,
successful applications will come from individuals or small organizations
closely affiliated with the community and traditions they propose to
document.

To be eligible, projects must involve *new, original* field research and
documentation of contemporary cultural life and activities from communities
within the U.S. Funding through these grants can be used to cover travel,
equipment rental or purchase, and other expenses associated with cultural
documentation fieldwork. If needed, AFC staff will provide consultation and
training in ethnographic research/documentation and archives methods.

As reflected by its archival collections and public programs, the AFC views
cultural diversity through a broad lens, such as in terms of race,
ethnicity, gender, religion, occupation, and class (and intersections
thereof).

*Important dates and resources*

Applications are due* September 7th, 2021* by noon EST. All application
materials must be sent via email to AFC-grants at loc.gov for consideration.

More information regarding the initiative and application guidelines can be
found here:
https://blogs.loc.gov/ofthepeople/2021/07/applications-open-for-the-community-collections-grant-program/

Grants are available for both individuals and for non-profit 501(c)(3)
organizations. *Application guidelines for each can be found here*: Notice
of Funding Opportunity for Individuals
<https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=334895>
and Notice
of Funding Opportunity for Organizations
<https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=334894>.

Several public webinars will be held to provide detailed information about
the Community Collections grant program and the application process. If you
are unable to attend, webinars will be recorded and made available on the
Library’s website after the event has ended.

The next webinar will be held  *Wednesday, August 25th at 4:00 pm*.
Registration links will be made available here:
https://loc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_R7dK0YuXTpqUtIRzvdLmEg. More
information available here: https://blogs.loc.gov/OfThePeople/.

For more information, please visit our *Frequently Asked Questions pages*
 for individual applicants
<https://blogs.loc.gov/ofthepeople/2021/07/grant-support-and-faq-for-community-collections-2021/>
and
for organizational applicants
<https://blogs.loc.gov/ofthepeople/2021/07/support-and-faq-for-community-collections-program-for-organizations/>
.

*Read more about the Library of Congress Of the People: Widening the
Path initiative here:*

Press release: https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-21-002

Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/library-of-congress-diversity-grant/2021/01/26/f4721430-5fe9-11eb-afbe-9a11a127d146_story.html

New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/arts/library-of-congress-diversity.html?searchResultPosition=1

And the new Library of Congress blog dedicated to this initiative:

http://blogs.loc.gov/ofthepeople/

*About the American Folklife Center*

The AFC was created in 1976 by the U.S. Congress to "preserve and present
American folklife" through programs of research, documentation, archival
preservation, reference service, live performance, exhibitions,
publications, and training. The AFC continues to collect and document
living traditional culture, while preserving for the future its
unparalleled collections in the state-of-the-art preservation facilities of
the Library of Congress.

Learn more here: https://www.loc.gov/folklife/index.html

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