FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, please contact:
Sarah Nguyễn, Patty Sumire McGowan, & Becky Leathersich
APALA Co-Chairs: familylit@apalaweb.org
Richenda Hawkins
AILA Chair: AILA.TalkStory@gmail.com
December 1, 2022
2023 TALK STORY GRANT AVAILABLE
Applications being accepted for American Indian, Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander programs
Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Culture is a family literacy initiative that connects Asian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and American Indian communities across generations. The Talk Story grant celebrates and explores Asian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and American Indian stories through books, oral traditions, and cultural arts to provide interactive and enriching experiences for all ages. This grant provides financial support to libraries and community organizations who are motivated to promote intergenerational literacy through programming, services, and collections. Talk Story programs may be conducted in-person or virtually.
Talk Story is in its fourteenth year of partnership between the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) and the American Indian Library Association (AILA).
Eligibility
Libraries, archives, museums, and community organizations that promote intergenerational literacy across Asian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and/or American Indian families and communities are eligible to apply. We encourage collaboration with related community organizations on a Talk Story program, although the applying organization must be a library, archive, or museum. With the exception of cross-border tribal organizations, all organizations must be based in the United States or U.S. territories. Organizations who have previously been awarded two Talk Story grants are ineligible for additional awards.
Two grant winners for each organization (APALA and AILA), a total of four winners, will receive $500 each to fund a program that meets the criteria of the grant.
Deadline and Application
All complete submissions will be considered, which includes a statement of financial or economic need, narrative describing how the grant addresses community needs and promotes the Talk Story mission, an explanation of how your program empowers AANHPI and/or AIAN communities, and a proposed budget.
You may apply for either an APALA grant OR an AILA grant. You may not apply to both organizations.
Applications must be received by Wednesday, March 15, 2023 11:59pm AoE.
Awards will be announced by Monday, May 1, 2023.
“Sharing information across generations within our Asian, Pacific Islander, Native Hawaiian, and American Indigenous communities is practiced through oral, aesthetic, and movement based traditions,” says Sarah Nguyễn, Co-Chair of the Talk Story grant. “We strive to provide education and funding support for libraries and communities organizations to initiate and experiment with celebrating AANHPI and AIAN histories, traditions, and progress.”
“Talk Story grants enable our communities to sustain, share, and spread traditional literacies. Grant recipients are supported in their creation of family and intergenerational literacy programming that may include oral, artistic, musical, and other indigenous traditions.” —Richenda Hawkins, Talk Story grant Co-Chair
Applications are due by March 15, 2023. Application, eligibility details, submission form, and past winners can be found at www.apalaweb.org/talkstorytogether/grant/.
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