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Appli­ca­tions are now being accepted for the Annual Vir­ginia Hamil­ton and Arnold Adoff Cre­ative Out­reach Grants for Teach­ers and Librar­i­ans. Two grants up to $1,000 each will be given. One grant will be given to a teacher and another to a librar­ian for pro­pos­als to develop new class­room or library pro­grams that raise aware­ness of mul­ti­cul­tural lit­er­a­ture among young peo­ple; par­tic­u­larly but not exclu­sively through the works of Vir­ginia Hamil­ton. The appli­ca­tion dead­line is Feb. 28, 2012. For com­plete instruc­tions and pro­posal guide­lines, see the attached application.

Please com­plete and sub­mit the appli­ca­tion form along with your pro­posal to Meghan Harper, Ph.D., at sharper1 [at] kent [dot] edu, or by mail to Vir­ginia Hamil­ton and Arnold Adoff Cre­ative Out­reach Grant, c/o Meghan Harper, Ph.D., School of Library and Infor­ma­tion Sci­ence, P.O. Box 5190, 314 Library, Kent State Uni­ver­sity, Kent, Ohio 44242. Grant recip­i­ents will be announced at the Vir­ginia Hamil­ton Con­fer­ence on Mul­ti­cul­tural Lit­er­a­ture for Youth on Fri­day, April 13, 2012, at the Kent State Stu­dent Center.

For fur­ther infor­ma­tion, con­tact Angie Stevens or Dr. Meghan Harper (330) 672‑2782.