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Awesome Foundation Libraries
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Chapter Hosts Pitch Event for Ideas
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Downtown Denver
The Awesome Foundation's Libraries Chapter (http:// community social justice in Texas, a teen empowerment
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/libraries) is project in Illinois, a collection of gadgets and equipment
31 Renaissance
Denver Downtown City Center
hosting its first ever Awesome Ideas Pitch for Libraries for special needs patrons in Michigan, a set of high quality
during the 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Denver. We're materials for check-out to pre-K teachers in India, and a
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collection of materials in Pashto, Farsi, and Arabic lanlooking for great ideas
for small
that could impact
your community, demonstrate a new idea, or improve a guages for a migrant and refugee library in Serbia.
City
Center
For Midwinter, we are looking for great ideas that just
tool or service. Up to eight teams will share their ideas with
need
a little funding to get started. We see this as a chance
the attendees and the audience and judges will choose their
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to
share
an idea, move a project along, or do something
favorite. The winner will walk out of the event with $1,000
wacky, fun, experimental, or artistic with no strings atto implement their idea.
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The Awesome Libraries
micro-grant initiative is an tached. To be considered for the pitch event, interested
international community-funded effort that follows on the participants will need to put together a project and fill out
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Awesome
Foundation's model:
the grant brings
together a a Pitch Proposal. To help support this event and future
group of trustees who make or direct a personal contribu- awesome projects by being a trustee or donating or to keep
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up to date on quarterly winners and where projects have
tion to collectively
fund one project
per quarter.
Transformative innovation is often driven by small gone, join the newsletter. You'll find them at http://www.
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Denver
Downtown
scale projects and Suites
experiments. In
the past six months
the awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/libraries.
If you just want to be inspired by the awesome ideas
chapter has supported projects from around the world
atthatMetro
Stateof citizen - and library - driven brewing
in the field, come to the pitch on Saturday,
reflect the potential
collaborations to address community issues and innova- February 10 at 4:30 p.m., Colorado Convention Center,
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Elisabeth Hyde, Spencer Wise, Ariel Lawhon, and Molly
Tanzer will be among featured authors at United for Libraries'
Gala Author Tea, sponsored by ReferenceUSA, from 2:00 - 4:00
p.m. on Monday, February 12 at the ALA Midwinter Meeting.
A light offering of tea, finger sandwiches, and a variety of sweet
treats will be served. A book signing will follow.
United for Libraries will recognize the winners of the 2017
National Friends of Libraries Week Awards during the program.
Elisabeth Hyde (Go Ask Fannie) is the author of five critically
acclaimed novels, most recently In the Heart of the Canyon,
a New York Times Editor's Choice and a People Magazine
Great Read. Trained as a lawyer, she worked for the U.S.
Department of Justice before she started writing full-time.
Spencer Wise (The Emperor of Shoes) is a graduate of Tufts
University and the University of Texas at Austin. He recently
won the 2017 Gulf Coast Prize in nonfiction. His work has
appeared in Narrative Magazine, Hayden's Ferry Review, The
Florida Review, and New Ohio Review.
Ariel Lawhon (I Was Anastasia) is cofounder of the popular
website SheReads.org. A novelist, blogger, and lifelong reader,
she lives in the rolling hills outside Nashville, Tenn., with her
husband, four sons, and black lab - who is, thankfully, a female.
Molly Tanzer (Creatures of Will and Temper) is the Sydney J.
Bounds and Wonderland Book Award - nominated author
of Vermilion, A Pretty Mouth, The Pleasure Merchant, and
other works.
Advance tickets to the Gala Author Tea cost $60, $55 for
United for Libraries division members. Onsite tickets cost
$65, if available. Advance purchase is recommended. Event
code: UNI1.
For more information on purchasing tickets and other
United for Libraries events and meetings at the ALA Midwinter Meeting, visit www.ala.org/united/events_conferences/
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United for Libraries will host a free "United for
Libraries Institute: Friends, Trustees, Foundations"
at the ALA Midwinter Meeting on Friday, February
9 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Library Trustees, Friends groups, Foundations,
and staff are invited to join a free afternoon of expert
speakers and learning opportunities. Miguel Figueroa
of ALA's Center for the Future of Libraries will be
the keynote speaker. Additional speakers will lead
concurrent breakout sessions.
This event is free but registration is required event
code: UNI2).
For more information and a complete schedule of United for Libraries programs at the Midwinter Meeting, visit www.ala.org/united.
United for Libraries: The Association of Library
Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations, is a
division of the American Library Association with
approximately 4,000 personal and group members
representing hundreds of thousands of library supporters. United for Libraries supports those who
govern, promote, advocate, and fundraise for libraries, and brings together library trustees, advocates,
friends, and foundations into a partnership that creates a powerful force for libraries in the 21st century.
To join, please visit www.ala.org/united or call (800)
545-2433, ext. 2161.

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