Apply now for ALA’s Let’s Talk About It: Women’s Suffrage grant

As an advisor for ALA’s Let’s Talk About It: Women’s Suffrage initiative, I am extending an invitation to New Jersey libraries to apply for the opportunity to host this reading and discussion program for their communities.

Many U.S. history textbooks offer a simplistic narrative of the women’s suffrage movement. The Let’s Talk About It: Women’s Suffrage theme seeks to deepen popular understanding of the complex history of women’s voting rights by engaging communities in critical reflection and discussion on the decades of struggle, resistance, and demonstration.

The program involves reading a common series of books and discussing them in the context of a larger, overarching theme.

Up to 25 libraries will be selected to receive $1,000 to support costs related to hosting LTAI: Women’s Suffrage programs, 10 copies of the five themed books, training on the LTAI model through a virtual workshop, and more.

Apply by December 1st and learn more here: ala.org/ltai 

I am happy to answer any questions you may have on this program and on the application process.

You can also direct questions to publicprograms [at] ala.org .

I hope to see apply.

Janie Hermann, Princeton Public Library