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FYI. Grant/award opportunities.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>Cassandra E. Osterloh </b></span><span style="font-weight: 400; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(Cherokee Nation)</span><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>,</b></span><span style="font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><img width="122" height="122" style="width: 122px; height: 122px; max-width: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:d1f82e6b-037e-4f1b-aec4-dc92c9cc48d5"><b>Tribal
Libraries Program Coordinator</b></span><span style="font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Library Development Bureau,
<b>New Mexico State Library</b></span><span style="font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><br>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>ALA-APA Councilor, NM Chapter</b></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">cassandra.osterloh@dca.nm.gov <br>
<b>Learn more: <a href="https://nmstatelibrary.org/services-for-new-mexico-libraries/tribal-libraries-program/" class="ContentPasted0 OWAAutoLink" id="OWA6a0dc1ae-fe39-156b-656c-1d5a6b731404">
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<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] 2024 Library of Congress Literacy Awards: Save the date! Application period starts on 8 January 2024</span>
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<div style="direction: ltr; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">A new annual Kislak Family Foundation Prize
in the amount of $100,000 to recognize an organization in the United States or abroad with an outsized impact on literacy relative to its size or years of operation.</span></div>
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that are in their early stages of development that demonstrate significant creativity and promise in their approach to promoting literacy. Each Emerging Strategies Honorees recipient will receive $5,000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; color: rgb(208, 92, 18);">The University of Texas at Austin</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"> | School
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