Wednesday, August 12, 2020

ALSC 2020 Equity Fellowship Cycle Opens

A message from the Association for Library Service to Children:

Greetings,

ALSC is pleased to announce that the ALSC Equity Fellowship application cycle is open. The program will award five fellowships to American Indian/Alaska Native/First Nations, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Middle Eastern, and/or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander individuals who commit to service within ALSC and demonstrate a capacity for future leadership. Fellowship recipients will receive funding for two-year ALSC and ALA memberships and one year of conference registrations and travel stipends, if applicable, for ALA Midwinter and ALA Annual Conference. Fellowship recipients will also receive mentorship from members of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) within ALSC Implementation Task Force.

Each application will be reviewed based on the following:

  • Demonstrated commitment to providing direct service to children
  • Potential for ALSC leadership
  • Demonstrated comittment to equity, diversity and inclusion

The application will remain open August 1 through 31, 2020. For more information, visit http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/scholarships/equity-fellowship.

Funding for this fellowship is provided by ALSC. ALSC also thanks members of Storytime Underground for their contribution to the Equity Fellowship program, which will support two of the five 2020 Equity Fellowships.

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