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February Cause Awareness: Black History Month

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According to a survey by the University of California at Santa Cruz , the number of working African American business owners fell more than 40% during the pandemic—a much steeper drop than other racial groups. Black-owned businesses often face unique challenges and they’ve also been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

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Benetech: President's Update

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I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. Route 66 Route 66, our online platform for teaching reading, has officially launched thanks to support from the Peery Foundation. and James L.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

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California Community Foundation. Their educational focus areas include new designs to advance learning, pathways to postsecondary success, leadership and teaching to advance learning, public understanding, and integration, learning, and innovation. California Community Foundation. Areas served: Los Angeles/California.

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Upcoming Webinar on July 30: Adult Library Programs Gone Mobile

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Bringing mobile devices into adult library programs can be an excellent way to promote library e-media and teach digital literacy skills. Ann Awakuni will share her experience planning multiple e-reader fairs while working at the Mountain View Public Library (California). Join us next Wednesday, July 30 at 11 a.m.

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Corporate Citizenship and Digital Inclusion: Empowering Communities, Nonprofits, and Public Libraries

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For example, summer camps or after-school programs located in these parks can take advantage of the free Wi-Fi to teach computer classes or stream educational movies. project is focused on teaching digital literacy to young people so they can be prepared for 21 st. Digital Divide libraries digital inclusion digital literacy'

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Microsoft's YouthSpark Initiative Seeks to Close the Opportunity Divide

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She also stated that while San Francisco is a highly educated region overall, two thirds of the city's highly educated residents are from outside of California. At the Pueblo City Library, also in Colorado, librarians are teaching patrons how to use iPads and e-readers as well as introducing them to basic apps. More Resources.

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President's Update

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My two closest peers in California have both gotten MacArthurs (Victoria Hale this year and David Green two years ago). Under our new CTO, Patrick Ball (see my last President's letter), we are building a tech team to work on our incredibly varied list of projects in literacy, human rights and the environment.

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