The American Indian Library Association and the Asian Pacific American Librarian Association are pleased to announce the continued support of ‘Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Culture’ Grant by Toyota Financial Services. Talk Story is a literacy program that caters to Asian Pacific American (APA) and American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) children and their families, celebrating their stories through books, storytelling, and art. Once again, AILA and APALA have partnered on the grant program and allocated funding to libraries to help them implement programs.
The application will open for submission on January 1, 2017
Information on grants as well as on previous grant winners can be found at: www.talkstorytogether.org.
Talk Story: Sharing stories, sharing culture (www.talkstorytogether.org) is a literacy program that reaches out to Asian Pacific American (APA) and American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) children and their families. The program celebrates and explores their stories through books, oral traditions, and art to provide an interactive, enriching experience. 2013 will be the fourth year that AILA and APALA have partnered on the Talk Story project and allocated grant funding to libraries to implement programs geared towards the APA/AIAN communities. To date, thirteen Talk Story grants have been awarded.