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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Save the Children and Partners for Education at Berea College are pleased to announce that the second annual
<b>Rural Library Summit</b> will be held <b>Wednesday, December 1, 2021</b>. The Summit will explore how libraries can support cradle-to-career solutions by growing their impact on improving third-grade reading, combating food insecurities and enhancing mental
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">We are excited to announce that Dr. Felicia Cumings Smith, president of the National Center for Families Learning, will present the opening keynote address.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The 2021 Rural Library Summit celebrates the power of libraries to engage rural communities to build stronger, more equitable supports for all young people. Presentations
and workshops will introduce how to create successful cradle-to-career initiatives and offer practitioners the opportunity to share what has worked in their community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Cradle-to-career initiatives create pathways to success for all young people by recognizing that access to opportunity is limited for many and supports are needed to
meet the needs of all. Supports include programs addressing food insecurity, early education, literacy, mental health, college access and much more. Public libraries play a key role in creating successful initiatives by catalyzing the community to work together.
The Rural Library Summit will introduce attendees to the mindsets, skills and tools needed to bring community partners together to build shared pathways to success.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">In addition to the opportunities for learning at the Summit, Save the Children is proud to offer $7,500 worth of support material to Rural Library Summit participants.
Fourteen attendees will be randomly selected to win the prizes listed below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">1 grand prize winner - $2,500 to shop on <a href="https://stemfinity.com/" target="_blank">STEMfinity</a> [<a href="https://stemfinity.com/">https://stemfinity.com/</a>]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">3 winners - $1,000 each to shop on Scholastic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">10 winners – $200 Vroom Kits<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">To win, you must be present during the Summit and be a member of the Rural Library Network. <a href="https://www.berea.edu/pfe/rln-membership/" target="_blank">Join
the Network for free here.</a> [<a href="https://www.berea.edu/pfe/rln-membership/">https://www.berea.edu/pfe/rln-membership/</a>}<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">For more information about the Summit schedule, including keynotes and breakout speakers, <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.berea.edu%2Fpfe%2Flibrarysummit%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cmarshams%40library.ohio.gov%7C991b2e9301d04fc06a2308d9aa054f39%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637727762036196154%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=b9NWvi46e%2BLMtYVfMzKg2ARmLcUHtv41s9NjigX28ok%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">please
visit our website</a> [<a href="https://www.berea.edu/pfe/librarysummit/">https://www.berea.edu/pfe/librarysummit/</a>].
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">To register for the Summit, <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Frural-library-network-summit-registration-166657542195&data=04%7C01%7Cmarshams%40library.ohio.gov%7C991b2e9301d04fc06a2308d9aa054f39%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637727762036206112%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=6te6uitqgMMzYfyFfOrJPtrrshUqQTWA%2BZyDRRv1jv4%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">click
here.</a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> [<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rural-library-network-summit-registration-166657542195">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rural-library-network-summit-registration-166657542195</a>]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">University of North Carolina Greensboro<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Let's Move in Libraries</a> [<a href="https://letsmovelibraries.org/">https://letsmovelibraries.org/</a>]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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