Title
Adopt a Resolution to Authorize the City Manager to Accept Grant Funds in the Amount of $5,500 from the California Humanities' Library Innovation Lab (LIL) Grant to Fund Programming that Engages Youth Immigrant Communities Through Public Humanities Programs.
Staffreport
COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Community Engagement and Outreach
* Race and Equity Initiatives
SUMMARY
California Humanities' LIL program is a competitive, small-grant program that enables libraries to research, design, implement, and assess a public humanities project that is rooted in the community, while also learning from a cohort of other grantees. LIL grants are funded and awarded by California Humanities to eligible California libraries.
Under this LIL grant award ending December 2023, the Library would research, design, implement, and assess public humanities programming in collaboration with middle- and high school-aged youth in San Leandro. The research process involves conducting interviews, focus groups, and surveys to build relationships and learn what type of public humanities programming would best serve immigrant youth in our community. In the design, implementation, and assessment phases, Library staff will create and reflect on programming, using iterative design principles to create future programs. Program design, implementation, and assessment will leverage relationships with immigrant youth communities to center their voices, feedback, and needs. The Library will use the funding to conduct the research, programming, and translation services.
The result of the LIL grant will be a way for the Library to connect with the community and uplift, celebrate, and engage with our shared and diverse histories and cultures.
RECOMMENTATIONS
Staff recommends the City Council adopt a resolution to accept the grant award totaling $5,500 from California Humanities and authorize the City Manager to execute all documents and appropriate the funds.
BACKGROUND
California Humanities is an independ...
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