The California State Library is pleased to announce Civil Liberties Public Education Program to sponsor public Educational activities and the development of Educational materials to ensure that the events surrounding the exclusion, forced removal, and internment of citizens and permanent residents of Japanese ancestry will be remembered, and so that the causes and circumstances of this and similar events may be illuminated and understood.
Donor Name: California State Library
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/14/2023
Size of the Grant: $125,000
Details
The competitive grant program supports the creation and dissemination of educational and public awareness resources concerning the history and the lessons of civil rights violations or civil liberties injustices carried out against communities or populations. These include, but are not limited to, civil rights violations or civil liberties injustices that are perpetrated on the basis of an individual’s race, national origin, immigration status, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.
Categories
In keeping with the goals of the civil liberties program, the State Library, in consultation with various entities, has identified the following categories for investment:
- Education
- Preservation
- Public Media
- Museums
- Community Projects
Encouraged Project Components
Applicants for grants are encouraged to do each of the following:
- Involve former detainees, those excluded from the military area, and their descendants in the development and implementation of projects.
- Involve individuals and their descendants from communities or populations that have experienced civil rights violations or acts of injustice in the development and implementation of projects.
- Develop a strategy and plan for raising the level of awareness and understanding among the American public regarding the exclusion and detention of Japanese Americans during World War II so that the causes and circumstances of this and similar events may be illuminated and understood.
- Develop a strategy and plan in the development and implementation of projects for raising the level of awareness and understanding among the American public regarding current civil liberties challenges, including, but not limited to, civil rights violations or civil liberties injustices that are perpetrated on the basis of an individual’s race, national origin, immigration status, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.
- Develop a strategy and plan for reaching the broad, multicultural population through project activities.
- Develop local and regional consortia of organizations and individuals engaged in similar educational, research, and development efforts.
- Coordinate and collaborate with organizations and individuals engaging in similar educational, research, and development endeavors to maximize the effect of projects.
- Utilize creative and innovative methods and approaches in the research, development, and implementation of their projects.
- Seek matching funds, in-kind contributions, or other sources of support to supplement their proposal.
- Use a variety of media, including new technology, and the arts to creatively and strategically appeal to a broad American public while enhancing and enriching community-based educational efforts.
- Include in the grant application scholarly inquiry related to the variety of experiences and impact of the exclusion and detention of persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II, as well as its relationship to the experience of other populations so that the causes, circumstances, lessons, and contemporary applications of this and similar events will be illuminated and understood.
- Include in the grant application scholarly inquiry related to the variety of experiences and impact of civil rights violations or acts of injustice carried out against a particular community or population, as well as their relationship to the experience of other communities or populations so that the causes, circumstances, lessons, and contemporary applications of this and similar events will be illuminated and understood.
- Add relevant materials to or catalogue relevant materials in libraries and other repositories for the creation, publication, and distribution of bibliographies, curriculum guides, oral histories, and other resource directories and supporting the continued development of scholarly work on this subject by making a broad range of archival, library, and research materials more accessible to the American public.
Funding Information
The state budget for the 2021-2022 fiscal year contains $5 million for the California Civil Liberties Public Education program. Of these funds, the State Library expects to allocate approximately one third for the California Civil Liberties Program in the spring of 2022. Grant requests may be made in the following categories:
- Education, Preservation, Public Media, Museums – Maximum grant request of $125,000
- Community Projects – Maximum grant request of $50,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be:
- California-based non-profit organizations formed under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code in good standing; or
- California-based satellite offices of a regional or national non-profit organization formed under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code in good standing8; or
- a unit of California local or state government.
- Applicants are encouraged to apply in partnership but only one organization is the lead applicant who will assume financial and contractual responsibilities if awarded a grant.
- Applicants can use fiscal agents.
- The fiscal agent, acting as the applicant organization, assumes financial and contractual responsibilities if awarded a grant.
- Applicants may submit only one application for the 2022-2023 fiscal year unless they are acting as a fiscal agent for other projects.
For more information, visit Civil Liberties Public Education Program.
