[DAC] FW: Join us for UMass Boston's "Big Read"

[Joyce Linehan]

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From: Community Relations [mailto:Community.Relations at umb.edu] 
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 9:42 AM

Subject: Join us for UMass Boston's "Big Read"
 
Join us for UMass Boston's "Big Read"

UMass Boston’s public radio station WUMB (91.9FM) was one of 127
organizations nationwide, recently awarded a grant from the National
Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to participate in that organization's annual
initiative called "The Big Read." It is the largest federal reading program
in U.S. history and is meant to address the concern that Americans of every
age are reading less and less for pleasure these days. The grant provides
funding for UMass Boston to host a Big Read celebration of one of 16 classic
novels from January-June 2008. After surveying our campus and local
community, we have chosen “To Kill A Mockingbird.”
 
The organizations selected to participate in The Big Read receive reader’s
guides, teacher’s guides and audio for the novel, an online organizer’s
guide for running a successful Big Read program, and access to a
comprehensive Big Read Web site. Each local initiative is expected to
include events, such as read-a-thons, book discussions, film screenings,
library & museum exhibits, and other interesting activities aimed at avid
and lapsed or reluctant readers alike. You can find out more about the
project at: HYPERLINK "http://neabigread.org/"http://neabigread.org.
 
A group of campus and community members met recently to provide a framework
for our local initiative. But, we would like to include as many people,
events and activities as possible in this project over the six months. A
kick-off event is scheduled for Wednesday, January 30. On a date in May to
be confirmed soon, a "Mockingbird Festival" will be held on the Campus to
celebrate the successful conclusion of the program. This event will likely
involve everything "Mockingbird" we can think of from music, to panel
discussions and dramatic skits, to art & songwriting contests, and maybe
even to a workshop on building birdhouses, to... you name it.
 
Support is available to a number of local organizations to help organize
associated events. This support may be in the form of copies of the book, a
facilitator to lead book discussions or a small grant to produce activities.
If you are interested in participating, please complete and return the
application available at: HYPERLINK
"http://wumb.org/thebigread/minigrantapp.doc"http://wumb.org/thebigread/mini
grantapp.doc. The deadline for submission is December 12, 2007. All events
will be publicized on WUMB Radio and through a special Web site to promote
this initiative.
 
WUMB (91.9FM) and UMass Boston are delighted to have the opportunity to take
the lead role in organizing this exciting initiative. If you have any
questions, you can send them to HYPERLINK
"mailto:bigread at wumb.org"bigread at wumb.org
 
THANK YOU!
UMass Boston Community Relations
617-287-5310
 

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