State Librarian of California Susan Hildreth has announced the 2007-2008 grant recipients for the California State Library’s California Civil Liberties Public Education Program (CCLPEP). The announcement came following the CCLPEP advisory committee meeting in May.
CCLPEP received 66 grant proposals totaling almost $2.8 million, with $500,000 available for distribution. Thirty proposals were selected for grant awards. Winning grant projects include a study that will provide recommendations to the California Department of Education Curriculum Commission for their upcoming history-social science curriculum revision, as well as documentary films, an original musical recording, books and research, web sites, oral histories, art and photography exhibits, and a variety of educational projects.
For the full press release, which includes a full list of grant recipients, please visit http://www.library.ca.gov/pressreleases/pr_080623.html.
For more information about the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, please contact Linda Springer or Christopher Berger at (916) 653-5217 or cclpep@library.ca.gov.