In a media world that often bombards us with gloom and
doom, I wanted to share some exciting, positive news for Tucson and Tucson's
youth. For the past year or so I have been working with the Pima County Library
to develop a youth media program. We just received notice that we were awarded a
$100,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation & Institute of Museum and Library Services to plan a youth media center and mobile lab in Tucson.
We’re one of 24 communities nationwide – and the only one in Arizona – selected
to receive the grant. The attached press release offers more
details.
I
share this with you all because so many of you are passionate about art, media,
youth, and building a healthy and vibrant Tucson, and I hope we can count on you
to help us build on this momentum to make Tucson nationally recognized for its
work around youth media and voice.
As
the project moves forward, I am sure I will be calling on many of you to help
us make a Tucson youth media center a reality.
Cheers,
Josh
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