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EXHIBIT C Abstract: Memories of Migration In diverse communities with rapidly changing demographics, libraries are at a cultural nexus, and also one of the core providers of free services: safe afterschool space, Internet access, movie rentals, English lessons, pathways to citizenship, and native language literature lending. Memories of Migration compliments and celebrates the vital role that libraries play in the lives of immigrant families and invites community members to share their cultural heritage and play an active part in contributing to their own story of history and our ongoing national story of migration. Lead by the Santa Ana Public Library and Webby -award winning non - profit Historypin project, Memories of Migration is a three -year, library -based community memory program that builds community connections and cultural heritage collections around the shared stories of human migration in America. The program will serve public libraries with meaningful programs and enrichment activities that meet the following goals: • provide new immigrant communities a participatory voice in library collections and events (supporting IMLS Strategic Goal 1, "preparing people to be full participants in their local communities and our global society ") increase digital literacy and provide learning in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) to new immigrant teens and young adults through digital training in new media and digitization technologies (supporting IMLS Strategic Goal #3, "promoting the use of technology to facilitate discovery of knowledge and cultural heritage ") • make libraries an anchor of intergenerational and intercultural dialogue on both a local and national level. (supporting IMLS Strategic Goal #2, "promoting libraries as strong community anchors that enhance civic engagement and cultural opportunities ") Studies show that collaborative cultural programs like this one are creating stronger communities and reducing implicit prejudice, while teens and young adults are getting technical training and local historical archives are enriching and diversifying their holdings. Memories of Migration takes a set of four existing early pilots to scale with partners including Queens Library in New York, West Hartford Public Library in Connecticut, a statewide initiative with the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs and New Mexico Highland University in local and tribal libraries in New Mexico, in addition to the Santa Ana Public Library in California. Memories of Migration will deliverthree primary tools through the course of the program: • A publicly accessible and free to use digital platform with specially branded Memories of Migration project on Historypin. The website will highlight compelling stories, enable curation, and invite community contributions from institutional partners and the public alike. • A "Jumpkit" that will be delivered to the four Model Program partners and will include training guidelines, curriculum for Teen Community Historians, event templates, data workflow suggestions, and parts /instruction /curriculum for a robotic digitization kit by Project Gado. • A complete Memories of Migration Getting Started Guide that will be available digitally for free and will be widely disseminated to libraries, allowing hundreds of libraries and community organizations to run their own local program 20B -109