Author Program with Patricia Weaver Francisco

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$390
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2012
End Date
April 2012
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Anoka
Anoka
Project Overview
Author event consisting of a visit to Rum River Library on Saturday, April 28th beginning at 2:00, to speak about her books and answer brief questions from library visitors. Author is a Minnesota Book Award winner for Telling, a memoir of rape and recovery.
Project Details
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Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2011 Chapter 6, Article 4, Subdivision 5
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$390
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$390
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Participants will learn about the author's book Telling and hear her discuss the prevalence of sexual violence in society.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Anoka County Community Health and the Sexual Assault Action Team of Anoka County partnered with us to present this author program with Patricia Weaver Francisco, Minnesota Book Award winner of the book Telling. 20 folks attended this author program and discussed the topic of rape and how important telling their story is in the recovery process. SAAT also made a donation to ACL to purchase books for the library collection on this subject.

Source of Additional Funds

Anoka County Community Health Violence Prevention

Project Manager
First Name
Chris
Last Name
Olson
Organization Name
MELSA
Street Address
1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 314
City
Saint Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104
Phone
651-645-5731
Email
chris@melsa.org
Administered By
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Location

1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113-4266

Phone
651-582-8200