LGBTQIA Pride - Spring and Summer 2018

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,245
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2018
End Date
July 2018
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

The Library will offer the program Telling Queer History, Stories Together: Pride, Queer Youth Prom, and the Wiki Loves Pride Wikipedia Edit-a-Thons.

Project Details

1100

Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2017 Minnesota Special Session Laws, Chapter 91, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 5
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,245
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

For Stories Together Pride: patrons will report that the stories presented reflected a diversity of families and/or identities. For Wiki Loves Pride Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: patrons will learn something new about Wikipedia, patrons will help make Wikipedia more inclusive and accurate about LGBTQIA topics. For Telling Queer History: Patrons will learn about queer history from their peers. For Queer youth Prom: Teens will have the opportunity to experience an inclusive Prom.

Measurable Outcome(s)

For Stories Together: Pride: 96% felt that the stories reflected a diversity of families and/or identities. 100% would recommend the storytime to someone else. Selected comments: This storytime was great! More diversity please! For Pride Wikipedia Edit-a-thons: 86% learned something new about Wikipedia. 86% helped make Wikipedia more inclusive and accurate about LGBTQIA topics. 100% rated the quality of this program good or better. Selected comment: Wonderful. I learned a lot and am less intimidated. Everyone [was] so helpful! This was lovely - thank you! Handouts are great too! For Telling Queer History: 100% learned something new about the history of the LGBTQIA community in the Twin Cities 25% had the opportunity to share their story. 100% rated the quality of the program as good or better. For Queer Youth Prom: Teens had the opportunity to attend an inclusive prom.

Source of Additional Funds

Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, Minnesota School OUTreach Coalition, Quatrefoil Library, Telling Queer History

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

1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113-4266

Phone
651-582-8200