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Applications are available for The Human Rights Video Project, a new initiative that will award grants to 300 public libraries across the country. To obtain a grant application, please visit www.ala.org/publicprograms . Applications must be received by March 1, 2004. The Human Rights Video Project will provide two types of grants. The first, supported by the MacArthur Foundation, will provide packages of 12 videos and supporting materials on human rights topics to 250 public libraries in the U.S. The second grant, supported by the Ford Foundation, will award an additional 50 libraries the sets of videos plus $750 to present public programs on human rights topics in partnership with a non-profit community activist organization. The Human Rights Video Project is supported by major grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Ford Foundation, and is a project of! National Video Resources and the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office. For more information, please visit www.ala.org/publicprograms or www.nvr.org <http://www.nvr.org/> . ALA Public Programs Office Linking Libraries, Communities and Culture www.ala.org <http://www.ala.org/> /publicprograms [EMAIL PROTECTED]

