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good morning everyone and welcome to the
2015 National medal for Museum and

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Library service award ceremony we are so
thrilled to be here with you here today

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we're recognizing the extraordinary work
of 10 outstanding museums and

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libraries and celebrating the valuable
role that these institutions and all

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museums and libraries playing Community
Life across the

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country these Great American Community
anchors now join the ranks of 142

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previous National medal award winners
who have over the past 2 21 years been

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recognized with our nation's highest
honor for libraries and

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museums the 10 institutions we recognize
Today show us what is possible they are

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using their physical and digital spaces
their Collections and their dedicated

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staffs to make a real difference in
community life we are so proud of of

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them and we're proud to be here with
them we're also very proud to be here

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with our board the uh several members of
the National Museum and Library Services

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Board are here with us and I'm going to
ask them now to

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[Applause]
stand

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you got to thanking them even before I
got there which is

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wonderful our board members bring
passion and Leadership to the

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institutive museum and Library Services
Mission and they help strengthen the

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educational and cultural life of our
country they also lend their expertise

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to the National medal selection process
by their careful review of nominations

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and their insightful recommendations so
board members we do thank you and we

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appreciate your
dedication wise advisors are so

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important to the success of any
organization which is why our medalists

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have also asked their board members to
join them here today and I'd like to ask

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those board members to now
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rise
thank you for your

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service of course our communities are
made Stronger by the public officials

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who work every day on behalf of their
constituents to make their communities

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stronger with uh I think we have
representative an Kirk Patrick with us

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here today there she

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is and now I'd like to mention our
partner story Corp which is a national

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nonprofit that is dedicated to recording
preserving and sharing Great American

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stories they will now visit each winning
institution to document different

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stories from the community they've done
this since

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2010 and they've conducted more than
1,000 National medal interviews uh in

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communities across the country all of
which are preserved at the Library of

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Congress Center for American folk
life finally we're most grateful for the

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support of history and are happy that
Chief historian and Senior vice

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president Libby
oconnell

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Libby is not joining us

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today in any case history has been
extremely supportive of the national

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medal since 2007 they've produced
terrific videos like the one that you

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saw earlier uh
today this year's winners represent the

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best of our nation's libraries and
museums every single day there are

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countless stories across the country of
people young and old learning enjoying

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and opening new doors to meaningful deep
experiences in our libraries and museums

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so let's just give them all another
round of

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applause and now it is my deep pleasure
and distinct honor to introduce Mrs

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Michelle Obama the first lady of the
United

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States good morning everyone please rest
yourselves

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welcome welcome to the White House

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yay we're real to have you here today as
we honor the winners of the 2015

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National medal for Museum and Library
Sciences I want to start by thanking

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Mora for uh that wonderful introduction
uh but for her leadership at The

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Institute all the work you've done uh
it's been terrific I know that last

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month uh you helped the president launch
exciting new initiatives uh to ensure

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that every student in this country has a
library

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card go figure

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to good
stuff but also to provide uh every

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student uh with free ebooks or or free
ebooks to millions of lowincome students

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um so terrific work thank you we're so
grateful for the work that you've done

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so keep it up keep it up uh I also want
to recognize representative Kirk Patrick

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who I heard was here where oh oh there
you are how are you it's wonderful to

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have you here thanks so much

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and of course most of all I want to
congratulate congratulate all of our

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awardees with your Innovative
programming technological Savvy uh

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enthusiastic engagement with your
communities you all are truly setting

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the standard for libraries and museums
all across this country and I know that

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uh you don't always get the recognition
that you deserve for the important work

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that you do which is why uh this event
is so important why I make it a point to

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be here every single year um I know that
some folks May view our libraries and

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museums as
extras um luxuries not Necessities as

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places we should invest in after we've
achieved all of our other goals things

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like creating jobs or educating our kids
or making sure our families live healthy

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lives um but we all know better than
that right um we know that so often our

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libraries and music museums are doing
the critical work to help us achieve

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those goals in the first place we can't
get to our goals without the work that

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you all do on the ground the
institutions that we're honoring here

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today are at the heart of so many of our
communities engaging in some of the most

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urgent issues uh of our time and in just
a moment you're going to learn more

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about the amazing work that today's
honores do um and I want to congratulate

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the board on another wonderful year of
selections the diversity the depth the

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breath you guys did it again um our
honores are doing everything from

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preparing young people for college
helping entrepreneurs build their

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businesses um supporting Veterans as
they transition from military to

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civilian life uh to providing financial
literacy and nutrition workshops for uh

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parents and whether you're bringing
virtual classes and stem education to

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remote areas in and inner cities
communities or teaching our children

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about their Nate Native American and
African-American Heritage so many of you

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are working to close the heartbreaking
opportunity gaps that limit the horizons

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of too many people in this country uh
and I trust me I know that this work

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isn't easy I know that you're always
strapped for time and money uh always

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scrambling to meet those fundraising
goals and those Grant

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applications yeah you can we can get an
amen on that

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but the services that you all provide
are not luxuries uh just the opposite

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every day your institutions are keeping
so many folks in this country from

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falling through the cracks in many
communities our libraries and museums

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are the places that help young people
dream bigger and reach higher uh for

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their Futures the places that help new
immigrants learn English and apply for

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citizenship the places where folks can
access a computer and send a job app

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application so that they can get back to
work and get back to the important

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process of supporting their families so
every day you all bring so much hope and

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uh so many life-changing opportunities
to folks across this country and to day

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I want you to know uh how proud I am and
how grateful I am for all the work that

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you do it's really good stuff um so I
want to once again congratulate you um

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yeah I hope this day is special you know
one of the reasons we do it is to make

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you feel as special as the work that you
do around the communities this isn't

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enough but it's just a small way uh to
remind the country that we have great

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resources here uh they are unique to
this country and it's up to all of us to

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support them encourage them to finance
them uh and to keep them alive and

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growing uh so I hope you enjoy your time
here we're just proud um and we hope you

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keep going year after year after year so
with that I'm going to uh thank you guys

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and we're going to get to the process of
getting our awardees

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awarded so let's go accepting the award
for amazement Square Lynchberg Virginia

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are president and CEO morr sajadian and
Committee Member Shirley

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Hunter
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two in 2009 Shirley Hunter who is
assistant pastor at Dominion now Word

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Ministries started a lowcost daycare in
Lynchberg through a partnership with

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amazement Square the daycare provides
atris children instruction and reading

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American Sign Language Spanish language
and the Arts pastor Shirley credits

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amazement square with helping the center
equip the city's neediest children with

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the social and academic skills they need
for a great start in kindergarten she

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hopes to earn a Child Development
Associate credential and provide similar

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Early Learning daycare services to all
parts of the city she says amazement

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Square helps us make positive impact in
children's lives by providing an outlet

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that makes learning fun and gives
children a different mindset about

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life accepting the award for the Cecil

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County Public Library Cecil County
Maryland are director Denise Davis and

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Community member Thomas Kosar

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Thomas kusar is a US Army Vietnam
veteran who has overcome homelessness

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unemployment and health challenges he
did this with the help of the VA

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Maryland healthc Care Systems Perry
Point facility through the facility's

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partnership with Cecil County Public
Library Thomas learned computer and

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Technology skills that enabled him to
create an email account apply for a job

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online and secure a job from VA as a
peer support specialist he regularly

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transports groups of veterans to the
same weekly address classes at Cecil

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County Public Library that changed his
life Thomas says the library and the VA

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have a partnership that helps vets grow
without them I might still be in that

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tent in the woods with a flag on

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top accepting the award for the Craig
Public Library Craig Alaska are director

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Amy K Marshall and commune member Colin
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rice 11-year Colin rice is a
homeschooled student on the remote

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Prince of Wales Island in Alaska he
spends much of his time at the Craig

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Public Library at sending video
conferences reading books and

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participating in gaming and coding
events although the library is small

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Colin enjoys a wealth of resources there
and attends virtual classes with

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professors historians and experts in a
variety of fields when the library

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purchased a 3D printer last year Colin
helped build the machine and demonstrate

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how it works to the community Colin
plans to continue exploring ways 3D

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printers can improve lives Colin says I
know this Library helped instill in my

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mind and heart what can be done to
broaden not just just my horizons but

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those of others when I travel I will
first look for the local library

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always accepting the award for the uto
valley library and Community Center

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Dixon New Mexico are executive director
Felicity fona and Community member

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Joseph Lee

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Estrada

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10th grade student Joseph Le Estrada
became a regular visitor to the uto

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valley library at H4 when he attended
children's story time and developed a

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love for books he later learned how to
read through the library summer program

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and became the library's only youth
volunteer helping Librarians Shel books

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and assist patrons now Joseph volunteers
as a DJ for the library's radio station

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he describes the library as a second
home that has helped sh shape his

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character and ignite his success in
school the library helped him rise above

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many of the academic challenges facing
children in this largely Hispanic

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Village and inspired him to take college
courses alongside his high school

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curricula Joseph says academics are the
most important thing to me thanks to the

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library showing me the world in books
history lives and new

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ideas accepting the award for the Los
Angeles Public Library Los Angeles Ang

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California are City librarian John Zeo
and Committee Member Sergio

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Sanchez Sergio Sanchez and his wife
francisa came to the US from verac Cruz

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Mexico 25 years ago they first brought
their son to Los Angeles Public Library

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for a story time as a toddler and then
continued to bring him for many years

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Sergio studied English and history and
read the news at the library during his

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free time last year a staff member
helped him enroll in a citizenship class

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at the library and with the help of
Library staff and resources Sergio

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passed the test and became a US

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citizen he encouraged francisa to enroll
and she passed the citizenship test five

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months

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later Sergio is now following in
Francisco's footsteps and pursuing his

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Gad with help from the library their son
is studying to become a chemical

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engineer at the University and
volunteers at a library when he returns

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home Sergio says when a new family moves
into the neighborhood I tell them the

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most important place is the library a
place where everyone belongs and is

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welcome and where you're dream can come

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true accepting the award for the
Louisiana Children's Museum New Orleans

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Louisiana are chief executive officer
Julia W Bland and Community member kitra

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Charles KRA Charles a single mother of
four won a year-long membership to

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Louisiana children Museum and discovered
that the exhibits challenged her

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children through play and New World
experiences she enrolled in the Museum's

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eat sleep play and word Play Family
Programs as well as a 20we parenting

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course the programs introduced kitra and
her children to learning literacy and

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healthy eating Concepts that changed
their home life she now prepares

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healthier snacks for her children
instead of junk food and reads with them

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using books from the
class she feels that her experiences

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with Louisiana children Museum have
helped her children acquire a love of

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learning and equipped her to support
their development kenitra says my family

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has shared countless joyous occasions
either at the Museum or participating in

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a program of the museum all eye opening
fun learning

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experiences accepting the award for the
Museum of Northern Arizona Flagstaff

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Arizona are President Robert brunig and
Community member Janita benell

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Janita benley is a Navajo educator and a
basist and co-vocalist along her

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brothers in a Navajo rock band she and
her family have performed traditional da

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dances at the Museum of northern
Arizona's annual Navajo Festival since

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she was a teenager as a young person
Janita pH empowered by the dialogue

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education and celebration of both
traditional and contemporary Navajo

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Culture fostered by the museum the
museum contributed to janina's music and

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dance success and helped her become an
advocate for her culture and a mentored

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to Navajo youth she says the Museum of
Northern Arizona plays an important role

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in Building Bridges of respect for
cultural diversity I wish that all youth

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could have the opportunity to feel a
same sense of value like I have from

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their local
Museum

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accepting the award for the New York
Hall of Science Queens New York are

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president and CEO Margaret honey and
Committee Member Maria Cortez

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Ruiz in 2012 Maria Cortez reiz moved to
the United States from bogat Columbia

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and began working at the New York Hall
of Science as a part of the science

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career ladder program there she engaged
with Museum visitors conducted science

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demonstrations for large audiences and
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visitors after a few weeks her
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tremendously improved her English
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resident where she leads workshops
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educational products and pro and
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Museum visitors Maria currently attends
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chemical engineering she says the
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received working at nysi have made my
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comfortable it helped me expand my
network and reinforce my decisions to

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become a chemical

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engineer accepting the award for the
shamberg center for research in Black

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Culture New York New York are Dr Khalil
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at 10 years old Tariq Bell joined the
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Program where he developed a deep love
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social justice and education for the
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Tariq a creative space to express his
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admission to Syracuse University he
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history with a focus in African-American
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to dedicate his time raising awareness
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concerts events and forums now a Dean at
democracy prep Harlem high school as

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well as an instructor in the junior
Scholars Program Tariq reflects my

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experience at the shamberg inspired me
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where I continue to raise the social
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Urban

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Youth accepting the award for the tech
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are President Tim Richie and Community
member Maria Aras

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Evans as a principal of Washington
Elementary School Maria Aras Evans

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considers the nearby Tech Museum of
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a student body that is 95%
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students regularly take a short walk to
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from electricity to physics to space
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and Labs the tech also offers de staff
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stem curriculum and special events such
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weekend bilingual program that invites
parents to come learn with their

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children as Maria Fields the museum
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academic success creating a spark in a
child children's desire to learn she

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said says happy children are eager
Learners and every interaction our

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children have with the Tech Museum of
innovation is joyous students come back

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from the field trips talking about their
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Engineers well let's give one more round
of Applause to today's

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all now you can just see from hearing
the citations just the tremendous work

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that you all do and to all the community
Representatives who are here um on

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behalf of the programs so proud of you
all really you are true spokes people

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uh for your communities for uh the
institutions and for this country uh so

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I just urge you to keep doing the work
um you know don't get tired that's what

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I whispered in many people's ears just
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tired and uh I can't say it enough but
we're so proud um we're honored to have

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you here we're grateful for all that you
do um and you know I just can't wait to

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see all that you continue to do in the
years ahead it's up to to us to support

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you so hopefully as we shine a light on
your work there'll be somebody out there

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that'll think huh maybe I'll check out
my library maybe I'll write a check

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maybe I'll do a little bit more in my
museums because in the end that's what

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it's going to take to keep these
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and this is just an example of a 10 of
the organizations that are are in

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communities all across this country uh
we could be here for day days

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celebrating uh the institutions we just
can't do uh do it all so you guys are

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representing what's going out on out
there all across the country so that

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concludes our program
today