[Bookstoprisoners] let's get some grant money!

[Suzanne Linder]

I could come early on Saturday to talk about this.

Suzanne

On 11/18/05, Sandra Ahten <spiritofsandra at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Everyone,
> I'm definitely going to do this...and I can help plan on Saturday.
> Every little bit will help... if you could volunteer to be a part of it in
> any way? I've got ideas on how the reasearch should be done, etc... so
> don't
> think you already need to know anything about this topic... or about
> writing
> grants.
> (If you do that would really be awesome)
>
> >From: Jay Schubert <jay.schubert at gmail.com>
> >To: Sandra Ahten <spiritofsandra at hotmail.com>
> >CC: bookstoprisoners at lists.chambana.net
> >Subject: Re: [Bookstoprisoners] let's get some grant money!
> >Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:15:22 -0600
> >
> >I think this would be AWESOME if we could pull this off. I also think
> that
> >if it's going to happen, it will take more than an informal "side
> meeting"
> >during our regular meeting time on Saturday. We'll probably need a
> >committee
> >to meet separately and people willing to put some extra effort into this.
> >
> >Would anyone else be willing to participate in this process, starting
> this
> >weekend with a brief meeting (perhaps before our regular satruday
> >gathering)?
> >
> >thanks,
> >Jay
> >
> >On 11/18/05, Sandra Ahten <spiritofsandra at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I think I have found a likely grant that we might have a good chance
> of
> > > getting... to help us buy legal books for inmates.
> > >
> > > We'll need a team to do this as the grant deadline is Dec 15. !!!
> > > Grant amounts are $1000 - $15,000
> > >
> > > You can read about the grant from Columbia Law School Public Interest
> >Law
> > > Foundation here:
> > > http://www.columbia.edu/cu/pilf/grants.html
> > >
> > > We will need a data compiler. Someone to go through all of our files
> >ASAP
> > > and find and make copies of letters where there are requests for law
> > > books.
> > >
> > > We will need someone (preferrably two- four people) to do data entry
> so
> > > that
> > > we can get all of our past records in the database... so we have hard
> > > numbers as to what services (#of books, # of prisoners) we have
> provided
> > > in
> > > the past.
> > >
> > > We will need someone to research how law libraries in jails work so
> that
> > > we
> > > can prove we are not duplicating efforts. (including how much access
> > > prisoners actually have to law libraries in places like Pontiac).
> > >
> > > We will need someone to research what the best legal books would be
> for
> > > the
> > > inmates that we serve and what the costs are.
> > >
> > > We need someone to write the grant... by coordinating all of this
> > > information.
> > >
> > > What do you think? Can we do it???
> > >
> > > Sandra
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > See my art at www.spiritofsandra.com <http://www.spiritofsandra.com> <
> http://www.spiritofsandra.com>
> > >
> > >
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> >
> >
> >--
> >Jay
>
>
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