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The preliminary rounds for men's basketball are part of this first weekend of the Summer Olympics in Paris. Chesapeake native Alonzo "Zo" Mourning Jr. played on the gold medal-winning men's basketball team during the 2000 Summer Olympics and was named one of the Library’s Strong Men & Women in Virginia History honorees in 2015. Soon after playing, he discovered that he suffered from the rare kidney disease focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, for which he ultimately received a transplanted kidney donated by his cousin. In 2001, Mourning founded Zo’s Fund for Life, which has raised more than $2 million to aid people suffering from kidney disease. Read more about this philanthropist and Olympic winner in his Changemakers biography at https://lnkd.in/eQpgQdEV #Paris2024 #Olympics #basketball #BlackHistory #BlackExcellence #VirginiaHistory

The 15th Annual Anne & Ryland Brown Teacher Institute continued this week at Brambleton Library in Brambleton, Virginia. The Library is presenting four two-day institutes in different regions of the state focusing on research and projects that explore Virginia’s Indigenous history in support of the our current exhibition, “Indigenous Perspectives,” on view through Aug. 17. The training offers tools, resources and content to aid educators in teaching history in the classroom. Yesterday, teachers toured historic Douglass High School in Leesburg, Virginia, with Larry Roeder, a member of the Edwin Washington Project, an initiative to document, archive and preserve records about Loudoun County's period of segregation (https://lnkd.in/eTcwm7qr). Roeder will be presenting his book "Dirt Don't Burn" at the Library as part of our Weinstein Author Series in November. (https://lnkd.in/eeGWJKV4) Today Institute participants heard presentations from Tanya Stewart of the Eastern Division of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe and Nicole Falgiano, a Brown Teacher Research Fellow. The next institute will be in Clarksville, Virginia, July 29-30. Learn more about the Brown Teacher Institute at https://lnkd.in/e3DpY-ZC #teachers #education #historyteacher #professionaldevelopment #VirginiaHistory #thisisLVA

🚐 LVA On the Go is visiting in Goochland today at the Pamunkey Regional Library! We are here until 1 p.m. so please stop by to learn about the Library's resources for local and family history including Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative and Virginia Chronicle, our online archive of historic newspapers. More information at https://lnkd.in/ecrVpQj9 #thisisLVA #VirginiaHistory #genealogy

We’re celebrating our outstanding Transforming the Future of Libraries & Archives interns in honor of #NationalInternDay today! Clockwise from upper left: Meet Maitri Pathak, a Virginia Tech computer science major working in the Digital Initiatives & Web Presence division; Brooke Patten, a Christopher Newport University graduate working in Special Collections; Shawn Williams, a Virginia Commonwealth University graduate student working with the Private Papers Collection; Nora Birchett, a William & Mary student working in the Library's Outreach department; Kade McGrail, a Virginia Commonwealth University history major, working on the Library's Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative project; and Josie Saunders, from Virginia Tech, working with the Library's information security & risk management officer.   "It's been rewarding to see how technology can enhance our understanding of history and make it more accessible to everyone,” said Pathak. “The process of transcribing and analyzing these records has given me a new appreciation for the meticulous work that goes into preserving history. The crowdsourcing events are a great example of how the Library engages with the public to preserve and understand our history."   The Transforming the Future of Libraries & Archives Summer Internships program offers college students experience in the library, archives and public history fields and aims to inspire consideration of careers in these areas. The program is made possible by the generosity of donors to the Library of Virginia Foundation.   #Internships #VirginiaHistory #BlackHistory #WomensHistory #FamilyHistory #Archives #LibraryScience

We are proud to see the first candidate receive a diploma in an online high school pilot program sponsored by the Library of Virginia that's now offered through three Virginia public library systems!   🎓 Charris Brooks of Winchester graduated from the program offered through the Handley Regional Library System . Thank you to the WINCHESTER EVENING STAR, INC. for sharing this news. https://lnkd.in/eha-EZCF #education #graduate #libraries #thisisLVA

The 15th Annual Anne & Ryland Brown Teacher Institute is in full swing this week at Roanoke College in Salem! We’re presenting four two-day institutes in different regions of the state focusing on research and projects that explore Virginia’s Indigenous history in support of the Library’s current exhibition, “Indigenous Perspectives,” on view through Aug. 17. The training offers tools, resources and content to aid educators in teaching history in the classroom. Yesterday, teachers toured Roanoke College and Salem's courthouse. Katrina King-Singh, deputy director of community engagement for the Taubman Museum of Art, presented this morning on “How Art Brings Communities Together.” The institute wrapped up this afternoon with a group photo of attendees and Brown Teacher Research Fellow Tiffany Graves after her presentation. The next institute is in Brambleton, Virginia, July 25-26. Learn more about the Brown Teacher Institutes at https://lnkd.in/e3DpY-ZC #teachers #education #historyteacher #professionaldevelopment #VirginiaHistory #thisisLVA

The Rappahannock Tribe is one of the 11 federally and state-recognized tribes represented in the Library's current exhibition, “Indigenous Perspectives,” on view through Aug. 17. The Rappahannock Indian Tribe occupied the Rappahannock River valley long before European colonization and have historically remained in their ancestral homeland by living in smaller, unmapped settlements and eventually becoming landowners. Indian Neck is now their tribal headquarters. This tribe has been deeply involved in advancing the cause of Indigenous sovereignty. Recently, the tribe reacquired nearly 1,400 acres of land at Fones Cliffs on the Rappahannock River, a sacred site for the tribe and the place where their warriors repulsed an incursion by John Smith in 1608. The Rappahannock Indian Tribe received state recognition in 1983 and federal recognition in 2018. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/e3t-7pXE Shown here is a photo of Fones Cliffs taken in 2019 by Michelle Phillips. "Indigenous Perspectives" is presented by Amazon with additional support from the Community Foundation for a greater Richmond, Virginia Humanities and the Anne Carter Robins and Walter R. Robins Jr. Foundation. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/e3vFgQT3. #IndigenousPerspectivesLVA #virginiatribes #IndigenousHistory #VirginiaHistory

Submissions are being accepted for the Library of Virginia's First Fridays exhibition on Sept. 6, 2024, titled “Virginia Stories: Underground Art.” As defined for this exhibition, underground art includes artistic expression beyond the conventional and subjective boundaries of the mainstream art world, such as graffiti or street art, tattoo art, comic strips and zines. This can include essentially any genre of art that is outside the mainstream art world. Artists must submit the application form found here by Aug. 10, 2024: https://lnkd.in/e5FKj2Yk For more information, contact Nan Carmack at nan.carmack@lva.virginia.gov. #FirstFridays #rvafirstfridays #undergroundart #makers #artists #outsiderartists #rvaartist #zinemaking #comicart #rva #downtownrichmondva

📚 Time is running out! Cast Your Vote for the Library of Virginia’s Annual People’s Choice Awards! Our 13 finalists represent the most-requested fiction and nonfiction titles by Virginia authors, or about the Commonwealth, published in 2023. Vote online by July 31, 2024: https://lnkd.in/e-JWWyup Winners will be announced on Sept. 21, 2024, at the 27th Annual Virginia Literary Awards Celebration, the Commonwealth’s biggest night honoring its authors and their stories! Learn more & purchase tickets here: https://lnkd.in/eEufqrVY #VaLitAwards #books #literature #readVA Rachel Beanland Sadeqa Johnson Dean King

Join us for Virginia’s biggest night honoring its authors and their stories! Reserve your seat for the 27th Annual Virginia Literary Awards Celebration on Saturday, Sept. 21, hosted by award-winning author Adriana Trigiani. The Library’s honorary Patron of Letters degree will be presented to poet, lawyer and Freedom Reads founder Reginald Dwayne Betts. The awards ceremony, dinner and a silent auction raise support for the Library’s conservation, education and community outreach initiatives. The Virginia Literary Awards are presented by Dominion Energy. To purchase tickets, visit https://lnkd.in/ewNjTUCi. #VaLitAwards #VirginiaAuthors #readVA #RVA #downtownRVA #literature #Virginia #goodreads #thisisLVA