Grit and resilience: developing a community-centered approach to documenting climate change in "grit city" [this project will engage the tacoma community in the process of exploring, documenting,…

The Tacoma Public Library received a $145,987 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to execute a two-year project titled "Grit and Resilience: Developing a Community-Centered Approach to Documenting Climate Change in 'Grit City'". The project will engage the Tacoma community in exploring, documenting, interpreting, and discussing the local impact of climate change through four key initiatives: 1) an intergenerational interview program with Tacoma Public Schools, 2) a digitization and description effort focused on surfacing primary sources related to climate change, 3) an oral history project that will document the stories of those most impacted by climate change, and 4) a training and support program for community organizations with onsite records and collections that may be at risk due to climate change.

Grit and resilience: developing a community-centered approach to documenting climate change in "grit city" [this project will engage the tacoma community in the process of exploring, documenting, interpreting, and discussing the local impact of climate change through four key initiatives. These initiatives include: an intergenerational interview program with tacoma public schools, a digitization and description effort focused on surfacing primary sources related to climate change, an oral history project that will document the stories of those most impacted by climate change, and a training and support program for community organizations with onsite records and collections that may be at risk as a result of climate change.]