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Name of Applicant: Amount Requested: Category: Score: <br />Sarah Garcia $5,000 Artist 79.6 -3`d Place <br />Brief Description of Project: <br />The LibroMobile will not only be mobile but also an engaging marketing tool to build <br />community and promote literacy. It will reside at GCAC and travel throughout Santa Ana <br />visiting a variety of communities, including Calle Cuatro. The LibroMobile Project <br />intends to offer affordable books by writers of color, bilingual and Spanish books for <br />children, youth, and adults, as well as books that speak to culture and social justice <br />issues relevant to the local community. Stocked items will include approximately 200 <br />books ranging from handmade zines to popular titles, to small press bilingual <br />publications, a community board to post local resources and a traveling Little Free <br />Library—this will serve as a book exchange. When someone wants to borrow a book <br />instead of purchasing their own copy, they will provide another book for someone else <br />to read for free. LibroMobile's creative writing workshops and literary events will guide <br />Santa Ana residents of all ages to read, write, revise, polish and submit their own work <br />for possible publications and also bring award - winning writers of color for live readings <br />and book signings. Simultaneously with the mentorship of a local art center and new <br />business, the LibroMobile Project will also serve as an entrepreneurial incubator for a <br />community -based bookstore in Santa Ana. <br />Community Benefit: <br />LibroMobile is designed to bring diverse literature and literary presentations to Santa <br />Ana. One goal is to conduct community -based writing workshops, readings and visual <br />exhibits, free of professional charge, to underrepresented residents interested, including <br />youth of color and Spanish speaking, low- income populations at the two hosting <br />locations. <br />25J -17 <br />