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January 28, 2008
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Mrs. Laura Bush Honors Arts and Education Programs for
Underserved Youth
Deadline for 2008 Coming
Up Taller Awards: January 31, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC—Young
people from communities across the U.S., China, and Mexico
who engage in after-school arts and humanities programs
that promote educational achievement and productive lives
were honored by Mrs. Laura Bush at a ceremony for the
2007 Coming Up Taller Awards in Washington, D.C. The ceremony
took place in the East Room of the White House on Monday,
January 28.
Coming Up Taller is an initiative of the
President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
(PCAH) in partnership with the Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS), the National Endowment for the
Arts (NEA), and the National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH).
“Coming Up Taller programs engage
youth in creative activities that positively affect all
other aspects of their lives. After participating in these
outstanding programs, many of these children go on to
college and to the bright future we want for all our children.
I am especially gratified that outstanding programs from
China and Mexico have been selected for the award,”
said Anne-Imelda M. Radice, Director of IMLS. “Mrs.
Bush’s leadership in honoring these arts and humanities
programs is invaluable and challenges us to do more for
our youth.”
The Coming Up Taller Awards recognize and
support outstanding community arts and humanities programs
that celebrate the creativity of America’s young
people, and provide them with new learning opportunities
and the chance to contribute to their communities. The
awards also highlight the contributions that historians,
scholars, librarians, and visual and performing artists
make to families and communities by mentoring children.
More than 350 nominations were received by the program
in 2007. Click
here to see the list of 2007 winners.
The next deadline for Coming Up
Taller Awards is January 31, 2008.
Recipients of a Coming Up Taller award
receive $10,000 at a special ceremony in Washington, DC,
an individualized plaque, and an expense-paid invitation
to attend the annual Coming Up Taller Leadership Enhancement
Conference. Click
here for the nomination guidelines and application
(PDF, 227KB).
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