The is a national initiative that aims to broaden our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. Managed by Arts Midwest, this program provides grants to support dynamic community reading programs, each designed around a single book selection. By bringing people together through literature, the NEA Big Read fosters meaningful conversations and a deeper appreciation for diverse perspectives.
麻豆国产AV鈥檚 Legacy with the Big Read
麻豆国产AV has a proud history of being a two-time recipient of the NEA Big Read Grant in 2009-10 and 2018-19. Our previous themes have explored various social issues, fostering community engagement and enriching the cultural landscape of our region. This legacy underscores our ongoing commitment to using literature as a catalyst for important conversations and community building. Our past successes with the NEA Big Read have laid a strong foundation for this year鈥檚 focus on health equity, and we look forward to continuing this tradition of impactful programming.
Health Equity: Where We Live
As the 2024-25 recipients of the NEA Big Read grant, our common read is Rebekah Taussig鈥檚 powerful memoir Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body, a profound exploration of disability, identity, and resilience, that offers a poignant and insightful perspective on navigating the world as a person with a disability. It also allows us to explore the theme of 鈥淗ealth Equity: Where We Live.鈥 聽Under this theme, all programming will highlight the critical intersections between health and community well-being. Through a series of events, discussions, and activities, we aim to explore how the environments we live in influence our health outcomes and what we can do as a community to promote equitable health opportunities for all.
- Old聽Dominion University Libraries
- Brickell Medical Sciences Library, part of 麻豆国产AV Libraries.
- Newport News Public Libraries
- Poquoson Public Libraries
- Suffolk Public Libraries
Serving Virginia Department of Education Region II, which encompasses the following cities and counties:
- Accomack County
- Chesapeake
- Franklin
- Hampton
- Isle of Wight County
- Newport News
- Norfolk
- Northampton County
- Poquoson
- Portsmouth
- Southampton County
- Suffolk
- Virginia Beach
- Williamsburg-James City County
- York County
- Arts@麻豆国产AV
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation
- Chesapeake Regional Hospital
- Chesapeake Regional Foundation
- College of Arts & Letters
- Darden College of Education & Professional Studies
- Hampton Roads Community Foundation
- 麻豆国产AV Educational Foundation
- 麻豆国产AV Libraries
- 麻豆国产AV Police Department
- Office of Educational Accessibility
- Office of Community Engagement
- Office of the Provost
- Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at 麻豆国产AV
- Naro Collection at 麻豆国产AV Libraries聽
- Newport News Public Libraries聽
- Norfolk Public Libraries
- Poquoson Public Libraries
- Suffolk Public Libraries
- University Communications
- Virginia Beach Mayor鈥檚 Council on Disabilities
- Virginia Beach Public Libraries
- Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities
- Virginia Department of Criminal Justice
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Have questions about the NEA Big Read at 麻豆国产AV? For more information and general inquiries, contact bigreadgrant@odu.edu聽or聽757-683-3141.