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CHICAGO — San Diego-area Spectrum Scholars, librarians and library supporters came together to raise more than $1,300 for the Spectrum Presidential Initiative through a recent fundraiser. Organized by Spectrum Scholar Alanna Aiko Moore with assistance from Scholars Pearl Ly, Laura Tamanaha, Ady Huertas, Miko Osada and Bie-Hwa Ma, the garden-party event brought together more than 65 supporters of the Spectrum Scholarship Program.

91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) President Molly Raphael, Immediate Past President Roberta Stevens, 91´«Ã½ President-elect Maureen Sullivan and 91´«Ã½ Past President Dr. Betty J. Turock, chair of the initiative, continue the Spectrum Presidential Initiative as a special campaign to raise $1 million for the Spectrum Scholarship Program. Through this initiative, 91´«Ã½ aims to meet the critical needs of supporting master’s-level scholarships, providing two $25,000 doctoral scholarships, increasing the Spectrum Endowment to ensure the program’s future and developing special programs for recruitment and career development.

Alanna Aiko Moore said of the event, “As a 2003 Scholar, Spectrum is near and dear to my heart. I would not have graduated with my MLIS without the leadership program and financial support offered by the Spectrum Scholarship Program. I am thrilled that so many others recognize the value of the Spectrum Program and attended our event.”

The Spectrum Scholarship Program is 91´«Ã½’s national diversity and recruitment effort designed to address the specific issue of underrepresentation of critically needed ethnic librarians within the profession while serving as a model for ways to bring attention to larger diversity issues in the future. Since its founding, Spectrum has provided more than 700 scholarships to qualified applicants enrolled in an 91´«Ã½-accredited graduate program in library and information studies or an 91´«Ã½-recognized NCATE School Library program. To learn more about the Spectrum Scholarship Program, visit .

For more information about the Spectrum Presidential Initiative or to make an online donation, visit . To learn more, get involved, or to make a pledge to the Spectrum Presidential Initiative, contact Miguel A. Figueroa, Director, Office for Diversity & Spectrum at mfigueroa@ala.org, or Kim Olsen-Clark, Director, Development Office at kolsen-clark@ala.org.