Storytellers presents: Alan Page
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,449
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
October 2015
End Date
October 2015
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Blue Earth
Nicollet
Waseca
Project Overview
Justice Alan Page came to speak in Mankato as our final Storyteller. This wrapped up the 7 year series.
Minnesota’s first African-American Supreme Court Justice, Alan C. Page, was elected to the court in 1992. He was reelected in 1998, 2004, and 2010. Previously, he served as an assistant attorney general and a special assistant attorney general, and was an associate with the Minnesota law firm of Lindquist and Vennum.
Justice Page is widely renowned for his former career as a professional football player. Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1988, he is best known for his defensive efforts with the Minnesota Vikings in the 1970s.
Justice Page, who attended law school at the University of Minnesota during the height of his football career, is an ardent defender of equal education for children. He is the founder of the Page Education Foundation, which assists students of color with post secondary education.
Project Details
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Competitive Grant Making Body
Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,449
Other Funds Leveraged
$500
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
People that have never attended a library program will come to the program
Attendees will learn about Justice Page's contributions to the Minnesota Supreme Court
Attendees will learn about Justice Page's transition from the NFL to law
Measurable Outcome(s)
All outcomes were met. We had several new attendees and Justice Page did a wonderful job talking about his childhood, college years, NFL career, and transitioning out of the NFL into law.
Source of Additional Funds
Mankato Free Press, Mankato Times, Greater Mankato Events, Kato Ballroom, Southern MN The Scene
Project Manager
First Name
Dayle
Last Name
Zelenka
Organization Name
Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative
Street Address
1400 Madison Avenue, Suite 622
City
Mankato
State
MN
Zip Code
56002-5488
Phone
507-625-6169
Email
dzelen@tds.lib.mn.us
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