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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> DEOC <deoc-bounces@lists.ctc.edu> <b>On Behalf Of
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 14, 2023 11:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> DEOC <deoc@lists.ctc.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Sophia Agtarap <sagtarap@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DEOC] The Convening: Journey Towards Liberation Call for Proposals<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Please see invitation below from a colleague/friend at Technology Access Foundation (side note, I'm working with them on some things for SBCTC<span class="hyphen">—</span>happy
to share their offerings to those interested) about a call for proposals for their upcoming Convening. Last year they had the one and only Dr. Bettina Love as their keynote.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I wanted to circle around to continue the conversation about potential collaboration, and to share The Convening: Journey Towards Liberation Call for Proposals with you.
Could The Convening be an opportunity to gather your group of DEI leaders at the community colleges together to lead a session?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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EdWork’s Annual <b>Convening</b></span></a></span><span class="contentpasted1"><span style="color:black"> is happening February 23-24, <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">2024</span> at UW, and the </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://forms.office.com/r/iv9dgF7sgC" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Call
for Proposals</span></b></a></span><span class="contentpasted1"><span style="color:black"> is OPEN! This year’s theme is </span></span><b><span style="color:black">Journey Towards Liberation</span></b><span class="contentpasted1"><span style="color:black">. Submit
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<p style="background:white;font-kerning:none"><i><span style="color:black">The Convening is open to educators who identify as BIPOC and all leaders in education.</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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