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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">To those who are interested please consider attending the 2021 Virtual LGBTQ Leadership Institute June 18 and 19. This year’s conference theme is “The Urgency of Diverse Leadership.”
Program highlights include LGBTQ Leadership in Higher Education, Beyond COVID-19: Planning for Disruption, Leading Through Two Pandemics: A Racial Divide and COVID-19, and Trans* Leadership in Higher Education: Challenges and Change.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Saturday’s Trans* Leadership session features Whatcom Community College’s Dr. Luca Lewis; New Hampshire State Representative The Honorable Gerri Cannon; Dr. Aaron Devor, chair in
transgender studies & professor, University of Victoria, British Columbia; and Dr. Marisa Richmond, professor of women’s and gender studies, Middle Tennessee State University.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Registration fee is $50-$175 if you register before June 11. Check out the program and register now!
<a href="http://www.LGBTQPresidents.org/Events/2021-Leadership-Institute-Virtual">
<span style="color:blue">www.LGBTQPresidents.org/Events/2021-Leadership-Institute-Virtual</span></a>. The conference is organized by
<a href="https://www.lgbtqpresidents.org/"><span style="color:blue">LGBTQ Presidents in Higher Education</span></a>, whose mission is to advance “effective leadership in the realm of post-secondary education, supports professional development of LGBTQ leaders
in that sector, and provides education and advocacy regarding LGBTQ issues within the global academy and for the public at large.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Luca<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">Luca E. Lewis, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">Vice President for Student Services</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">Whatcom Community College<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">www.whatcom.edu</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">237 West Kellogg Road | Bellingham, WA 98226</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">P: 360.383.3076</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">F: 360.383.4000</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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