<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-29b7c384-7fff-5d10-44d5-280b4f94691a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Colleagues,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">First, Happy New Year's wishes to you all. :)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I received the information below about a <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E96br0IipXHb2EGpErYRN5mfpyMcwcgB/view?usp=sharing">Global Social Action Conference</a> being hosted next Monday, 1/9/23, in connection to our Social Work program.  I checked with Julie Richards, and she assured me that both students and faculty would be most welcome to participate. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Social Action focus made me think of Plattsburgh Next, and how social activism has been identified as a clear thread through our curriculum and programming that is of special importance to our campus.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I thought you might all like to be alerted.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">best,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Anne</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">--</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>Dear Students,</i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>I hope this note finds you well and enjoying some post-Fall semester relaxation!</i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="font-weight:normal" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-ce29aa01-7fff-6755-7a04-3a9fffac2e30"><i><br></i></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please join us on Monday, January 9th for our inaugural, virtual Global Social Action conference! Hear from scholars and practitioners from India, Israel, Ghana, Guatemala, Kosovo, Pakistan, the US, and more! Registration is free and accessible at: </span><a href="https://lnkd.in/e_ybTygW" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://lnkd.in/e_ybTygW</span></a></i></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="font-weight:normal"><i><br></i></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>We hope to see you there!</i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i><br></i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;white-space:normal">Julie Richards, PhD, MSW </b></span></p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">(Preferred pronouns: she, her, hers)<div><div>Associate Professor</div><div>Co-Chair, Department of Counseling and Human Services<br><div>Social Work Program</div><div><div>101 Broad Street</div><div>Ward 112 D</div></div><div>Plattsburgh College</div><div>State University of New York</div><div>Plattsburgh, NY 12901</div><div><br></div><div>Tel # (802) 999-1367</div></div></div></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">

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