<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You and your students are invited to take part in the participatory art project, “Hostile Terrain 94,” which is part of the exhibition “Borders: Migrations North and South” at the Plattsburgh State Art Museum. The exhibition closes on March 8^th, and we would like to involve as many students and members of the Plattsburgh community as possible in completing the participatory art project during February.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You can learn more about Hostile Terrain 94 here: <a href="https://www.undocumentedmigrationproject.org/hostileterrain94" target="_blank">https://www.undocumentedmigrationproject.org/hostileterrain94</a>. The installation of this project involves filling out more than 3800 toe tags with information about migrants who perished crossing the Sonoran desert and then pinning these tags to a giant map of the locations where their remains were found. The broader exhibition, which is curated by Dr. Amy Mountcastle, ties to ongoing research by a group of faculty on the irregular border crossing at Roxham Road in Champlain, New York, and includes art, photography, and artifacts related to migrations across the US-Mexico and US-Canada borders.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Participation may take different forms. A faculty member of the research team could meet your class at the exhibition and explain the project before facilitating students to fill out the toe tags. Alternatively, we could bring the toe tags to your classroom, and students could attend the exhibition independently.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">If you would be interested in involving your students in the project or would like more information, please email Liz Onasch at <a href="mailto:eonas001@plattsburgh.edu" target="_blank">eonas001@plattsburgh.edu</a>. Thank you.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="line-height:18px;margin:0px"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px;margin:0px"><b><font size="4" face="arial narrow, sans-serif">Kirstin Menoff</font></b></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px;margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">ANT/GWS/LAS/AAS</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px;margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px">Administrative Assistant 1</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px">103 Redcay</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px">101 Broad Street<br style="background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;margin-bottom:0px">Plattsburgh, NY 12901</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px"><span style="background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word"><font color="#000000">(o) </font></span><font color="#000000">518-564-3003</font></d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