<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">This is a friendly reminder that we are currently accepting proposals<span style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> for the </span><span class="gmail-il" style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">ACRL</span><span style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">-OR/WA Joint Conference on</span><span style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">October 25-26, 2018</span></span><span style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> </span><span style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">at Menucha</span>. <span style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Please consider</span><span style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"> </span><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/KJOfCjRQFyaCRwdg1" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">submitting a<span> </span><span class="gmail-il">proposal</span></a><span style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"> </span><span style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">to present an 8-minute lightning talk or a poster.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/KJOfCjRQFyaCRwdg1" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://goo.gl/forms/<wbr>KJOfCjRQFyaCRwdg1</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The theme of<span> </span><a href="http://bit.ly/acrlpnw18" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">this year’s conference is “Reimagining Advocacy: Personal, Professional, and Political.”</a><span> </span>Advocacy means so much more than just lobbying the government or our elected representatives (though it is that too!). The Pacific Northwest is full of stories of librarians who have advocated for themselves, their patrons, their libraries, their profession, and their professional values. Our conference will focus on the full spectrum of advocacy work and how each of us can be better advocates when we work to influence decisions at any level.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The deadline for submissions is<span> </span><b><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday, August 31st, 2018</span></span></b>.  Accepted<span> </span><span class="gmail-il">proposals</span><span> </span>will be notified by<span> </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday, September 14, 2018</span></span><span> </span>and the conference registration deadline is<span> </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">October 1, 2018</span></span>.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Please contribute to our two days of insightful and thought-provoking conversations at Menucha by<a href="https://goo.gl/forms/KJOfCjRQFyaCRwdg1" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span> </span>submitting a<span> </span><span class="gmail-il">proposal</span></a>!</div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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