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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Hello, all!</span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">The September Neurodivergence/Disability
<b>Virtual Affinity Meetup </b>is happening next Tuesday, September 2nd from </span>
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(25, 107, 36);"><b>noon-1p</b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">. Feel free to come and go as you please, eat lunch, and/or stay for the
full meetup; whatever works best for your schedule and needs. Details for this group, as well as other upcoming virtual meetup and affinity spaces, can be found below
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<span style="color: black;" role="presentation"><b>Disability & Neurodivergence Affinity Meetup
</b><i>(First Tuesday of every month)</i></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><i>For people who identify as neurodivergent, have a disability, or hold intersecting identities falling into both these groups---to include those with diagnosed, self-diagnosed, or suspected
conditions. </i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: currentcolor;"><u>Tuesday,</u><b><u> September 2</u><sup><u>nd</u></sup></b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>
</b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: currentcolor;"><u>noon-1p</u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> |
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: purple;"><b><u><a href="https://www.cognitoforms.com/StateLibraryOfOregon/DisabilityNeurodivergenceAffinityMeetup" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-ogsc="" data-linkindex="1" style="color: purple; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Meeting
details and link</a></u></b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b> </b> </span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(25, 107, 36);"><b>UPCOMING VIRTUAL MEETUPS </b></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><i>All virtual meetup groups are for</i><b><i> </i></b><i>individuals employed, volunteering, or looking
for work in Oregon libraries. Managers and supervisors are permitted to join. </i>
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: yellow;"><b><i>Upholding confidentiality of attendees, conversations and information shared in these meetups is required</i></b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b><i>.</i></b><i> </i></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: block; margin: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;" role="presentation"><b>DEI Virtual Meetup for Oregon Libraries
</b>(<i>Second Wednesday of every month</i>)</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><i>For anyone engaged in diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging work in Oregon libraries.</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: currentcolor;"><u>Wednesday,
</u><b><u>September 10</u><sup><u>th</u></sup></b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: currentcolor;"><u>, 3:30-4:30p</u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> |
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: purple;"><b><u><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81502980247?pwd=fpyomcb21US548fuDgTaavCoo6dlIt.1" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-ogsc="" data-linkindex="2" style="color: purple; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Meetup
Link</a></u></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: black;" role="presentation"><b>2SLGBTQIA+ Virtual Affinity Meetup
</b><i>(Third Tuesday of every month)</i></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><i>For Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and/or not listed as it pertains to sexual orientation, romantic orientation, gender identity,
and/or gender expression.</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: currentcolor;"><u>Tuesday,
</u><b><u>September 16th </u></b><u>, noon-1pm</u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> |
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: purple;"><b><u><a href="https://www.cognitoforms.com/StateLibraryOfOregon/_2SLGBTQIAAffinityMeetup" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-ogsc="" data-linkindex="3" style="color: purple; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Meeting
details and link</a></u></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>BIPOC Virtual Affinity Meetup
</b><i>(Fourth Tuesday of every month)</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><i>For Black, Indigenous, and other people of color.</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tuesday, September 23<b>
</b> noon-1p</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> |
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: purple;"><b><u><a href="https://www.cognitoforms.com/StateLibraryOfOregon/BIPOCAffinityMeetup" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-ogsc="" data-linkindex="0" style="color: purple; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Meeting
details and link</a></u></b></span></p>
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