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</b><span class="ContentPasted1" style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>BlackInNHMs week</b> will take place on <b>Sunday 15</b><sup style="font-weight: bold;">th</sup><b> October to Saturday 21</b><sup style="font-weight: bold;">st</sup><b> October
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<b>need your support </b>because diversifying our spaces is crucial to the sustainability and relevance of natural history museums</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "72", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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a 501(c)(3) non-profit, we are a grassroots organization of dedicated professionals (curators, professors, collections managers, graduate students and communication specialists) building the infrastructure from the ground up to engage and create a community
for Black folks who are in, were in, or interested in being in NHMs. <b>We are asking that everyone including natural history museums and collections actively support this initiative in whatever way you can (volunteer, participate etc.)</b>.<b class="ContentPasted0" style="box-sizing:border-box; font-family:"72","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight:bolder"> </b>We
want the voices, opinions, and stories of Black people to be heard, reflected and respected in Natural history museums. And we want you to help us make it happen. Learn more about us here: <a href="https://www.blackinnhms.org/" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="ContentPasted0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "72", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 122, 183);">https://www.blackinnhms.org/</a><br class="ContentPasted0" style="box-sizing:border-box; font-family:"72","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">
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In addition to supporting our non-profit generally, we have identified 3 ways to help as we plan our upcoming 2023 annual event (Oct 15-21):</span></span><span style="font-family: "72", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; display: inline !important; color: rgb(50, 54, 58); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span>
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during and after)</span></span> </li><li style="box-sizing:border-box; margin:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box; font-size:13px"><span class="ContentPasted0" style="box-sizing:border-box; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">3. Networking and Promotion (help to promote BINHMs, share information
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you can support BlackinNHMs in any of these ways<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><strong class="ContentPasted0" style="box-sizing:border-box; font-family:"72","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight:bolder">please complete this 2-minute
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 78, 121);">Adania Flemming M.S.</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 78, 121);"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 78, 121);"><a href="https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link">Florida Museum of Natural History</a>/<a href="https://www.idigbio.org/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link">iDigBio</a>/<a href="https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/earth-systems/about-the-institute/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link">TESI</a></span></p>
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