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<p style="margin:0in"><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello NHM Colleagues,</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are incredibly excited for our upcoming annual event! BlackInNHMs week starts </span></span><span class="xcontentpasted2"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Sun
Oct 15 through Sat 21 Oct</span></b></span><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. BlackInNHMs week is a series of synchronous and asynchronous activities and content shared through social media (twitter, instagram,
facebook, LinkedIn) and our website.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="xcontentpasted4"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">See the schedule
and</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.blackinnhms.org/2023-binhms-week" title="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackinnhms.org%2F2023-binhms-week&data=05%7C01%7Cjpfriel%40ua.edu%7Ce119e8e09756494747eb08dbc1220891%7C2a00728ef0d040b4a4e8ce433f3fbca7%7C0%7C0%7C638316127470228655%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZ"><span style="color:#1155CC">register</span></a></span></span><span class="xcontentpasted4"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> using
this link (</span></span><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.blackinnhms.org/2023-binhms-week" title="Original URL:
https://www.blackinnhms.org/2023-binhms-week
Click to follow link."><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.blackinnhms.org/2023-binhms-week</span></a></span></span><span class="xcontentpasted4"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">).</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Our week is one aspect of our goal of celebrating and building community for Black folx working in NHMs; encouraging and facilitating Black people’s
participation in NHMs professionally and as patrons; and <b>engaging non-Black people as true colleagues and co-conspirators to BIackInNHM professionals.</b> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span class="xcontentpasted2"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We want to work with you!</span></u></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As 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.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="xcontentpasted2"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We
are asking that natural history museums and collections actively support this initiative by participating in and advertising the events and following us on social media to like and repost our curated content to ensure it reaches a broad and diverse audience.</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Even
taking just a few minutes to forward this email or our website to the right person could have a lasting impact.</span></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> We would also love to form long-term collaborations with museums and collections who are serious about their stated commitments to diversity, equity
and inclusion to bring our initiatives into physical spaces to increase their impact. Try as we might, we cannot make natural history museums (with all of their historical and contemporary issues related to race and colonialism) welcoming places for Black,
Indigenous and other people of color without the earnest engagement of the institutions themselves. We hope you hear us. </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please join us during our annual event to learn more about what we can accomplish together,</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.blackinnhms.org/2023-binhms-week" title="Original URL:
https://www.blackinnhms.org/2023-binhms-week
Click to follow link."><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC"> </span></a><a href="https://www.blackinnhms.org/2023-binhms-week" title="Original URL:
https://www.blackinnhms.org/2023-binhms-week
Click to follow link."><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">register
here</span></a></span><span class="xcontentpasted5"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.blackinnhms.org/2023-binhms-week" title="Original URL:
https://www.blackinnhms.org/2023-binhms-week
Click to follow link."><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://www.blackinnhms.org/2023-binhms-week</span></a></span><span class="xcontentpasted5"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">)</span></span><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="1920" height="1080" style="width:20.0in;height:11.25in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D9F2E3.00DBE7D0" alt="Image"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Twitter: </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://twitter.com/BlackInNHMs" title="Original URL:
https://twitter.com/BlackInNHMs
Click to follow link."><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">h</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">ttps://twitter.com/BlackInNHMs</span></a></span><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Instagram: </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/blackinnhms/" title="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fblackinnhms%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cjpfriel%40ua.edu%7Ce119e8e09756494747eb08dbc1220891%7C2a00728ef0d040b4a4e8ce433f3fbca7%7C0%7C0%7C638316127470384888%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://www.instagram.com/blackinnhms/</span></a></span><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">LinkedIn: </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/BINHMsLinkedIn" title="Original URL:
http://tinyurl.com/BINHMsLinkedIn
Click to follow link."><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">http://tinyurl.com/BINHMsLinkedIn</span></a></span><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Website: </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.blackinnhms.org/" title="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackinnhms.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cjpfriel%40ua.edu%7Ce119e8e09756494747eb08dbc1220891%7C2a00728ef0d040b4a4e8ce433f3fbca7%7C0%7C0%7C638316127470384888%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://www.blackinnhms.org/</span></a></span><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Volunteer: <a href="https://ufl.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dpamD4wNwpvw4ES" title="https://ufl.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dpamD4wNwpvw4ES"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://ufl.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dpamD4wNwpvw4ES</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Donate: </span></span><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://gofund.me/e433f03c" title="Original URL:
https://gofund.me/e433f03c
Click to follow link."><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white">https://gofund.me/e433f03c</span></a></span><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Event Registration: </span></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.blackinnhms.org/2023-binhms-week" title="Original URL:
https://www.blackinnhms.org/2023-binhms-week
Click to follow link."><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;font-weight:normal">https://www.blackinnhms.org/2023-binhms-week</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">LinkTree: <a href="https://linktr.ee/blackinnhms" title="Original URL:
https://linktr.ee/blackinnhms
Click to follow link.">https://linktr.ee/blackinnhms</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span class="xcontentpasted1"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Regards,</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="xcontentpasted1"><b><span style="color:#1F4E79">Adania Flemming M.S.</span></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#174E86;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Pronouns</span><b><span style="color:#002451;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">:</span></b><span class="xcontentpasted1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"tahoma",sans-serif;color:#174E86;background:white"> She/her/hers</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="xcontentpasted1"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Department of Biology</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="xcontentpasted1"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Florida Museum of Natural History/iDigBio/TESI</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="xcontentpasted1"><span style="color:#1F4E79">University of Florida</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="xcontentpasted1"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Office Phone: 352-273-1951</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="xcontentpasted1"><span style="color:black">Email: </span></span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:aflemming@ufl.edu" title="mailto:aflemming@ufl.edu">aflemming@flmnh.ufl.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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