<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dear ACLA members,</b><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">We are pleased to invite you to our 1st International Assembly for Community Development Across Borders in Oaxaca, Mexico from August 2-5, 2018.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">This 1st Assembly will take place in the beautiful Zapotec community of San Antonio Cuajimoloyas located only an hour and thirty minutes from the city of Oaxaca. </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Following the principles of the traditional Zapotec Assembly, we hope to create spaces for organizations, academics, community leaders and students to share and create communities of collaboration and support. </span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Please see our invitation and poster attached and visit our site to learn more about this 1st International Assembly:</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#002e7a" class=""><a href="http://www.internationalcommunityassembly.org" class="">www.internationalcommunityassembly.org</a></font></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Best from Oaxaca, Mexico.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Omar Nunez-Mendez</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Assembly Organization Committee</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Faculty Associate, Simon Fraser University</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Director, Ollin Tlahtoalli: Centro de Lenguas y Cultura Mexicana a.c.</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></body></html>