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Dear Manka,</div>
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This is wonderful to see!!! and I snuck a peek at the editorial team and see you are working with (among others) our Educational Linguistics colleague Maria Cioè-Peña 😊 </div>
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abrazos,</div>
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Nancy</div>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(4, 74, 145);"><i><u><a href="https://www.gse.upenn.edu/academics/faculty-directory/hornberger" data-outlook-id="5de27f3f-51c7-429f-9723-53f6e23ede9b" style="color: rgb(4, 74, 145); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Nancy
H. Hornberger</a></u></i></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(47, 85, 151);"><i>, Ph.D.</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear Colleagues,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We are thrilled to announce the launch of
<i>Racial Justice in Multilingual Education (RJME)</i>, a new open-access journal dedicated to advancing scholarship, practice, and advocacy at the intersections of race, language, and education.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Our
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">inaugural issue</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> is now live! Inside, you’ll find: </span></p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Research Spotlight</span> – Breakthrough studies on racial justice in multilingual spaces.</p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Policy & Advocacy</span> – Policy briefs revisiting history and pushing for systemic change.</p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Community Voices</span> – Stories from classrooms and communities leading transformative work.</p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Our launch currently features online-only versions of each contribution. However, we are working on including downloadable pdfs at a later date. We will announce this update
on our social media feed as soon as the downloadable materials are available.<br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">RJME brings together scholars, educators, and community members to reimagine multilingual education grounded in racial justice. We invite you to:</span></p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Read the inaugural issue for free</span> →on our website:
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://rjme.org__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!gJjoowQA-Ks9MJXyx33HOMtKDrL5LDWlrYumkHsl4TUHgx75OAIO6WQabyb5BHtqw7ctzKTCS0GfghSgwjk$" target="_blank" data-outlook-id="02b91217-c026-4325-b175-5305810e11b8" style="text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
RJME.org</a> or on Manifold <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://penn.manifoldapp.org/journals/rjme__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!gJjoowQA-Ks9MJXyx33HOMtKDrL5LDWlrYumkHsl4TUHgx75OAIO6WQabyb5BHtqw7ctzKTCS0Gfu8WmTdI$" target="_blank" data-outlook-id="560bcbec-d4e3-4d4b-884f-6d13023dac62" style="text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
https://penn.manifoldapp.org/journals/rjme</a> </p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Share the work</span> with colleagues, teachers, and community partners and follow us on Instagram [@rjme_journal] and Bluesky [@rjme-journal].</p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Join the movement</span> by enrolling in the listserv.</p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We hope
<i>RJME</i> becomes a space where knowledge, practice, and community converge to advance liberatory, justice-centered approaches to multilingual education.</span></p>
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In solidarity,<br>
The RJME Editorial Team</div>
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