<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(69,129,142)"><p class="gmail-m_1839320332075216726gmail-m_6765015243787068927gmail-m_2101304131800806736x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dear Society of Linguistic Anthropology Colleagues,</span></p><p class="gmail-m_1839320332075216726gmail-m_6765015243787068927gmail-m_2101304131800806736x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We are writing to seek volunteers to serve as Core Members on the SLA Committee for Language and Social Justice (LSJ). </span></p><p class="gmail-m_1839320332075216726gmail-m_6765015243787068927gmail-m_2101304131800806736x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">This is not a general call for new members, but a call to be a Core Member. </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">To be a Core Member; <i>you must have prior experience with LSJ initiatives and events.</i></span></p><p class="gmail-m_1839320332075216726gmail-m_6765015243787068927gmail-m_2101304131800806736x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The LSJ was created in 2009 out of the Task Group on Language and Social Justice and is a standing committee within SLA. There are currently four core committee members, two of whom will be leaving the committee at the end of the 2017 calendar year and will need to be replaced.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_1839320332075216726gmail-m_6765015243787068927gmail-m_2101304131800806736x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The LSJ works to increase awareness--both within the AAA and among the general public--of the ways that language is implicated in social discrimination and, where appropriate, to respond to specific instances of language-related discrimination and injustice. </span></p><p class="gmail-m_1839320332075216726gmail-m_6765015243787068927gmail-m_2101304131800806736x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">To these ends, the LSJ seeks to collect and disseminate knowledge concerning language and social justice; to identify problems and issues in which linguistic anthropologists can intervene; to organize, lead, and facilitate such interventions; and to advise the AAA Executive Board and other AAA bodies on how the AAA as a whole should respond to issues concerning language and social justice.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_1839320332075216726gmail-m_6765015243787068927gmail-m_2101304131800806736x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols"><span style="font-size:12.8px">LSJ Core Members serve for two (calendar) years, and their responsibilities are--</span></p><div style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols"><div style="font-size:12.8px">1. organize annual LSJ meeting at AAA</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">2. attend SLA executive board meeting at AAA</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">3. present about LSJ initiatives at SLA business meeting at AAA</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">4. collaboratively decide upon priorities for each year</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">5. communicate regularly with LSJ members via the google group re: initiatives, projects, media pieces</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">6. collaboratively create media pieces (with other core members and/or members) on relevant issues</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">7. interact SLA president and executive board members; the <span style="font-size:12.8px">Members' Programmatic Advisory and Advocacy Committee (MPAAC); and the A</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">AA executive director and staff</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">8. work with SLA publicity representatives (e.g., Facebook, SLA website, LingAnth listserv) to keep materials updated & get the word out about initiatives</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">9. work with other AAA entities (e.g., Committee on Ethics) on relevant topics</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">10. add members to the LSJ google group as requested</div></div><p class="gmail-m_1839320332075216726gmail-m_6765015243787068927gmail-m_2101304131800806736x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:12.8px">If you are interested in serving as a LSJ core committee member, please contact </font><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tony Webster (<a href="mailto:awebster@utexas.edu" target="_blank">awebster@utexas.edu</a>), </font><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Jillian Cavanaugh (<a href="mailto:jcavanaugh@brooklyn.cuny.edu" target="_blank">jcavanaugh@brooklyn.cuny.edu</a>)<wbr>, or Christopher Ball (<a href="mailto:christopher.g.ball.44@nd.edu" target="_blank">christopher.g.ball.44@nd.edu</a>)</font><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><wbr> by </span><b style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">MON December 11, 2017</b><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">. </span></p><p class="gmail-m_1839320332075216726gmail-m_6765015243787068927gmail-m_2101304131800806736x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The SLA Executive Board appoints Core Members of the LSJ committee after the SLA nominations committee has forwarded the names of those interested. </font></p><p class="gmail-m_1839320332075216726gmail-m_6765015243787068927gmail-m_2101304131800806736x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We hope you will share this announcement, urge colleagues to put their names forward, and consider participating yourself on this important committee.</font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> </span></p><p class="gmail-m_1839320332075216726gmail-m_6765015243787068927gmail-m_2101304131800806736x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We also want to thank Hilary Parsons Dick and Susan Blum</font><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">for their service on the LSJ during calendar years 2016 and 2017.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_1839320332075216726gmail-m_6765015243787068927gmail-m_2101304131800806736x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We look forward to hearing from you,</span></p><p class="gmail-m_1839320332075216726gmail-m_6765015243787068927gmail-m_2101304131800806736x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">SLA Nominations Committee</span></p><p class="gmail-m_1839320332075216726gmail-m_6765015243787068927gmail-m_2101304131800806736x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tony Webster (<a href="mailto:awebster@utexas.edu" target="_blank">awebster@utexas.edu</a> )</font></p><p class="gmail-m_1839320332075216726gmail-m_6765015243787068927gmail-m_2101304131800806736x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Jillian Cavanaugh (<a href="mailto:jcavanaugh@brooklyn.cuny.edu" target="_blank">jcavanaugh@brooklyn.cuny.edu</a>)</font></p><p class="gmail-m_1839320332075216726gmail-m_6765015243787068927gmail-m_2101304131800806736x_MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Chris Ball (</font><a href="mailto:christopher.g.ball.44@nd.edu" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">christopher.g.ball.44@nd.edu</a><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:"normal arial",sans-serif;font-size:12px">)</span></p></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div 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Webster</font><div><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif">Professor</font></div><div><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif">Department of Anthropology</font><br><span style="color:rgb(69,129,142)"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Department of Linguistics<br></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(69,129,142)"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Affiliate Faculty Native American and Indigenous Studies Program<br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/Books/bid2515.htm" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/Books/bid2515.htm</a><br><a href="https://jsa.revues.org/14602" target="_blank">https://jsa.revues.org/14602</a></span><span style="color:rgb(69,129,142)"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">. <br><br></span></span><font face="georgia, serif" size="2" color="#45818e">we should be careful<br><br>Of each other, we should be kind<br>While there is still time.--Philip Larkin</font><br><span><span style="color:rgb(69,129,142)"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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