<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#45818e" style="" face="georgia, serif">See below from the Committee for LSJ. best, akw</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif">Dear everyone, </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><span class="gmail-m_-7170096493399616118gmail-m_-8820434569783402510gmail-im" style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif"><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">We are writing to seek volunteers to serve as <i>Incoming Core Members</i> on the SLA Committee for Language and Social Justice (LSJ). </span></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div></font></span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">This is not a general call for new members, but a call for a new position--for two incoming Core Members. To be an incoming Core Member, it is advantageous to have prior experience with LSJ initiatives and events.</span></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">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. We are looking at add to the group with two incoming core members who will serve from 2017 to end of 2020.</span></font></div><div class="gmail-m_-7170096493399616118gmail-m_-8820434569783402510gmail-yj6qo gmail-m_-7170096493399616118gmail-m_-8820434569783402510gmail-ajU" style="font-size:12.8px"><div id="gmail-m_-7170096493399616118gmail-m_-8820434569783402510gmail-:2wd" class="gmail-m_-7170096493399616118gmail-m_-8820434569783402510gmail-ajR"><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif"><img class="gmail-m_-7170096493399616118gmail-m_-8820434569783402510gmail-ajT gmail-m_-7170096493399616118gmail-CToWUd gmail-CToWUd" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></font></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-7170096493399616118gmail-m_-8820434569783402510gmail-adL"><span class="gmail-m_-7170096493399616118gmail-m_-8820434569783402510gmail-im"><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">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></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">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></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><i><u>LSJ Incoming Core Members will serve for three (calendar) years, and their responsibilities for the first year are to--</u></i></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><i><br></i></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><i><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">1. attend annual LSJ meeting at AAA </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">and SLA spring </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">conference </span></i></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><i>2. participate in the email correspondence for the core committee, occasionally joining the conference calls</i></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><i>3. offer support to ongoing LSJ initiatives, possibly start an initiative as well</i></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">During the subsequent two years, the responsibilities include:</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">1. attend annual LSJ meeting at AAA and LSJ meetings at SLA spring </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">conference <br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">2. attend SLA executive board meeting at AAA</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">3. present about LSJ initiatives at SLA business meeting at AAA</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">4. collaboratively decide upon priorities for each year</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">5. communicate regularly with LSJ members via the google group re: initiatives, projects, media pieces</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">6. collaboratively create media pieces (with other core members and/or members) on relevant issues</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">7. interact with SLA president and executive board members; the Members' Programmatic Advisory and Advocacy Committee (MPAAC); and the AAA executive director and staff</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">8. work with the LSJ communications assistant and SLA publicity representatives (e.g., Facebook, SLA website, LingAnth listserv) to keep materials updated & get the word out about initiatives</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">9. work with other AAA entities (e.g., Committee on Ethics) on relevant topics</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">10. add members to the LSJ google group as requested</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px;white-space:pre-wrap">If you are interested in serving as a LSJ core committee member, please contact Chris Ball (</span><span style="font-size:12.8px;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:christopher.g.ball.44@nd.edu" target="_blank">christopher.g.ball.44@nd.edu</a>)</span><span style="font-size:12.8px;white-space:pre-wrap"><wbr>, Jillian Cavanaugh (</span><span style="font-size:12.8px;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:Jcavanaugh@brooklyn.cuny.edu" target="_blank">Jcavanaugh@brooklyn.cuny.edu</a>)</span><span style="font-size:12.8px;white-space:pre-wrap"><wbr>, or </span><span style="font-size:12.8px;white-space:pre-wrap">Anthony</span><span style="font-size:12.8px;white-space:pre-wrap"> Webster (</span><span style="font-size:12.8px;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:awebster@utexas.edu" target="_blank">awebster@utexas.edu</a>) by <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">FRI, February 23, 2018</span></span>.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">The SLA Executive Board appoints Core Members of the LSJ committee after the SLA nominations committee has forwarded the names of those interested. </span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px;white-space:pre-wrap">We also welcome any questions or concerns from interested parties. You may contact any member of the core committee (Mariam Durrani, Bernard Perley, Lynnette Arnold, or Judy Pine). Contact information can be found at </span><a href="http://linguisticanthropology.org/aboutsocialjustice/" target="_blank">http://linguisticanthropology.<wbr>org/aboutsocialjustice/</a> <font style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">We hope you will share this announcement, urge colleagues to put their names forward, and consider participating yourself on this important committee.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></font></span></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-7170096493399616118gmail-m_-8820434569783402510gmail-m_-2385946306532610613gmail-yj6qo gmail-m_-7170096493399616118gmail-m_-8820434569783402510gmail-adL" style="font-size:12.8px"></div><div class="gmail-m_-7170096493399616118gmail-m_-8820434569783402510gmail-m_-2385946306532610613gmail-adL gmail-m_-7170096493399616118gmail-m_-8820434569783402510gmail-adL" style="font-size:12.8px"><div class="gmail-m_-7170096493399616118gmail-m_-8820434569783402510gmail-m_-2385946306532610613gmail-m_-8047770417782862024gmail_signature"><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 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></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></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-7170096493399616118gmail-m_-8820434569783402510gmail-adL" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail-m_-7170096493399616118gmail-m_-8820434569783402510gmail-adm" style="font-size:12.8px"></div><div class="gmail-m_-7170096493399616118gmail-m_-8820434569783402510gmail-im" style="font-size:12.8px"></div></div></div><div style=""><div class="gmail-m_-7170096493399616118gmail-m_-8820434569783402510gmail_signature" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif">Best,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif">Mariam Durrani</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif">(co-chair)</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif">on behalf of LSJ Core Committee</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif">Bernard Perley (co-chair)</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif">Lynnette Arnold</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif">Judy Pine</font></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></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><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 dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1guXD-ucnSZhzQB5Fia-zytAxhwDUZpcS&revid=0B5Tmx_woRpSCWk1qY2k5UEFuYVlYZi90T2laQWhNdmdQSUxNPQ" width="420" height="174"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#45818e" face="georgia, serif"><br>Anthony K. 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></div></div>
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