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SLA 2022 attendees and potential attendees,</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We’re
excited to let you know that the virtual track of SLA 2022 will be hosted in </span>
<a href="https://www.gather.town/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gather.town</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.
If you haven’t used it before, Gather is a quick-to-learn virtual interface that includes the important functions we’ve collectively gotten used to over the past 18 months (things like video, chat, and screen-sharing), but it also allows some of the participant
structures that make in-person conferences so good. For example, you can wander in and out of smaller conversations, whisper to the person next to you during a keynote, unexpectedly run into an old friend in the hallway, and more!</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New
proposals for virtual panels and events, like proposals for the in-person/hybrid track, must be submitted through t</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">he
main </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfq1MM2NA-4TQo_Bd_zh8VPcfw-jZj9dVeA2h_rPwIX44n3Dg/viewform" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New
Submissions</span></a><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> link by
</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">February 14</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We’re especially excited to see submissions that take advantage
of everything Gather can do. For example, here are some fun things we’ve seen:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'speed mentoring' sessions where mentors stay put and mentees rotate</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">seamless online poster sessions</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">booth exhibition sessions</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">post-keynote discussion sessions, with prompts</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">traditional panels, roundtables, and large lectures</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">social and networking sessions</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">auditorium-style events with lots of small-group conversations throughout</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In
the coming weeks, we’ll also be announcing a virtual-only keynote happening exclusively on Gather! Stay tuned for those updates.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Have
an idea you’d like to hash out with the virtual track co-organizers? Get in touch by emailing the three of us [</span><a href="mailto:jenabl@knology.org" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">jenabl@knology.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">,
</span><a href="mailto:jdelfino@bmcc.cuny.edu" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">jdelfino@bmcc.cuny.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">,
and </span><a href="mailto:jdbabcock@uchicago.edu" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">jdbabcock@uchicago.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
] and we’ll help you brainstorm a creative solution. Need additional support to build out an idea on the Gather platform? Just let us know and we’ll find a time to customize rooms as needed in advance of the conference. Gather can embed Zoom links and links
to other sites and platforms, so we’re confident we can collaborate to find solutions that work for you.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Feeling
daunted at the idea of learning a new platform? The virtual track co-organizers have planned a suite of opportunities for you to explore the platform on your own, join a guided tutorial, or socialize with others at a Gather mixer before the conference kicks
off on April 7th. We’re planning a few pre-conference happy hours and tours to walk everyone through the platform. Look out for our announcements about virtual-only keynotes, happy hours, tours, and lots more!
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We’ll be making a short video or two to illustrate what
Gather can do and show off the space to you if asynchronous learning works best.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We're
looking forward to planning the SLA’s first-ever 'virtual track' with all of you!</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Josh
Babcock</span></p>
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Barchas-Lichtenstein</span></p>
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Delfino</span></p>
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<i><a href="https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781793606488/Speaking-of-Race-Language-Identity-and-Schooling-Among-African-American-Children" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPNoLP">Speaking of Race: Language, Identity, and Schooling Among African American Children</a> </i>(2020, Lexington
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