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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello all! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are excited to extend an invitation to submit presentations for the BAAL Language Policy Forum 2022, which is, as always, international, affordable and accessible. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Theme:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> ‘Ensuring Language Vitality & Vibrancy: The Hows & Whys”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dates:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> 15-16 June, 2022</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Location:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">VIRTUAL, hosted by Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., USA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><img width="624" height="883" style="width:6.5in;height:9.1979in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Pf4nUQtysbooHGXQhly6wW0INigwrjgqg6aPFw4CZIfRjD8HST19u5sAjSmB_-dLbbmNmSKSU81OayBfG0h_Q6zLtoKB3zc-qHXXLZu93Fb_cqB9iRsLtvY_t23b2GufuHMjZ52a"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are seeking 20-minute presentations (without questions & answers) to complement the above theme. Presentations would be pre-recorded and can be provided in American Sign Language,
British Sign Language, English, or International Sign. There will be separate and interactive questions and answers sessions held live during the conference itself. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To submit your abstract, please fill this form out:
</span><a href="https://forms.gle/Pk6xCzZWLE2hvas48"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://forms.gle/Pk6xCzZWLE2hvas48</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by midnight in UK time on 10 April, 2022. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please help support the conference by forwarding this message widely to your colleagues. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If possible please also disseminate our flyer via print or electronic means!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SrSrXQOWCk2-C-F0An0m3dbieGTZ7dSB/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SrSrXQOWCk2-C-F0An0m3dbieGTZ7dSB/view?usp=sharing</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Registration information along with the exciting announcement of keynote presenters coming soon! For any questions or information, please contact
<a href="mailto:language.policy@gallaudet.edu">language.policy@gallaudet.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All the best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Tawny Holmes Hlibok (Host), Elisabeth Barakos, Florence Bonacina-Pugh, Diana Camps, Stephen McNulty, Abhi Sharma, Iker Erdocia (LP SIG committee)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><a href="http://www.langpol.ac.uk"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">www.langpol.ac.uk</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><a href="http://www.gallaudet.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">www.gallaudet.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Tawny Holmes Hlibok, Esq.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Language Planning & Policy Counsel </b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Roles: Deaf Studies Faculty member & Student Body Government advisor<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Office location: Sorenson Language and Communication Center, #1216<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">VP number: (202) 540-9003 (COVID-19- use (240) 297-1367 instead)<o:p></o:p></p>
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