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<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please see below for a message from the
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">International Mother Language Day (IMLD) working group asking us to participate in a crowdsourcing survey:</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">International Mother Language Day (IMLD), celebrated on
<b>21 February</b>, was established by UNESCO in 1999 to commemorate the students who were killed in 1952 during demonstrations in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for the recognition of Bangla. The day honors their sacrifice and affirms the right of all people to speak,
learn, and preserve their mother tongues. It is celebrated globally to promote linguistic and cultural diversity, multilingual education, and the protection of endangered languages.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The IMLD Task Force, a working group of the SLA’s Committee on Language & Social Justice inspired by Ana Celia
Zentella's work on this subject, has created a </span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(113, 79, 188);"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forms.gle/cJAzDDNYKjsbk38r9__;!!FcsZvA!VQOeUxSMdoDAwt2srgTLw8fx-E3IkJjLfU9qF8QppCPW1e3GHb7ESDYH8F8z0rBqlrQ7KPgoFcCLAAbfMDra38_-ASUGEpS6$" target="_blank" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forms.gle/cJAzDDNYKjsbk38r9__;!!FcsZvA!VQOeUxSMdoDAwt2srgTLw8fx-E3IkJjLfU9qF8QppCPW1e3GHb7ESDYH8F8z0rBqlrQ7KPgoFcCLAAbfMDra38_-ASUGEpS6$" data-outlook-id="ef98b839-2c1d-4be1-9e0f-1dc27aaf2b31" style="color: rgb(113, 79, 188); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">short
survey</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to gather input on IMLD celebrations that you or your colleagues have organized—both those that were successful and those that posed challenges. Our goal is to collect
experiences, ideas, and resources that can help others plan meaningful events in their own institutions and communities, with the aim of making them publicly accessible through an open-access platform (to be determined). </span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We would be very grateful if you could complete
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(113, 79, 188);"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forms.gle/cJAzDDNYKjsbk38r9__;!!FcsZvA!VQOeUxSMdoDAwt2srgTLw8fx-E3IkJjLfU9qF8QppCPW1e3GHb7ESDYH8F8z0rBqlrQ7KPgoFcCLAAbfMDra38_-ASUGEpS6$" target="_blank" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forms.gle/cJAzDDNYKjsbk38r9__;!!FcsZvA!VQOeUxSMdoDAwt2srgTLw8fx-E3IkJjLfU9qF8QppCPW1e3GHb7ESDYH8F8z0rBqlrQ7KPgoFcCLAAbfMDra38_-ASUGEpS6$" data-outlook-id="fd11886c-ae33-43bb-9efb-b5efff6b88cf" style="color: rgb(113, 79, 188); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">the
survey</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and share it with others who may be interested. To ensure we have enough time to organize the materials and make them publicly available in time for the 2026 celebration
on February 21st, we kindly ask that you submit your responses <b>by December 24th</b>.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">With appreciation,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The IMLD Task Force</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: Aptos; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Please contact
</span><span style="color: rgb(113, 79, 188); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="mailto:ylianarodriguez@gmail.com" title="mailto:ylianarodriguez@gmail.com" data-outlook-id="8cb291a8-6060-4546-8074-92f9034594b1" style="color: rgb(113, 79, 188);">Yliana
Rodríguez</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> if you have questions about the survey or the working group</span></div>
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