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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello everyone,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I want to invite your library to participate in the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://nationalweekofconversation.org/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">National Week of Conversation
</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(NWOC) April 20-28, 2018. NWOC is one week in which people all over America participate in conversations that prioritize understanding the other across political, social-economic, and
cultural divides.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="gmail-apple-tab-span"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">NWOC has a number of great
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://nationalweekofconversation.org/partners/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">partners</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
with different </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://nationalweekofconversation.org/events/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">events</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
planned (and more to come!), including our premiere library partners: Boston Public Library and Kansas City Public Library. As a library, there are a number of different ways you and your patrons can participate in NWOC:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Host an event, or make your library available for conversations</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: Here are some easy ways to make this happen:<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li></ol>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Book Clubs: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Provide space for your local book clubs to discuss a book that brings up important issues. Check out this
<b><a href="https://kclibrary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/703461058_kaites_kcmo/1144002707_national_week_of_conversation"><span style="color:#1155CC;font-weight:normal">list</span></a></b> of suggestions from the Kansas City Public Library.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://livingroomconversations.org/"><span style="color:#1155CC">Living Room Conversations</span></a>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">offers self-facilitated conversation guides. Simply provide meeting space and conversation guides to groups of patrons who can meet at your library for conversations.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Facilitated Conversations: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Send an email to <b><a href="mailto:courtney@ncdd.org"><span style="color:#1155CC;font-weight:normal">courtney@ncdd.org</span></a></b> to learn about bringing a facilitator to your library.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li></ol>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Provide computers for your patrons to connect with others across the country:
<a href="https://www.mismatch.org/"><span style="color:#1155CC;font-weight:normal">Mismatch</span></a>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">is a service that utilizes free video conferencing systems to connect people across the country for conversations across divides. Simply provide space in your library for people to use computers and participate.
Point your patrons to <b><a href="https://www.mismatch.org/"><span style="color:#1155CC;font-weight:normal">Mismatch.org</span></a></b> where they can sign up for a conversation.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://nationalweekofconversation.org/events/community/add"><span style="color:#1155CC">Add your event to the NWOC calendar</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> to promote
your event and receive recognition for your work on the <b><a href="https://nationalweekofconversation.org/events"><span style="color:#1155CC;font-weight:normal">events calendar.
</span></a><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://nationalweekofconversation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/NWOC-Partner-kit-revised2.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Promote NWOC
</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">to other libraries and to your community. Check out our partner kit for sample emails and social media messaging.
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">And more! </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">These are just a few ideas. We invite you to be creative and register your own event. Perhaps you want to use your own conversation guide or invite
an expert speaker to your library? Please <b><a href="https://nationalweekofconversation.org/events/community/add"><span style="color:#1155CC;font-weight:normal">register</span></a></b> your event and direct any questions to
<b><a href="mailto:jaymee@allsides.com"><span style="color:#1155CC;font-weight:normal">jaymee@allsides.com</span></a></b>. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li></ol>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Are you ready to get started? Please
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://nationalweekofconversation.org/become-a-partner/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">sign up</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
as a partner and check out our </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://nationalweekofconversation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/NWOC-Partner-kit-revised2.pdf"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">partner
packet</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> for more information. If you have any questions or concerns, please direct them to
<a href="mailto:jaymee@allsides.com">jaymee@allsides.com</a>, or send me an email.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This is a great opportunity for libraries to utilize the skills and models you have been learning about through
<a href="http://ala.org/ltc-models">LTC: Models for Change</a> - I hope you will consider hosting a conversation and joining the many others happening across the country this April!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Courtney</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Managing Director, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:courtney@ncdd.org" target="_blank">courtney@ncdd.org</a>
<a href="http://www.ncdd.org" target="_blank">www.ncdd.org</a> @ncdd @courtneybreese</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Join us this November 2-4 in Denver for <a href="http://www.ncdd.org/ncdd2018" target="_blank">NCDD2018!</a> What are NCDD conferences like? See for yourself
at <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/ncdd2016vid" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">www.tinyurl.com/ncdd2016vid</span></a>. </span></i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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