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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Bring the Smithsonian to Your Community!<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#D1701B">Crossroads: Change in Rural America </span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#D1701B">offers small towns a chance to look at their
own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#36495F">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#353535">Crossroads</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#353535"> is an exploration of the past, present, and future
of rural America. As a host of <b>Crossroads</b>, you will have the opportunity to work with partners in your community to create programming and exhibits that share your small town Michigan stories.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#36495F">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#353535">Applications will be accepted through December 3, 2018. For more information and to apply please visit the Crossroads page of the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#36495F"><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fr20.rs6.net%2Ftn.jsp%3Ff%3D001YXH3tkjUGWu8qsNPqKd4HAa47K6pG-GQZFX4JmcIJFNwpNj8a5l7C6QuPI4ORCZ7xJ1m3qneCKdQR8dHruHjIYCyvrN8fy-xK_X68t-F0iveYr1wfzRVmSdJbJC3yVqzgjIk4_Ji4YnxjfVKONHh51tUEpEuOucJfY9j-082R0GasmvhZudho5SyizQZ3ZuT%26c%3DG1XexVPIWK6I6-ZWRprSab33eD6iJH9Ueoa1RrtvKvyvaWLu2Hhswg%3D%3D%26ch%3D_wzjhsG_xWvvIv1ndoePtKMBXGEQEwjQjqvcsBFoGCEPdfYFMlZ9SQ%3D%3D&data=02%7C01%7CNorrisS2%40michigan.gov%7C87b98a3a4e8548ad170408d632ba9ca0%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C636752174408089780&sdata=P3tmToTom1gxEn98voGRC3PPefJrwQ1Ak7udYhNBTD8%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#353535">Michigan
Humanities website.</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#353535">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#353535">Please contact Program Officer, James Nelson, with any questions. Phone: (517) 372-7770 Email:
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sonya Schryer Norris<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold",serif;color:#385623">AS OF OCT 16, 2018, MY NUMBER WILL CHANGE TO 517-335-1498<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://mel.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://mel.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://michlibrary.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://michlibrary.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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