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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#124947"><img width="745" height="186" style="width:7.7583in;height:1.9416in" id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image001.png@01D93C8C.AA0A9AD0" alt="Gray and white promotional image for Love Data Week 2022"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#124947"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;background:white"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#101010;background:white">Love Data Week starts February 13, 2023. </span></em><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#101010;background:white;font-weight:normal">"Data:
Agent of Change</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#101010;font-style:normal">”</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#101010"> starts February 14. Learn more at
</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://bit.ly/3JV5tpi"><span style="font-style:normal">https://bit.ly/3JV5tpi</span></a></span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#101010">. #LoveData23</span></em><i><span style="color:#101010"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<h3 style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#3D3E3F">About<o:p></o:p></span></strong></h3>
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<span style="color:#101010">The theme this year is <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Data: Agent of Change. </span></em>Love Data Week is about inspiring your community to use data to bring about changes that matter. Policy change, environmental
change, social change... we can move mountains with the right data guiding our decisions. This year, we are focused on helping new and seasoned data users find data training and other resources that can help move the needle on the issues they care about.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0in;background:white"><b><span style="color:#101010">FAQ<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#101010">What is Love Data Week?</span></strong><span style="color:#101010"> Love Data Week is an international celebration of data, taking place every year during the
week of Valentine's day. Universities, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, corporations and individuals are encouraged to host and participate in data-related events and activities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#101010">Who can participate in Love Data Week? </span></strong><span style="color:#101010">Love Data Week is an international, public activity. Each year individual
organizations host their own events and activities. The Love Data Week committee maintains a list of all events and activities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#101010">Is Love Data Week a conference?</span></strong><span style="color:#101010"> Love Data Week is not a conference. It is a variety of events and activities hosted
online, or in person locally around the world. Participants are encouraged to explore the variety of offerings found in the full listing of events and activities and to register for each individually.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#101010">How can I get involved?</span></strong><span style="color:#101010"> Submit your events and activities through the form found on this page. At the end of Love
Data Week, a call for new committee members is sent via email. Please sign up for <a href="http://eepurl.com/hNARJP"><span style="color:#3454B7">Love Data Week updates via email</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;background:white"><b><span style="color:#101010">Questions?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;background:white"><span style="color:#101010;background:white">Send an email to </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:LoveDataWeek@umich.edu?subject=Love%20Data%20Week%20event%20submission"><span style="color:#3454B7;background:white;text-decoration:none">LoveDataWeek@umich.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:#101010;background:white"> </span><span style="color:#101010"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Barbara Williams, MLIS<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48909<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:WilliamsB39@michigan.gov">WilliamsB39@michigan.gov</a> I (517) 241-2149<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">It’s February. It’s when we CELEBRATE… Black History Month and Career and Technical Education Month!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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