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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">2026 Slogan and 2027 Theme Listening Sessions<span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">Save the Date! </span></b>Thursday, August 24 ~ 1pm Eastern<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in"><b>OR <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in">Friday, September 08 ~ 3pm Eastern<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Talk up your favorite <b>2026 Slogan and 2027 Theme </b>from the vetted and translated voting slate.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">How are the<b> Listening Sessions </b>different from the previous Wordsmithing sessions? The longer list of possible slogans has now been reviewed for copyright, trademark and translated into Spanish. We will not be tweaking verbiage
or revising the options at this stage. These sessions are YOUR opportunity to build support for your favorites. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">State Reps will be listening and then casting their votes at the CSLP Virtual Annual Meeting.
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Make sure to reach out to your
<a href="https://www.cslpreads.org/member-libraries/">state rep</a> by September 13 and let them know your favorites too!</span> (You can email me at
<a href="mailto:LancasterC5@Michigan.gov?subject=CSLP%202026%20Slogan%20and%202027%20Theme">
LancasterC5@Michigan.gov</a>) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Please join us for 1 of the listening sessions:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CSLP 2026 Slogan and 2027 Theme Listening Sessions</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in">Thursday, August 24 ~ (10am PDT, 11am MDT, 12pm CDT, 1pm EDT)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87862661621?pwd=YmNxa0lFVVJMNGY0M2xJSnJjMGE3Zz09">
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87862661621?pwd=YmNxa0lFVVJMNGY0M2xJSnJjMGE3Zz09<o:p></o:p></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in">Friday, September 08 ~ (12pm PDT, 1pm MDT, 2pm CDT, 3pm EDT)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81180413010?pwd=L1N6WjBGeFVaN2FoTzNZRHc5aGxxZz09">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81180413010?pwd=L1N6WjBGeFVaN2FoTzNZRHc5aGxxZz09<o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Need a reminder? <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJNTvKeq7-h8FDowG5GGMEDysAx-2s0tZS_I9Q6mVKKmYprw/viewform">
Register here to receive a reminder</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Voting Slate<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2026 Potential Slogans for theme: <b>Dinosaur</b> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Big and Small Adventures for All / <span lang="ES-VE">Grandes y pequeñas aventuras para todos<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Explore with a Roar! / ¡Explora con un rugido!<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Romp, Stomp, Read / Corre, pisa, lee<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Unearth a Story / Desenterrar una historia<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%">2027 Potential Themes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:105%">Cooking/Food<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%">Games/Play<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%">Engineering/Invention/Technology
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%">Mystery/Detective/Suspense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%">Outdoors/Nature/Camping<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%">Plants/Flowers/Gardening<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%">Time Travel/History<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%">Travel<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%">Vehicles/Transportation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%">Weather<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#385723">We want to give a huge Shout Out! to the CSLP Theme & Slogan Committee for facilitating the year long process to create this year’s CSLP themes and slogans voting slate.
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Warm regards,<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>CSLP Theme & Slogan Committee<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Youth Services Coordinator</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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