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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">Dear NAPPN Community Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The NAPPN committee for Equity, Inclusivity, and Diversity (EID) is excited to announce the launching of the inaugural
<b>60-day Better Listening Challenge</b>! Motivated by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2F21dayequitychallenge.com*2F21-day-better-listening-challenge*2F&data=05*7C01*7Cjennifer.lachowiec*40montana.edu*7C737ba60f61ed46fddeb008da5e93b5e8*7C324aa97a03a644fc91e43846fbced113*7C0*7C0*7C637926286811947508*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C2000*7C*7C*7C&sdata=3u6gmuohc*2FdeTC9kMMHTeXwFhx*2F2ziDf7WtG0iTigyE*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!A6JW2qZJ-8PvZmGBHZreNX306PaPWUVsawx7wHWJ3nUfMNo5836LMDO8TJds9B44qTQfVdJqlysaHEukAiVrABPtyr5d-OQ$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2F21dayequitychallenge.com*2F21-day-better-listening-challenge*2F&data=05*7C01*7Cjennifer.lachowiec*40montana.edu*7C737ba60f61ed46fddeb008da5e93b5e8*7C324aa97a03a6"><span style="color:#1155CC">the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background:white">21-Day
Better Listening Challenge</span></span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background:white"> </span></span><span style="background:white">and #ListenMoore, this challenge will develop skills and awareness of how to listen to other “selves”
and value and appreciate each other for just being who we are. <b>This Challenge will commence on July 8th and conclude on September 5th, 2022. </b></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">How does this work?</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">Here are the basics:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Engage in a listening challenge activity at least once every few days during the course of the challenge. Ideas for challenge activities are posted on the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.plantphenotyping.org/eid-challenges" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fwww.plantphenotyping.org*2Feid&data=05*7C01*7Cjennifer.lachowiec*40montana.edu*7C737ba60f61ed46fddeb008da5e93b5e8*7C324aa97a03a644fc91e43846fbced113*7C0*7C0*7C63"><span style="color:#1155CC">NAPPN
EID website</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You don’t need to sign up and you can join at any time</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">. However, if you do sign up through the website during the first week of the challenge and provide your mailing address, we will
send you an EID sticker to celebrate your participation! All you need to do to qualify for a sticker is tweet at least once during the challenge about a challenge activity that you completed using the hashtag #diversityNAPPN<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">The EID Committee members will be sending daily tweets to keep the team motivated.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="color:black">If this Equity Challenge is a success, the committee plans to offer a series of such challenges on different topics relevant to EID in the coming months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Thanks in advance for your participation and support for EID within the plant phenotyping community!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">NAPPN EID Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Jennifer Clarke
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Jennifer Lachowiec<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Argelia Lorence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Pat Morgan
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Jose Tovar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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