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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="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> <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
<b>30-day Better Allyship<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span class="searchhighlight"><b><span style="color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">Challenge
</span></b><span style="color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">during the month of November</span></span><span style="color:black">! 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*7C324aa97a03a64"><span style="color:#1155CC">the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background:white">21-Day
Better Listening<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span class="searchhighlight"><span style="color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">Challenge</span></span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background:white"> </span></span><span style="background:white">and
#ListenMoore, this engaging challenge will prepare you to be an effective and courageous ally.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>This<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span></span><span class="searchhighlight"><b><span style="color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">Challenge</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color:black;background:white"> </span></b></span><b><span style="color:black;background:white">will
commence on November 1st and conclude on November 30th, 2022. </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></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 brief allyship activity at least once every few days during the course of the challenge. Ideas for challenge activities are posted on the
<a href="https://www.plantphenotyping.org/eid-challenges" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.plantphenotyping.org/eid-challenges__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!G9eJeUjJdyzNRyqdTWJOJtjQZbHlyViRsIGgkFU9b5NnjCnYrFXMGIGvUohq9iMnfrz-I7WBsfzE5AYzRyo$">
<span style="color:#1155CC">NAPPN EID challenge website</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<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<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="searchhighlight"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">challenge</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="searchhighlight"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">challenge</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">about
a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="searchhighlight"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">challenge</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">activity
that you completed using the hashtag <b>#diversityNAPPN. </b>And feel free to tag others!<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;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"> <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"> <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>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Jennifer Clarke<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Jennifer Lachowiec<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Argelia Lorence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Pat Morgan<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Jose Tovar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-- <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Jennifer L. Clarke, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Director, Quantitative Life Sciences Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Director, PhD in Complex Biosystems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Professor, Departments of Statistics, Food Science and Technology
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">University of Nebraska-Lincoln<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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