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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">From: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Jaya Narain <<a href="mailto:jnarain@mit.edu">jnarain@mit.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Subject: Share info - Register for ATHack 2019!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Date: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">January 24, 2019 at 11:19:28 AM EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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I am one of the organizers of ATHack, an assistive technologies hackathon at MIT wherein groups of students work with community members who are living with disabilities on assistive tech projects. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Would you be willing to share the information below with the students in your department about registering for the event?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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We would sincerely appreciate your help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All the best,<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">TL;DR Register for <a href="http://assistivetech.mit.edu/home.html" target="_blank">ATHack</a> 2019 <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1exgH7fnhXyailPlDD-oqUiBsOnrRIjk7JeNWWg4OHCpzrQ/viewform" target="_blank">here</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Do you like to code? Do you like to build? Do you want to help people with disabilities live more independently?</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">Register for ATHack, MIT's assistive technology hackathon!</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">At ATHack, teams of students are matched with co-designers from the greater Boston area who live with disabilities. Each student team works together
with their co-designer to design an assistive technology solution to help the co-designer live more independently or do something they were previously unable to do. Learn more about past years' hackathons <a href="http://assistivetech.mit.edu/home.html" target="_blank">here.</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">February 11th</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">: Meet the Co-Designers Dinner. Hacker teams meet the co-designers
and choose who they want to work with. </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">March 2rd</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">: AT HACK!!! All-day hackathon at Beaver Works with machine shop,
3D printers, food, and industry judges! </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Questions? Email<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:at-hack-core@mit.edu">at-hack-core@mit.edu</a> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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