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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Yamilex Acevedo-Sanchez <yacevedo@mit.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>BDC Special VOTING Seminar Series this WEDNESDAY!</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">The BDC is excited to welcome you to a special seminar
<strong><u><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">this Wednesday, October 21</span></u></strong> to talk about VOTING! Join us on zoom at
<strong><u><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">7pm ET</span></u></strong> for an hour long session featuring
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="https://pkgcenter.mit.edu/profiles/danny-becker/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">Danny Becker</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">
of the PKG center, Taylor Sorenson from </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="https://vote.mit.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">MITvote</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">,
and guest speaker </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XyXlDVLELg0zPjO0tDhNg2pjwNBWihsi/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">Yordanos Eyoel</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Our speakers will be sharing information and resources for civic engagement. Whether you’re a Massachusetts voter, out-of-state voter, or
looking for other ways to support safe and secure elections, there will be something in this session for you. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Wednesday, October 21st</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="https://mit.zoom.us/j/99672709822" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://mit.zoom.us/j/99672709822</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">About our speakers:</span></em><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Danny Becker is the Program Coordinator for the PKG center, where he manages student engagement, outreach, and recruitment for the PKG Center’s programming. His role includes establishing and further developing
partnerships with a range of MIT partners, departments, and student communities, as well as civic engagement opportunities for students! </span></em></span></i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Taylor Sorenson is an executive member of MITvote, a non-partisan group of students actively working to increase voter turnout and promote
civic engagement at MIT. MITvote’s mission is to make voting as accessible as possible to everyone and encourage civic participation on MIT's campus.</span></em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Yordanos Eyoel is a Partner at
</span></em><em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="https://www.newprofit.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">New Profi</span><span style="color:#1155CC">t</span></a></span></em><em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">,
a venture philanthropy fund, and the Founder of the organization’s </span></em><em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="https://www.newprofit.org/go/announcing-new-civic-lab-to-support-democracy-entrepreneurs/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">Civic
La</span><span style="color:#1155CC">b</span></a></span></em><em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">, an initiative to invest in democracy entrepreneurs leading innovative solutions to build civic trust and an inclusive
democracy in America. Yordanos co-founded several organizations including the Sister March Network that mobilized millions of people globally for the 2017 Women’s March, the national organization
</span></em><em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="https://www.wearemarchon.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">March O</span><span style="color:#1155CC">N</span></a></span></em><em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">,
and March Forward Massachusetts. Yordanos also gave the 2019 Tedx talk, “</span></em><em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="https://tedxbeaconstreet.com/videos/why-voting-isnt-enough/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">Why
voting isn’t Enoug</span><span style="color:#1155CC">h</span></a></span></em><em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">” to address the need for continued investment in our democracy to unlock our civic power and create
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<p class="MsoNormal">In addition, we would like to thank everyone that attended our last seminar about first generation students and provide a set of educational resources to keep the conversations going. You can find them attached to this email.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Keep in touch on
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="https://twitter.com/BDC_MIT" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">Twitter</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">,
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mit_bdc_seminar_series/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">instagram</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">,
or email </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="mailto:bdcgroup@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">bdcgroup@mit.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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