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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I am writing to REMIND you to sign up for the AccessU webinar next week. Also, please be aware that today is
<a href="http://www.mysqltalk.com/gaad.html">Global Accessibility Awareness Day</a>, when colleagues in accessibility around the world are asking everyone to participate by picking one of these things to do today:
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Go Mouseless For An Hour, Surf The Web With A Screen Reader For An Hour, Learn About And Use an OS/Mobile Accessibility Feature, Contribute Directly To The Digital Accessibility Effort, and more at
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.mysqltalk.com/participate.html">http://www.mysqltalk.com/participate.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Please feel free to forward!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Mary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color:black"> </span>IS&T<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color:black">Accessibility and Usability team is hosting a live broadcast of the</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">10 am <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Designing for Accessibility<span style="color:black">,
Molly Holzschlag, Open Web Evangelist</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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More details at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://environmentsforhumans.com/2012/accessu-summit/" target="_blank">http://environmentsforhumans.com/2012/accessu-summit/</a> (please note that times listed on the site are in Central Time).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Feel free to come and go as your schedule allows.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">RSVP</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">for
sessions that interest you via<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><b><span style="color:black">Doodle</span></b><span style="color:black">: <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://doodle.com/t3ge2xa9q64h3qn4" target="_blank">http://doodle.com/t3ge2xa9q64h3qn4</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Questions? Email <a href="mailto:maryz@mit.edu" target="_blank">maryz@mit.edu</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>or call 617-258-9328</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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