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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F497D">Please excuse cross postings. Forwarding on behalf of SAA.
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<i> </i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Is there an archives </span>
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222">individual, group, or organization</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> that you know deserves recognition for o</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222">utstanding
contributions in advancing diversity within the archives profession</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">? Nominate them for the SAA Diversity Award!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222">Up to two awards may be given each year. Recent awardees have included the Texas Disability History Collection at the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, the Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual, and Transgender Studies at the University of Minnesota Libraries (2017); the SAA Latin American and Cultural Heritage Archives Roundtable webinar series, “<i>Desmantelando Fronteras/Breaking Down Borders</i>” (2016); and The Shorefront Legacy Center
AND Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, University of Florida (2015)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Please see details below and on the
</span><a href="https://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-diversity"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1155CC">SAA website</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">We look forward to your nominations!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Natalia Fernández, Alexandra Krensky, Teresa Mora, and Jamillah Gabriel
</span><span lang="ES-TRAD"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Diversity Award Subcommittee, SAA Awards Committee</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">~~~~~</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Society of American Archivists Diversity Award</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Deadline: February 28, 2018
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Purpose and Criteria for Selection:
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222">Established in 2011 and intended to address SAA’s strategic priority on diversity, this award recognizes an individual, group, or institution for outstanding contributions in advancing diversity
within the archives profession, SAA, or the archival record. </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">The nominee should have achieved distinction in the following ways:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222">Demonstrated outstanding contributions in advancing diversity within the archives profession;</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222">Demonstrated significant achievement in the form of activism, education, outreach, publication, service, or other initiatives in the archives field;
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222">Demonstrated long-term impact on improving and promoting diversity as defined in the
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><a href="https://www2.archivists.org/statements/saa-statement-on-diversity-and-inclusion"><span style="color:#1155CC">SAA Statement on Diversity and Inclusion</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222">.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Eligibility: </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222">Open to an individual, group, or organization. To encourage SAA member participation, preference may be given to SAA individual
and/or institutional members.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Nomination Requirements:
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222">Two letters of support. Nominations will be accepted from any individual, group, or institution.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Submission Deadline and Nomination Form: Click
</span><a href="https://app.smarterselect.com/programs/45545-Society-Of-American-Archivists"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1155CC">here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> to preview the nomination form and/or
to start a nomination. All nominations must be submitted by February 28.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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