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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Apply Now for the 2020 Society of American Archivists Brenda S. Banks Travel Award</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Brenda S. Banks Travel Award, which is sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, recognizes and acknowledges individuals of color, such as those of African, Asian, Latinx, Native American,
Alaska Native, or Pacific Islander descent, who are employed in archives and who manifest an interest in becoming active members of SAA. Recipients receive full complimentary registration and related expenses for hotel and travel to attend the SAA Annual Meeting
during the year in which the award is received. In addition, recipients receive a complimentary one-year membership in SAA.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This award supports SAA’s Archivists and Archives of Color Section’s objectives: Providing individuals of color employed in an archives with an opportunity for professional development and networking
through engagement with SAA and promoting increased participation in SAA by individuals of color employed in an archives by exposing first-time Annual Meeting attendees to the experience of attending national meetings and encouraging them to join and remain
members of the organization.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Created in 2017, the award is named in honor of Brenda S. Banks, Fellow and Past President of SAA and co-founder of the Archivists and Archives of Color Section. The award is sponsored by SAA
and the Archivists and Archives of Color Section and funded through the SAA Foundation.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Application Requirements:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recipients will be selected based on the strength of their personal statement/essay. Personal statements/essays must be no more than 500 words and will be evaluated on:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Overall clarity;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Understanding of professional goals and experience with and/or commitment to working with, or documenting and preserving the histories of communities of color;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Description of the benefits of attending the SAA Annual Meeting; and</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Explanation of commitment to SAA, diversity and inclusion, and the profession.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In addition, applicants must include a current CV or resume.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To be eligible, the applicant:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Must be of American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander descent;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Must be currently employed in an archives; and</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Shall not have previously attended an SAA Annual Meeting.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To apply, go to: <a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fclicks.memberclicks-mail.net%2Fls%2Fclick%3Fupn%3D0cWQJtDm5Gb9mw8Og-2F3IMRRNBhYYCVQSlB3DdfSvKG0tOvJFRKqdFK-2FYtIEEr0w5EP6FOfZ-2Bx2Zd4SN2VFjKL-2BPXt8QU-2FSgtyLCeqviZhhHkrFoBfYZN8aa3c-2FiqJuGBvcHCW8KE1ZV59up6zqdNwQ-3D-3DzyPD_LTKcxk-2B1IPkZph7Gpf1TX8uIU5GVaf5wSlMyg7fZuSJnt1mmckYQgnYOZYPhImcIBKQg3CerBZybiH7IXsBR0QeONOhBWAQImAGUcrJeG1xg9r3bumT-2BYm3CtsRFwso4nFI1ZCeayLPgJ75MSOyw4HSGVROQ0cWFedCGfwWwg9GrmEZFS7dCjcxJbvtYUFK0ykIv9xEYA3g8IR-2BZ1ajZvq1-2BTGwUo627STIo-2B19ahte3QJj-2BlFudB9Kv2RenMUkKrBNAgfDdsbpehpjpZ4d9M45czB7INKONqRn2iVt-2FYrzJtKngJ9HQW-2BRiYVJQvpQqGT6AtJ2-2B5VLHGmwlMNBQSNL5to4CVfYw74iAuYidtIY-3D&data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C40e16104a7314e091bd108d7b558f9fa%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637177266070998454&sdata=GWHY8Uyo26QoU15mhTdwnF8l6cl8hhutIddTdYIIfe4%3D&reserved=0">https://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-Brenda-S-Banks-Travel-Award</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Applications must be received by
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">February 28, 2020</span></strong>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Questions? Please direct them to Danna C. Bell, Chair of the Brenda S. Banks Travel Award Subcommittee, dbellr(at)att.net</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you on behalf of the Brenda S. Banks Travel Award Subcommittee.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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