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<b><span style="color:#131313">Call for Session Proposals – </span></b><b><span style="color:black">Ohio Local History Alliance
</span></b><b><span style="color:#131313">2021 Annual Meeting - "Challenge Accepted: Overcoming Obstacles"<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in;background:white"><span style="color:#383838">Do you have a great idea you’d like to share with the local history community? The Alliance is now accepting session proposals for the 2021 Annual Meeting. [NOTE:
SOA usually <i>also</i> has <a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/annual_conference/#fall">
its own session track</a> within the Alliance's meeting. But SOAers are also on the main program.]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in;background:white"><i><span style="color:#383838">We haven’t yet determined whether the meeting will be held online or in person, but mark your calendars for the beginning of October, regardless.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in;background:white"><span style="color:#383838">It is our hope that the theme will inspire proposals that reflect a variety of ways that individuals have experienced obstacles. We encourage sessions that address
the creative ways your organization has overcome the pandemic or other obstacles. We also hope to include content sessions about individuals or groups who overcame the obstacles of racism, sexism, economic insecurity, religious discrimination, or other barriers
to full participation in American society. We also welcome sessions on any aspect of public history theory and practice. <b>Submissions are due February 16, 2021</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#131313"><a href="https://ohiolha.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-Annual-Conference-Session-Proposal.pdf"><span style="color:#C70000">Download a Session Proposal Form here.</span></a></span></b><span style="color:#131313"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Ohio Local History Alliance reserves the right to evaluate all proposals and to schedule those that accomplish the goal of a balanced program.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For questions about session proposals or the conference itself, please contact: Dr. Betsy Hedler, Executive Secretary, Ohio Local History Alliance, <a href="mailto:ehedler@ohiohistory.org">ehedler@ohiohistory.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Janet Carleton & Amanda Rindler</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Cochairs, </span><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/marketing/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext">Marketing and Communications Committee</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt">,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">______________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Janet Carleton | <i>Working from home</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Digital Initiatives Coordinator | Preservation and Digital Initiatives | University Libraries | Alden 333 | 1 Ohio University | Athens, Ohio | 740.597.2527 |
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