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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#050505">Join us Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 7pm for our first Parent Advocacy Town Hall!</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#050505"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#050505">Attention all families of Native American students in Oklahoma public schools. As we begin to close out the school year many Indian Education programs will be hosting
parent meetings and tribal consultations per federal guidelines. Join us as we talk about what that means and who should be involved! And how to advocate for your student(s) during this important time!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#050505">We encourage you to send us your
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">questions, Alison Black,
<span style="color:#002060"><a href="mailto:alison.black@okstate.edu">alison.black@okstate.edu</a> or Tesia Zientek,
<a href="mailto:tesia.zientek@potawatomi.org">tesia.zientek@potawatomi.org</a>. You
</span>can also use our Facebook page as well. Our panelists will directly address these questions during the Town Hall. We will also be having an open forum immediately following
<span style="color:#050505">our panel giving you an opportunity to share your concerns. Our panelists will speak on the areas of parent committees, tribal consultations, m eaningful collaborations, and public hearings.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#050505"><a href="https://citizenpotawatomi.zoom.us/j/92726785412?pwd=QzBUbWpCR2Y1NTFPS2E0eUs2OVJtZz09&fbclid=IwAR0SYuec8TpC5Ow-_C7XCxgifZlQ2a-LHEWbwghHFg33n5pIHupiP28H83o" target="_blank"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://citizenpotawatomi.zoom.us/j/92726785412...</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#050505">Meeting ID: 927 2678 5412 Passcode: 392550<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:red;background:aqua">Please share with your families and your networks! Attached is a PDF and a jpeg. </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#500050"><a href="http://www.oklahoma-ocie.org" target="_blank">www.oklahoma-ocie.org</a></span></b><span style="color:#500050"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#888888">"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education." Martin
Luther King Jr.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#888888"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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