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<b style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;">From:</b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> east-timor-request@lists.riseup.net
<east-timor-request@lists.riseup.net> on behalf of pamela sexton <east-timor@lists.riseup.net></span><br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8; margin:6pt 42pt 0pt 30pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Are you from Timor-Leste
and studying in North America or Brazil? Or did you study there and would like to talk with other Timorese students who are there now?</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8; margin:6pt 42pt 0pt 30pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">The East Timor and Indonesia
Action Network (ETAN)/U.S. - an organization in solidarity with Timor-Leste for the past 30 years - would like to host a virtual gathering for current and former students (and their friends) at schools in North America and Brazil next year.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8; margin:6pt 42pt 0pt 30pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Inspired by past gatherings
of Timorese students organized in Iowa and Wisconsin, we are envisioning a Zoom meeting that will help us to:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Get to know each other and make new friends;</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Celebrate Timorese art and culture together;</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Discuss (primarily in English) the role of activism and solidarity today.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8; margin:6pt 42pt 0pt 30pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Are you interested in
participating? What should we include in the program? Can you help plan it?</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8; margin:6pt 42pt 0pt 30pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">If you're interested
or have questions or ideas, please email <a href="mailto:studentconf@etan.org" target="_blank">
studentconf@etan.org</a> by the end of October.</span></p>
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<div>When we dream alone, it is only a dream, but when we dream together, it is the beginning of reality.<br>
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