<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hello to all,<div>As we have pondered and shared this invitation, we have become aware that we need to be sensitive to the reality in the Ukraine and to honor their on-the-ground experience. Therefore, if you share this invitation further, please delete any reference to Russian people/s and if it is easier, use the content below to share or use the attachment (identical content). Both give the ICA International Facebook page link for posting/receiving messages about the Ukrainian situation and our dear colleagues there.</div><div><br></div><div><p align="center" style="margin:15pt 0in;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">STANDING WITH THE PEOPLES OF
UKRAINE</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:15pt 0in;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-cebc5d36-7fff-73a3-54c5-02d6d7803a0e"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:284px;height:158px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/5XP2c7tM5bzm-0wPshVfrvUhq2OzZoqgDXZpf_YSu_potcU_fxsdtwWimNZIqmDpjFPO9bEWuR5nioH1LEjRZOivLRcrah8mMKu0LSpawDW0CcsD476Ad3WfmxKoNl29uUhfFRec" width="326.7352380952382" height="165.79257848236296"></span></span></span><br></p>
<p style="margin:15pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Our colleagues in Ukraine need to hear from us. Many of you are in
contact already and it has been noticed and appreciated. We are writing to
encourage you to continue your support and encourage others to respond now. You
can leave messages on the ICAI Facebook page: </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/ICAInternational"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://www.facebook.com/groups/ICAInternational</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:15pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The Ukrainian people need to know you care. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">We are planning an event for
March 17/18 to share with our colleagues in this time of crisis and have a
conversation about how we can best stand in solidarity with them. More details
will be coming soon. Mark your calendar now for the event that is most
convenient for you.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> We are exploring ways to stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian
people caught up in the invasion of Ukraine.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:15pt 0in 0in 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">17 March @ 12 PM UTC (7 am Chicago - 5:30 pm
Delhi - 3 pm Nairobi - 11 pm Sydney)<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 15pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">18 March @ 3 am UTC (10 pm Chicago - 8:30 am
Delhi - 6 am Nairobi - 2pm Sydney) <span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:15pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Watch for details on the </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://icaglobalarchives.org/social-research-center-events/"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Global
Schedule </span></a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">and </span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.ica-international.org/"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ICAI website</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">.. </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://icaglobalarchives.org/social-research-center-events/"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:15pt 0in;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin:15pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-9aff8e8a-7fff-de83-5deb-10f60c056843"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:293px;height:126px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/apQil6zW0EMZmTvDzTBonOggaTE6KyBLyqlCe6m2sFvN4LSpU20n9vGi2YMIrlqxl4tFZuxtqW3SX7H8vQfbK3Xy-h31MDjiL-9XyVNTo8jVlmfPoHbR05KcMivGGmpf-drdGCOM" width="293" height="126" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:15pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">In peace and solidarity,</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:15pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The ICA Global Schedule Team</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p></div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-84af0d13-7fff-46af-8c56-9ae40f2568fa"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:15pt;margin-bottom:15pt"><br></p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 8:49 AM Karen Snyder via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><br><div><div style="font-family:Geneva;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><p align="center" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">STANDING WITH THE PEOPLES OF UKRAINE AND RUSSIA</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family:Geneva;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><p align="center" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"></span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15pt;margin-left:0cm"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Our colleagues in Ukraine need to hear from us. Many of you are in contact already and it has been noticed and appreciated. We are writing to encourage you to continue your support and encourage others to respond now.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15pt;margin-left:0cm"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Ukrainian and Russian peoples need to know you care.<span> </span><span style="background-color:white">We are planning an event for March 17/18 to share with our colleagues in this time of crisis and have a conversation about how we can best stand in solidarity with them. More details will be coming soon. Mark your calendar now for the event that is most convenient for you.</span><span> </span>We are exploring ways to stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian and Russian people caught up in the invasion of Ukraine.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:22.5pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">17 March @ 12 PM UTC (7 am Chicago - 5:30 pm Delhi - 3 pm Nairobi - 11 pm Sydney)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15pt;margin-left:22.5pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">18 March @ 3 am UTC (10 pm Chicago - 8:30 am Delhi - 6 am Nairobi - 2pm Sydney) <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15pt;margin-left:0cm"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Watch for details on the<span> </span></span><a href="https://icaglobalarchives.org/social-research-center-events/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Global Schedule<span> </span></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">and<span> </span></span><a href="http://www.ica-international.org/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">ICAI website</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">..<span> </span></span><a href="https://icaglobalarchives.org/social-research-center-events/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family:Geneva;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><p align="center" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"></span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15pt;margin-left:0cm"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">In peace and solidarity,</span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15pt;margin-left:0cm"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The ICA Global Schedule Team</span><u></u><u></u></p><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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