<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:1.5;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:large;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Join AWN for a discussion about burnout and racism and ableism in the pandemic.</span></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:1.5;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:large;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:1.5;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);white-space:pre-wrap"></p><font size="4" style="font-family:garamond,serif"><img src="cid:ii_kk7n22wl0" alt="image.png" width="542" height="271"></font><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center;box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:1.5;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4"><br></font></p><h3 class="gmail-has-text-align-center" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-weight:400;margin:0px 0px 20px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;line-height:1.4;text-align:center"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font style="" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">Surviving Burnout from Ableism & Racism in the Pandemic</font></span></h3><p class="gmail-has-text-align-center" style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:center"><em style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4">Sunday, 31 January 2021, at 1pm ET / 12pm CT / 10am PT</font></em></p><p class="gmail-has-text-align-center" style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:center"><em style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4"></font></em></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif"></div><p></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif"><p class="gmail-has-text-align-center" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:center;font-family:Lato,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4">RSVP for <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/surviving-burnout-from-ableism-racism-in-the-pandemic-tickets-136764441125" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(210,24,103)">Surviving Burnout from Ableism & Racism in the Pandemic</a></font></span></p></div><p style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4">Disabled people in Black, Brown, Indigenous, Asian, and mixed-race communities live and struggle against the trauma of racism and ableism every day. During the pandemic, our communities have witnessed and experienced constant violence – in the medical and psychiatric systems, in the criminal legal system, in the educational systems, and in our own homes, communities, and movements. We are all burned out and far beyond capacity even though we are often on the front lines fighting for justice and freedom. This webinar will discuss what it means to survive burnout from racism and ableism during a global pandemic, and how we can offer care to each other outside of harmful systems.</font></p><p style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4">We will provide ASL interpretation (with a CDI) and CART captioning for this event, which participants will be able to join by video or phone.</font></p><p style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:underline"><font size="4">Panelists</font></span></span></p><p style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://twitter.com/allilsaf" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(210,24,103)">Allilsa Fernandez</a> </span>is a mental health and disability advocate and activist. They are currently Advocacy and Policy Senior at ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia, and member of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project’s Shelter Organizing Team. He is a board member of the National Council on Independent Living, DREAM, and ISPS-US. She is also a peer specialist and aspiring lawyer.</font></p><p style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://restforresistance.com/team" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(210,24,103)">Dom Chatterjee</a></span> (they/them) is a freelance editor, holistic health educator, and the lead organizer behind QTPoC Mental Health. They seek healing through peer support, aerial arts, music, baking, and writing. Find the community-driven resources they organize on <a href="http://restforresistance.com">restforresistance.com</a>.</font></p><p style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:underline"><font size="4">Moderator</font></span></span></p><p style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Lydia X. Z. Brown</span> is AWN’s Director of Policy, Advocacy, & External Affairs.</font></p><p class="gmail-has-text-align-center" style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:center"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4">RSVP for <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/surviving-burnout-from-ableism-racism-in-the-pandemic-tickets-136764441125" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(210,24,103)">Surviving Burnout from Ableism & Racism in the Pandemic</a></font></span></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif"><p style="font-family:Lato,sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4">Please contact <a href="mailto:lbrown@awnnetwork.org">lbrown@awnnetwork.org</a> with any questions.</font></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif">[<span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">Event banner shows a photo of extremely cracked and dry ground in the desert in the background. The text says Surviving Burnout from Ableism &amp; Racism in the Pandemic, January 31 at 1pm Eastern / 10am Pacific. There are photos of two people - a smiling Latinx person with short dark hair and a bowtie, and a thoughtful South Asian person wearing glasses and a Rest for Resistance tshirt. Under the photos are the names Allilsa Fernandez and Dom Chatterjee. The corner shows the AWN logo - a large "a" with a dragonfly on it, and the words <a href="http://awnnetwork.org">awnnetwork.org</a>.]</span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>