<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr">Hello everyone,</div><div class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div class="gmail_attr">Our call for proposals is now open and we're looking for you to present about Math Accessibility! Share your best practices, tools you use to get the job done, techniques you've discovered along the way, options for students to access content, etc. <a href="https://forms.gle/d3dz1Pdz3aYxMwtf8" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="color:inherit;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(5,99,193);font-size:11pt;text-decoration-line:underline;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Submit your Proposal (Google Form)</span></span></a>!</div><div class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div class="gmail_attr">As a reminder, <a href="https://athenpro.org/about" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="background-color:transparent;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(5,99,193);font-size:11pt;text-decoration-line:underline;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">ATHEN</span></span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> is hosting the first ever </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">“Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) Accessibility: Starting with Math”</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> virtual conference on February 10th and 11th, 2022. We are striving to create a diverse conference where experts can share their best practices, solutions, techniques, etc. for accessing and creating accessible STEM content in higher education.</span></span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"></span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><a href="https://athenpro.org/content/athen-virtual-conference" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(5,99,193);font-size:11pt;text-decoration-line:underline;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Conference Details, Dates, Registration, Cost</span></span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0p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