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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>Hello everyone!</span><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>We hope you are doing well, and have been staying safe and healthy this quarter. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;min-height:15px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>We’d like to introduce ourselves as Sindhu and Ruchika, co-presidents of Synapse at the University of Washington. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;min-height:15px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>At Synapse, we believe connection is a powerful form of medicine. Our mission is to support individuals with brain injury through cultivating a robust social support network, raising public awareness about brain injury, and creating a powerful community of advocates for individuals with brain injury. Through opportunities such as our buddy program and peer support groups, we strive to provide means for students to actively engage in a warm and welcoming environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;min-height:15px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>We’re so excited to announce that our first student meeting of the year will be taking place this <b><span style='color:black;background:yellow'>Thursday, October 27th, at 6:30PM.</span> </b>We are continuing to operate primarily within a virtual format, and thus this meeting will be conducted over Zoom. We'll be discussing an overview of brain injury, walking through our schedule for this quarter, and introducing an open executive board position we are hoping to fill! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>Here is the Zoom link for the meeting: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Topic: Synapse at the UW - First General Meeting<br>Time: Oct 27, 2022 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)<br><br>Join Zoom Meeting<br><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/washington.zoom.us/j/93693772486__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!mbCFDZV9M7BVGVgZYBq2IAQ9U7PVYPY6Tc_6hUiCs2GCacnF9nyaUIZKHuMjiW-YScEE3hVIEX57Py0$" target="_blank">https://washington.zoom.us/j/93693772486 [washington.zoom.us]</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ruchika and Sindhu, Presidents of Synapse <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>