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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear friends and neighbors,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please consider coming to the eighth in our series of "Conversations About Race", which will be held at Rochambeau Library on Monday, February 10, beginning with pot-luck supper at 6:30 PM. Please save the date, and we hope you will be able to attend.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:36.0pt'>Conversations About Race<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt'><img width=561 height=380 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01D5B80D.216D8950" alt="cid:image003.png@01D5B80D.216D8950"></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:28.0pt'>Monday, February 10, 2020 6:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt'>Pot-luck Supper and Conversation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:90%'><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt;line-height:90%'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>Rochambeau Library, 708 Hope Street, Providence<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt'>8<sup>th</sup> in a series of Conversations about Racial Harmony, Racial Healing, and Justice<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:90%'><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:90%;color:black'>"To promote the concepts of love and unity for the entire human race,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:90%'><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:90%;color:black'>That the feelings of superiority and suspicion be eliminated,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:90%'><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:90%;color:black'>And that peace and friendship become the reality for all humanity."</span></i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:90%'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:90%'><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt;line-height:90%'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:90%'>To establish personal relationships across color lines in a space that is safe and welcoming.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:90%'>To address American racism with an eye toward change; to eliminate racism in any form it may appear.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:90%'><b><i><span style='color:black'>The most important skill to both exemplify and encourage in others is listening with an aim toward understanding.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>Topic: "How we can start to heal the pain of racial division"<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:4.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Discussion based on 20-minute video talk by Ruby Sales</span></b> <span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(see a preview here: <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/ruby_sales_how_we_can_start_to_heal_the_pain_of_racial_division">https://www.ted.com/talks/ruby_sales_how_we_can_start_to_heal_the_pain_of_racial_division</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:4.0pt'><br></span></b><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Come join us, and bring a friend.<br></span></i></b><br>Warmest regards on behalf of the "Conversations About Race" planning team,<br><span style='color:#1F497D'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Paul G Smith</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>54 Summit Ave, Providence, RI 02906</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cell:</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>802-343-0978</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>E-mail:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:paul.slvrwngs@gmail.com">paul.slvrwngs@gmail.com</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>_____________________________________________________________________</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens"<br> - Baha'u'llah </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.bahai.org/">http://www.bahai.org</a><br><i>"Nothing is too much trouble when one loves, and there is always time."<br> - Abdu'l-Baha</i></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></body></html>