<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lucida Grande; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><DIV class="Section1"><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center; 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"><FONT size="3" color="navy" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:" lucida="" bright";="" color:navy;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;="" color:="" rgb(0,="" 0,="" 128);="" font-size:="" 16px;="" text-align:="" center;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">Western Mass Coalition for Immigrant and Workers’ Rights and SAGE present</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></I></B><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "><FONT color="navy" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-family:" lucida="" bright";="" color:navy;font-weight:bold;="" color:="" rgb(0,="" 0,="" 128);="" font-size:="" 16px;="" text-align:="" center;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">:</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); 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font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "><FONT size="5" color="#333399" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family: " lucida="" bright";color:#333399;font-weight:bold;="" font-size:="" 21.3333px;="" text-align:="" center;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 21.3333px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">Trishala Deb of The Audre Lorde Project in </SPAN><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 21.3333px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">Brooklyn</SPAN></ST1:CITY><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 21.3333px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">, </SPAN><ST1:STATE w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 21.3333px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">New York</SPAN></ST1:STATE></ST1:PLACE><O:P style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 21.3333px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "><FONT size="5" color="#333399" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family: " lucida="" bright";color:#333399;font-weight:bold;="" font-size:="" 21.3333px;="" text-align:="" center;=""><O:P style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 21.3333px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 21.3333px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.5in;text-indent:.5in;page-break-after: avoid; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-indent: 48px; "><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 48px; "><I style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 48px; "><FONT size="5" color="#333399" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:" lucida="" bright";color:#333399;font-weight:="" bold;font-style:italic;="" font-size:="" 21.3333px;="" text-indent:="" 48px;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 21.3333px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 48px; ">Immigration, the IMF and the War in </SPAN><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 21.3333px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 48px; ">Iraq</SPAN></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 21.3333px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 48px; ">: Why We Will Never Be Illegal</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 21.3333px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 48px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></I></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:5.0in; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><FONT size="4" color="navy" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:" lucida="" bright";color:navy;font-weight:="" bold;="" color:="" rgb(0,="" 0,="" 128);="" font-size:="" 18.6667px;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; ">Sunday</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></B><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><FONT size="4" color="#333399" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:" lucida="" bright";="" color:#333399;font-weight:bold;="" font-size:="" 18.6667px;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; ">, October 2</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></B><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><FONT size="4" color="navy" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:" lucida="" bright";="" color:navy;font-weight:bold;="" color:="" rgb(0,="" 0,="" 128);="" font-size:="" 18.6667px;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; ">1</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></B><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><FONT size="4" color="#333399" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:" lucida="" bright";="" color:#333399;font-weight:bold;="" font-size:="" 18.6667px;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; ">, 2007</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></B><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><FONT size="4" color="navy" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:" lucida="" bright";="" color:navy;font-weight:bold;="" color:="" rgb(0,="" 0,="" 128);="" font-size:="" 18.6667px;=""><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "><FONT size="4" color="navy" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:" lucida="" bright";color:navy;font-weight:="" bold;="" color:="" rgb(0,="" 0,="" 128);="" font-size:="" 18.6667px;="" text-align:="" center;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">Edwards Church, </SPAN><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">Northampton</SPAN></ST1:CITY></ST1:PLACE><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "> 7PM</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "><FONT size="4" color="#333399" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family: " lucida="" bright";color:#333399;font-weight:bold;="" font-size:="" 18.6667px;="" text-align:="" center;=""><O:P style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "><FONT size="4" color="#003366" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family: " lucida="" bright";color:#003366;font-weight:bold;="" font-size:="" 18.6667px;="" text-align:="" center;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">This is an interactive session which seeks to put the current immigration debate in the </SPAN><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">U.S.</SPAN></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "> in the context of globalization and war profiteering. We ask</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "><FONT size="4" color="#003366" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family: " lucida="" bright";color:#003366;font-weight:bold;="" font-size:="" 18.6667px;="" text-align:="" center;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">*why are some countries more poor than others?</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "><FONT size="4" color="#003366" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family: " lucida="" bright";color:#003366;font-weight:bold;="" font-size:="" 18.6667px;="" text-align:="" center;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">*why do people immigrate to the </SPAN><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">United States</SPAN></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">?</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "><FONT size="4" color="#003366" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family: " lucida="" bright";color:#003366;font-weight:bold;="" font-size:="" 18.6667px;="" text-align:="" center;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">*why is the </SPAN><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">U.S.</SPAN></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "> in a war in </SPAN><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">Iraq</SPAN></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; ">?</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "><FONT size="4" color="#003366" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family: " lucida="" bright";color:#003366;font-weight:bold;="" font-size:="" 18.6667px;="" text-align:="" center;=""><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal"><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><FONT size="4" color="#003366" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:" lucida="" bright";color:#003366;font-weight:="" bold;="" font-size:="" 18.6667px;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; ">We then examine information about structural adjustment, domestic immigration policy, and corporate war profiteering.</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal"><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><FONT size="4" color="#003366" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:" lucida="" bright";color:#003366;font-weight:="" bold;="" font-size:="" 18.6667px;=""><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal"><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><FONT size="4" color="#003366" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:" lucida="" bright";color:#003366;font-weight:="" bold;="" font-size:="" 18.6667px;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; ">Finally, we look at case studies of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, and Trans people of color in all of these intersections. We will discuss how transphobia, homophobia, and imperialism effect lives, communities, and choices.</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal"><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><FONT size="4" color="#003366" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:" lucida="" bright";color:#003366;font-weight:="" bold;="" font-size:="" 18.6667px;=""><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: bold; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal"><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><FONT size="3" color="#003366" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:" lucida="" bright";color:#003366;font-weight:="" bold;="" font-size:="" 16px;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; ">We will use small groups, large group exercises, and large group discussion formats. We want participants to walk away understanding basic definitions of globlization, structural adjustment, current </SPAN><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; ">U.S.</SPAN></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "> immigration policy, and war profiteering on the part of </SPAN><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; ">U.S.</SPAN></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "> corporations. We will also emphasize that the current immigration policy debate can only be understood in the context of poverty and destabilization of the global south, and the military industrial goals of the </SPAN><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; ">US</SPAN></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "> government and defense corporations. Finally, we will talk about how we seek to address these issues through a participation in a growing immigrant rights movement, which is connected to transnational anti-globalization organizing.</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal"><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><FONT size="3" color="green" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:" lucida="" bright";color:green;font-weight:="" bold;="" color:="" rgb(0,="" 128,="" 0);="" font-size:="" 16px;=""><O:P style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><I style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><FONT size="3" color="maroon" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:" lucida="" bright";color:maroon;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;="" color:="" rgb(128,="" 0,="" 0);="" font-size:="" 16px;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; ">The Audre Lorde Project is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit and Transgender People of Color center for community organizing, focusing on the </SPAN><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; ">New York City</SPAN></ST1:CITY></ST1:PLACE><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "> area. Through mobilization, education and capacity-building, we work for community wellness and progressive social and economic justice. Committed to struggling across differences, we seek to responsibly reflect, represent and serve our various communities.</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></I></B></P><P class="MsoNormal"><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><I style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><FONT size="3" color="purple" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:" lucida="" bright";color:purple;font-weight:="" bold;font-style:italic;="" color:="" rgb(128,="" 0,="" 128);="" font-size:="" 16px;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; ">Trishala Deb has worked as a social worker and community organizer in North Carolina, </SPAN><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; ">Georgia</SPAN></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "> and </SPAN><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; ">New York City</SPAN></ST1:CITY></ST1:PLACE><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; ">. Her work has focused on welfare rights, domestic violence, immigrant and refugee/women's/lgbt rights, and building progressive spaces within the South Asian community. She is currently working for The Audre Lorde Project – a community organizing center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color in </SPAN><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY w:st="on"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; ">New York City</SPAN></ST1:CITY></ST1:PLACE><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; ">. She is a steering committee member of the South Asian Lesbian Gay Association (SALGA),and a member of the Community Birthing Project – a collective of doulas of color.</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></I></B></P><P class="MsoNormal"><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><I style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><FONT size="2" color="purple" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:" lucida="" bright";color:purple;font-weight:="" bold;font-style:italic;="" color:="" rgb(128,="" 0,="" 128);="" font-size:="" 14.6667px;=""><O:P style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></I></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "><FONT size="3" color="#333399" face="Lucida Bright"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: " lucida="" bright";color:#333399;font-weight:bold;="" font-size:="" 16px;="" text-align:="" center;=""><O:P style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P></DIV></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE></O:SMARTTAGTYPE><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></DIV><BR></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>