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Smith </SPAN><SPAN
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Lisa Tudehope <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday,
March 16, 2009 1:55 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Deborah Stevenson; Robyn Bushell; Adam
Possamai; Meg Smith; Jan Mason; Natalie Bolzan; Frances Gale; Jane Mears; Hugh
Crago; Mary Hawkins; Debbie Horsfall; Michael Kennedy; Fiona Rummery; Corazon
Sinha; Russell Staiff; Brenda Bartlett; Greg Martin; Janet Falloon; Tim Griffin;
Neil Hall; Michael Houlbrook; Debra Keenahan; Ian Knowd; Sheridan Linnell;
Sharyn Mcgee; Justine O'Sullivan; Craig Osmond; Awais Piracha; Jack Barbalet;
Margaret Mitchell; Poll Theerapappisit; Denise Weelands; Julie Wen; Stephen
Tomsen; Kevin Dunn; Alphia Possamai-Inesedy; Heather Macdonald; Selda
Dagistanli; Sanja Milivojevic<BR><B>Cc:</B> Eva Garcia<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Community Organising in the Obama Era - Video conference invitation [26
March]<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=259145202-16032009>Forwarded on behalf of the Social Justice Social Change
Research Centre</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Bold'; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The
Social Justice Social Change Research Centre at the University of Western Sydney
and the Centre for Urban Research and Learning, Loyola University,
Chicago<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>invite you to participate in a<SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> video-conference
on<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">‘</SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Bold'; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Community
Organising in the Obama Era</SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’ <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Date</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">: Thursday, March 26,
2009<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Time</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">: 8.45am for
9:00am<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>(Refreshments will be
served)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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align=center><FONT size=3><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Venue</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">:
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Western
Sydney</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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align=center><FONT size=3><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bankstown</SPAN></st1:City></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Campus<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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align=center><FONT size=3><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bullecourt
Avenue</SPAN></st1:address></st1:Street><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">,
Milperra<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Video Conference Room
1.1.114<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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align=center><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">RSVP</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">: <A
href="mailto:g.gwyther@uws.edu.au">g.gwyther@uws.edu.au</A> by 23 March
2009<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><FONT size=3>In the context of the first few months
of the Obama administration, we are organizing a videoconference with
activist researchers and community leaders in Chicago and Sydney to discuss
the hopes and expectations of community organisations and non-profit agencies in
the new political era. This grows out of our ongoing relationship with
collaborative research centres at the <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Western
Sydney</st1:PlaceName> and <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Loyola</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><FONT size=3>The purpose of the 90 minute video
conference will be to provide a <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">community
leader view </I>of political changes that are taking place in the
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Since <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region> has
also witnessed a change in leadership away from a governing conservative party,
there is mutual interest in sharing information and perspectives. We expect this
to be of great interest to community leaders and policy researchers interested
in solutions to pressing affordable housing, community development,
job creation, social service delivery, and education issues in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><FONT size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><FONT size=3>We anticipate the audience on both
sides of this videoconference to include faculty, students, and importantly,
community leaders from a variety of local communities. Assuming that the
outcomes of this initial videoconference are of interest to participants, we
anticipate scheduling occasional additional videoconferences. If there is
continued interest, it is quite possible that more substantial exchanges of
ideas and even working relationships could grow out of these
videoconferences. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">For
further information please contact Dr <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Gabrielle
Gwyther</st1:PersonName> on 02 9772 6761 or email <A
href="mailto:g.gwyther@uws.edu.au">g.gwyther@uws.edu.au</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>--------------------------------------------------------------------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2><STRONG>Dr Gabrielle
Gwyther</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2><STRONG>Post Doctoral
Research Fellow</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2><STRONG>Social Justice
Social Change Research Centre</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2><STRONG>University of
Western Sydney</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2><STRONG>(Bankstown Campus
- Room 1.1.205)</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2><STRONG>Locked Bag
1797</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2><STRONG>Penrith South
DC NSW 1797</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2><STRONG>Tel: 02 9772
6761</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2><STRONG>Fax: 02 9772
6450</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2>Mobile: 0411 673
712</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2><STRONG>Email:
</STRONG></FONT><A href="mailto:g.gwyther@uws.edu.au"><FONT face=Arial
color=#808080 size=2><STRONG>g.gwyther@uws.edu.au</STRONG></FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2>Social Justice &
Social Research Centre</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2>University of Western
Sydney</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2>Tel: 02 9772
6450</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2>Fax: 02 9772
6450</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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