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<strong>UCR Library</strong></a><strong><span style="color:rgb(8,8,8)">, and the UCR LGBT Resource Center for a free Writers Week 2024 Special Session with George M. Johnson on </span></strong></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><strong><span style="color:rgb(8,8,8)">Tuesday, April 16 at noon. Attend in-person in Interdisciplinary South (INTS) 1128 </span></strong></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><a href="https://www.crowdcast.io/c/zo06t9aribrm" target="_blank" style="word-break:break-word;color:rgb(9,53,217);direction:ltr"><strong>See Virtual Registration Button below </strong></a></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><strong><span style="color:rgb(8,8,8)">Our University Librarian Steven Mandeville-Gamble and BrandElsa will host</span></strong></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><strong><span style="color:rgb(8,8,8)">this reading and conversation with George M. Johnson, an award-winning Black Non-Binary writer, author, and executive producer located in the LA area.</span></strong></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><strong><span style="color:rgb(9,53,217)"><span style="font-size:20px">The first 50 people arriving at the in-person reading will receive a free copy of either All Boys Aren't Blue or We Are Not Broken.</span></span><span style="color:rgb(8,8,8)"><span style="font-size:20px"> </span></span></strong></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><strong><span style="color:rgb(9,53,217)">View the event flyer </span></strong><a href="https://tinyurl.com/GeorgeMJohnsonUCR" target="_blank" style="word-break:break-word;color:rgb(9,53,217);direction:ltr"><strong>here</strong></a><strong><span style="color:rgb(9,53,217)"> </span></strong></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><a href="https://blackgarnetbooks.com/item/JrDhLxiYRKdF29mNen0Pig/lists/8IB-Wfj5Cvw/" style="word-break:break-word;color:rgb(8,8,8);direction:ltr"><strong>We Are Not Broken</strong></a><strong><span style="color:rgb(8,8,8)"><br></span></strong><a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374312718/allboysarentblue" style="word-break:break-word;color:rgb(8,8,8);direction:ltr"><strong>All Boys Aren’t Blue</strong></a></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><strong><span style="color:rgb(8,8,8)"><br></span></strong><a href="https://www.aclu.org/bio/george-m-johnson" style="word-break:break-word;color:rgb(8,8,8);direction:ltr"><strong>Salute to Excellence Award by the National Association of Black Journalists</strong></a></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><strong>A SEASON’S DO NOT MISS EVENT </strong></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><strong><span style="color:rgb(9,53,217)"><span style="font-size:21px">Join us LIVE In-Person on</span></span></strong></p><p class="gmail-last-child" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;direction:ltr"><strong><span style="color:rgb(8,8,8)"><span style="font-size:19px"> </span></span></strong><a href="https://www.crowdcast.io/c/zo06t9aribrm" style="word-break:break-word;color:rgb(9,53,217);direction:ltr"><strong><span style="font-size:19px">TUESDAY, APRIL 16TH | in UCR’s CHASS INTS BLDG  Room 1128</span></strong></a></p></div></td></tr><tr><td class="gmail-mceBlockContainer" align="center" valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;b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