<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Black Ocean</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:janaka@blackocean.org">janaka@blackocean.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 6:57 AM<br>Subject: Open Reading Closes in Six Days!<br>To: <<a href="mailto:allison.hedgecoke@ucr.edu">allison.hedgecoke@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg-1547619613903216053"><u></u>
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