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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">COME JOIN US THIS TUESDAY, MARCH 14<sup>th</sup> AT NOON VIA ZOOM</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> for our APA-MA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee’s Lunch and Learn!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Alexis Lanzillotta of the Barrett Planning Group will present the firm’s recently completed and APA-MA Chapter Award-Winning Needs Assessment and Action Plan
for LEP and Disability Communications Access Plan for the City of Quincy, MA. She will discuss the strengths and limitations often experienced by organizations trying to improve their meaningful access to communications, and highlights lessons learned and
best practices. The Plan’s recommendations enable the City to advance social justice, inclusion, and fairness for those with Limited English Proficiency and those with mobility, cognition, independent living, hearing, vision, and self-care disabilities in
one of the fastest-growing and most diverse cities in the Greater Boston area.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gmail.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f3165c5c009077815dc03586f&id=fb3a4e0bf5&e=39d75b8b10__;!!CUhgQOZqV7M!iK_gUoOCuEEWBT0_SIClvLoi_1vzpj8Yxe-FoDmwd_8zKz4Z5wfeO2CidAJkg0dxs46nRz228QeApS2KCuIi1is92TfWld7BSg$" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#007C89">Please
click the link to register for the session.</span></b></a></span><span class="A1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Kenneth Comia, AICP <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Deputy Director, Land Use and Environment Department<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Pioneer Valley Planning Commission<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">60 Congress Street – Floor 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Springfield, MA 01104<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">p: 413-285-1175 | e:
<a href="mailto:kcomia@pvpc.org">kcomia@pvpc.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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