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<p><a name="article2222332"></a><strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Request for Session Proposals: Alberta Museums Association and Western Museums Association Joint International Conference:&nbsp;</span></strong><em><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">UNITE</span></b></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><em><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Museums moving forward - together.&nbsp;</span></b></em>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Alberta Museums Association (AMA) is thrilled to announce an exciting partnership with the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mailoutinteractive.com/Industry/Redirect.aspx?u=1363423&amp;q=1100379500&amp;lm=55452036&amp;r=852485&amp;qz=08f78fdd1334fcc510c315df86cf1ed2" target="_blank">Western
 Museums Association</a>&nbsp;(WMA), the membership organization for museums and museum professionals in the Western United States, to host a joint international conference in Edmonton, Alberta on September 20 - 23, 2017.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>The AMA / WMA are requesting session proposals that address&nbsp;<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">how we can work together to take action more efficiently, more effectively, and more powerfully</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Unconventional&nbsp; and innovative partnerships<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Museums as agents of social change / social justice<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Activism in museums<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Museums as inclusive places<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Environmental responsibility&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p>Please see the full&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mailoutinteractive.com/Industry/Redirect.aspx?u=1850501&amp;q=1100379500&amp;lm=55452036&amp;r=852485&amp;qz=f7cab0c8109e72eedb903e51c2fd3fe2">Request for Session Proposals</a>&nbsp;for details.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">To submit a proposal, please download the
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2017&nbsp;Proposal Form </a>and send it to&nbsp;</span></strong><a href="mailto:proposals@westmuse.org"><strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">proposals@westmuse.org</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&nbsp;by November
 18, 2016.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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Alberta Museums Association<br>
Suite 404, 10408-124 Street <br>
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