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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please share widely!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">You are cordially invited to the 2019 Society for Disability Studies conference, including our traditional dance, now known as the
<a href="https://english.osu.edu/events/disco-ball-2019">DISCO Ball</a>! </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Join us April 7, 2019 for food, fun, and a thought-provoking keynote from Dr. Sami Schalk and Dr. Jina Kim titled “Integrating
Race, Transforming Feminist Disability Studies.” </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">DISCO Ball is free and open to the public. Due to limited space, attendees are asked to register </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">by
filling out </span><span class="gmaildefault"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">a webform (see the
<a href="https://english.osu.edu/events/disco-ball-2019">DISCO Ball</a> site for link).
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">The form will ask about the number of people in your party, dietary restrictions and access requests</span><span class="gmaildefault"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">.
The Blackwell Ballroom is wheels</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">-accessible, and a quiet room will be available. Attendees are asked not to wear fragranced products.
If you have further questions</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, please contact Carol Bitzinger at
<a href="mailto:bitzinger.1@osu.edu" target="_blank">bitzinger.1@osu.edu</a> .</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">While</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> you’re making your plans, you may also wish to register for the
</span><span class="gmail-m2513927026587610886gmail-msohyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000"><a href="http://disstudies.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#C00000;text-decoration:none">Society for Disability
Studies</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> and </span><span class="gmail-m2513927026587610886gmail-msohyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000"><a href="https://ada.osu.edu/multiple-perspectives-conference/2019-conference" target="_blank"><span style="color:#C00000;text-decoration:none">Multiple
Perspectives</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> conferences</span><span class="gmaildefault"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, taking place at the same time
at OSU</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(We apologize for the multiple registrations ... Both conferences are a labor of love, and we are working every year to streamline!)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Attached Flyer Image Description<span class="gmaildefault">:
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The words DISCO BALL are in a retro-font slant upward across the top of the page. The O in DISCO is the image of a disco ball, and the two Ls in Ball appear as though they could be rollerblades.
Information about the DISCO ball, included in this email, also appears on the page alongside the Society for Disability Studies and the Disability Studies Graduate Student Association logos. The primary image<span class="gmaildefault"> on the flyer</span>
is of DISCO Ball attendee Michelle Wallace, who is playing air guitar on her cane while rocking a purple sequined dress.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The DISCO Ball is co-sponsored by the Ohio State</span><span class="gmail-m2513927026587610886gmail-msohyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="https://english.osu.edu/about/disabilitystudies" target="_blank" title="Disability Studies webpage"><span style="color:#BB0000;text-decoration:none"> Disability
Studies</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> Program, the Disability Studies Graduate Student Association, the </span><span class="gmail-m2513927026587610886gmail-msohyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="https://odi.osu.edu/" target="_blank" title="Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Ohio State"><span style="color:#BB0000;text-decoration:none">Office
of Diversity and Inclusion</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">, the </span><span class="gmail-m2513927026587610886gmail-msohyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="http://mcc.osu.edu/" target="_blank" title="Multicultural Center at Ohio State"><span style="color:#BB0000;text-decoration:none">Student
Life Multicultural Center</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">, the </span><span class="gmail-m2513927026587610886gmail-msohyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="https://comparativestudies.osu.edu/" target="_blank" title="Department of Comparative Studies at Ohio State"><span style="color:#BB0000;text-decoration:none">Department
of Comparative Studies</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> and </span><span class="gmail-m2513927026587610886gmail-msohyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="https://projectnarrative.osu.edu/" target="_blank" title="Project Narrative webpage"><span style="color:#BB0000;text-decoration:none">Project
Narrative</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">, the Graduate Association for Mental Health Action and Advocacy, the English Graduate Organization, the Graduate Association of Diversity Educators and
the </span><span class="gmail-m2513927026587610886gmail-msohyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="https://ada.osu.edu/" target="_blank" title="ADA office webpage"><span style="color:#BB0000;text-decoration:none">Office
of the ADA Coordinator</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We hope to learn and celebrate with many of you in April!</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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