<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Join us in February for Part 2 of our “Cultivating Careers” series!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">WHEN: Wednesday, February 8</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">WHAT: Activating Radical Community Care</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">WHO: Any cultural professionals who identify as Indigenous, Black, or a Person of Colour (IBPOC) are welcome to attend.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In this professional development session, facilitator Madison Tardif will provide resources and tools to think about our own identities and<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-scayt-misspell-word"><span style="line-height:inherit;border-bottom-color:rgba(234,28,35,0.65);box-sizing:border-box">positionalities</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>in relation to our professional, interpersonal, and communal relationships.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">As a starting point for engaging with themes of anti-racism, community, building and self-preservation in harmful systems, we’ll focus on empowering participants to employ acts of radical self- and community- care.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://museum.bc.ca/membership/mentorship/ibpoc-museum-professionals-network/?cm=1&cy=2023">Register for free</a> now!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></p><img src="cid:ii_ldeymmuw0" alt="IBPOC Cultivating Careers Sessions-2 copy.png" width="488" height="488"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Jazmin Hundal<br>Communications & Special Projects Coordinator<br></span></div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/gender-diversity/pronouns/" target="_blank">Pronouns</a>: She/Her/Hers</font></span></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px"></span></p><div><br><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font color="#888888">The BC Museums Association office is located on the traditional, unceded lands of the <a href="https://vimeo.com/275788251" target="_blank">Lekwungen</a> peoples (Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations). We respect past, present, and future Indigenous stewards and recognize that we are uninvited guests on this territory.</font> <br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div><font><font color="#666666">Do you identify as Indigenous, Black, or a Person of Colour working in the cultural sector? Check out our </font><a href="https://museum.bc.ca/membership/mentorship/ibpoc-museum-professionals-network/?cm=1&cy=2023" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">IBPOC Network homepage</font></a><font color="#000000">, </font></font><font color="#666666">where resources, community support, and upcoming networking sessions can be found.</font><font color="#000000"> </font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">BC Museums Association || 675 Belleville Street  || Victoria, BC || V8W 9W2</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px"></span><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px"><a href="http://www.museum.bc.ca/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.museum.bc.ca</a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>