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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B;text-transform:uppercase;background:white">Our Community Gathers: A Conversation with Counselors about Mental Health in 2020 | 9/17/20 7-9 PM EDT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B">Practicing Self-Care | Supporting Counselors of Color<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B"><a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.counseling.org%2Fnews%2Fevent-calendar%2F2020%2F09%2F17%2Fdefault-calendar%2Fgoverning-council&data=02%7C01%7C%7C22518c63ade74761fb5908d85845d3ce%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637356404218088748&sdata=B2ZRy9o9lwN03PJSezVVfa0KZun3tAHFbmUNog0kLzo%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.counseling.org/news/event-calendar/2020/09/17/default-calendar/governing-council" shash="xvwxVNKXwB7AP4uHiq9IyU4skWM0dh9XrTFh3tadrHZPhn+3rbjTTtu4VCmXgu5iPY79zl803cq3Jz0BuMh1DNJ949fqDNkjTW+cCdu3TWSbzRve3iRQMAMC7oE4YlCejLM81mIbb17razudxqR0EZ6pzrjcEo2Wqp67yVUkFgY=">https://www.counseling.org/news/event-calendar/2020/09/17/default-calendar/governing-council</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(Note: you can register for this free event using the link above)<span style="color:#54565B"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:24.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B">Counselors are helping clients cope with the trauma resulting from racism, stress and COVID-19 while also dealing with their personal and professional
well-being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:24.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B">On
<b>Thursday, September 17, 2020 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time</b>, the American Counseling Association will hold space for counselors to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B">Share their concerns, grief and struggle to maintain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B">Hear from others, and grow in solidarity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B">Experience expert panelists sharing advice, self-care practices and encouragement for this unprecedented time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:24.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B">PANELISTS INCLUDE:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#54565B"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B">Dr. Beverly O’Bryant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#54565B"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B">Dr. Courtland Lee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#54565B"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B">Dr. Gerald Corey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#54565B"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B">Dr. Ebony White<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B">Dr. Mark Scholl<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#54565B"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B">Dr. Anneliese Singh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B">Dr. Selma Yznaga <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B">Dr. Sue Pressman will open<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B">Dr. S. Kent Butler will facilitate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:24.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B">The presentation will last two hours and include reflections and responses from panelists and include time for sharing, comments and questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:24.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#54565B">It is our hope that counselors learn how to stay empowered to do their work and that they are supported in their exhaustion and grief.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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