<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The U.S. Department of State’s MapGive initiative, USAID’s
GeoCenter, and the American Red Cross invite you to participate in a series of career
panels on <b>Wednesday Nov 18</b> as part of Geography Awareness Week and
OpenStreetMap Geography Awareness Week (OSMGeoWeek). During this week,
teachers, students, community groups, and map lovers around the world join to
celebrate geography and make maps with OpenStreetMap (OSM), the free and openly
editable map of the world.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">As a global coalition of partners, we invite students and
young professionals to participate in a series of virtual career panels. The
career panels will focus on how professionals use OSM in their work. Our first English
panel will feature professionals from the U.S. Government and NGOs, while the
second English panel will feature those from the private sector. We encourage
you to share this invite broadly across your networks.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Each panel will be 1 hour in length with an additional 15
minutes allotted to Q & As. We will use a single Zoom link for both English
panels. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Please make sure to <b>RSVP</b> as we’ll be sending a Zoom
link using this Eventbrite registration: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/GeoWeekCareer" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">bit.ly/GeoWeekCareer</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Tomorrow is the final day to RSVP!</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The following two English panels are being
scheduled:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Government & NGO Career Panel</span></u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> begins at 1:00pm EST and will include the U.S Department of
State’s Office of the Geographer, USAID, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, The
World Bank, and The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Private Company Career Panel</span></u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> begins at 2:30pm EST and will include Maxar, MapBox, Development
Seed, ESRI, Microsoft, Critigen, IncaTech and Azavea!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">In addition there will be a French panel:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Francophone Career
Panel</span></u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> begins at 12:00pm
EST (separate EventBrite link): <a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Finscription-panel-sur-les-carrieres-pendant-la-semaine-de-sensibilisation-a-la-geograph-128931606907&data=04%7C01%7CGertinTJ%40state.gov%7C305ecb81cfa24b60588308d88a574777%7C66cf50745afe48d1a691a12b2121f44b%7C0%7C0%7C637411454744665982%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=%2B4RVB%2F9NuQRk38KTgB%2BvaoZPXdBtHMwBUhGFYBxHVM0%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" title="Original URL: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inscription-panel-sur-les-carrieres-pendant-la-semaine-de-sensibilisation-a-la-geograph-128931606907. Click or tap if you trust this link." style="color:blue">Panel sur les Carrières pendant la Semaine de
Sensibilisation à la Géograph</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">We encourage you to let other interested parties
know of these events, and feel free to reach out via email to
<a href="mailto:osmgeoweek@gmail.com">osmgeoweek@gmail.com</a> if you have any questions.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">We look forward to seeing you there!</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">-Tom Gertin</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
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