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Highlights:
Opening Prayer
Province V Events and Resources
- Big Provincial Gathering 2026 - Registration is open!
- Provincial Youth Event 2026 - Registration is open!
- Prov V T-Shirts!
- BPG - Information Menu
- Thanks to BPG Sponsors!
- Vocation Hub Profile Orientation
- Campus Ministry Cohort - Fall 2026
- Coaching for Leaders
- Episcopal Creation Care Gathering
Network Gatherings
- You are welcome to any of these events!
Other Events of Interest
- Episcopal Church webinars and resources
- The Jordan Project
- Recovery Ministries Retreat
- Episcopal Camps and Conference Centers
- Healthy Congregation Lunch and Learn
- Bellwether Farm Events
- Camp Chickagami Events
- SoulShop Training (OH only)
- Summertime Monk Opportunity
Other Resources of Interest
- Wear Orange Sunday
- Church Periodical Club
- Fund for the Diaconate
- Endowment resources (ECF)
- Association of Anglican Musicians
- Podcasts
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Opening Prayer
27. For Social Justice
See also Various Occasions no. 21.
Grant, O God, that your holy and life-giving Spirit may so move every human heart [and especially the hearts of the people of this land], that barriers which divide us may crumble, suspicions disappear, and hatreds cease; that our divisions being healed, we may live in justice and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Book of Common Prayer, 823
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BPG Information Menu
The full list of details is available on the main BPG page
This will be a BUSY 24-48 hours! Here are the highlights as you start to plan your weekend!
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Pre-Event Trainings - Lots of options for additional learning (Thursday afternoon and Friday morning)
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Workshop Chart - with all of the workshops and links to descriptions
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Swag - send in physical or digital swag for your organization or ministry
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Resource Tables - share your unneeded extras and pick up new books and sacristy items for your ministry or yourself!
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Volunteer with the BPG - we need your help and support
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Press Packet - if you are a communicator for your parish or diocese, you can find all of the information and graphics at this link.
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Order Your Province V T-shirt
Order your exclusive Province V t-shirt by June 5!
We're going to get the "Next-Level" brand that is super soft! You can see the shirt.
$20 / shirt.
Colors: Heather Mauve, Teal, Warm Grey.
Order by June 5 and pick up at the Big Provincial Gathering!
More information and order form
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Thank you to our sponsors!
Only with them is this event possible!
Contact Heather if you would like to sponsor.
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Vocation Hub Profile Orientation
Guided by a team of diocesan transition leaders, Episcopal Church Center staff has launched a new platform to better serve the needs of people and communities in transition. Vocation Hub replaces the OTM Ministry Portfolio. Developed by Church Center staff, this new platform is designed to evolve alongside the needs of the church. Vocation Hub offers a range of new features to assist both candidates and communities in discovering their next call.
Craig Dressler, Ministry Network Specialist, will host orientation sessions for members of Province V. These sessions will focus on building candidate/individual profiles and will highlight the search features available within Vocation Hub.
There are two opportunities to attend this orientation:
We look forward to seeing you!
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Fall 2026 Campus Ministry Cohort: From Chasing Relevance to Encountering Resonance
Purpose: To equip and prepare worshiping communities to engage Institutions of Higher Learning in their local ministry context. IHLs include community colleges, trade schools, professional schools, colleges and universities.
Vision: What would it look like for TEC worshiping communities to embody a way of keeping evangelism and discipleship, outreach and spiritual formation deeply intertwined as we live out our corporate life together in the world? How might our understanding of ministry alongside emerging generations be transformed when we learn to repent of seeing college students and young adults as resources that can make the church youthful and relevant again, and instead, receiving them as fellow children of God that we encounter and learn from in resonant relationship through Jesus Christ?
Who: Congregational Leaders (lay and clergy) interested in sharing in Christ's ministry on campus.
What's Included:
- 6 Interactive Zoom Gatherings on Thursday Evenings, (9/24, 10/8, 10/22, 11/5, 11/19, 12/3 from 7:30-9 pm ET / 6:30-8 pm CT ).
- These gatherings will include:
- Best Practices for engaging students on campus and welcoming them into the life of the church.
- Training & Resources focused on embodied, contextual approaches to hospitality, evangelism, and discipleship.
- Practical Steps for building trusting relationships with all IHL Stakeholders (students, faculty, staff, & alumni).
- Breakout Rooms for sharing, processing, & celebrating what we are learning along the way.
- Between Gatherings:
- You will be given tools and tasks to accomplish together with your team & report back to the cohort.
- Access to our Cohort Substack to access resources, ask questions, and share ministry experiences.
- 4 Monthly Coaching Sessions with Province V's Campus Ministry Developer (can be utilized in Fall 2026 or Spring 2027).
Cost: FREE to worshiping communities inside Province V! Congregations from outside the province can join for a fee.
Registration Deadline: You can wait until the last minute (September 23), but it would be helpful to reach out to Eric if you are considering participating!
Have Questions?
Please email Province V's Campus Ministry Developer, Eric Richey.
Want to Register?
Register here
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Leadership Coaching Project
In a world that often asks leaders to react, perform, and endure, the call of Ephesians invites something deeper: to “clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.” Coaching becomes one way we practice putting on that new self. It is a space where leaders are invited to listen for God’s shaping presence within their own lives, to grow in clarity and courage, and to align their leadership more fully with the holy work already unfolding in and around them.
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Coaching is a dialogue between a coach and an individual, group, or team to find creative ways to solve challenging problems or improve team performance on key initiatives.
The coach's role is to draw out expertise through inquiry, curiosity, and challenges so that clients can stretch into their best selves.
Lay leaders, deacons, priests, and bishops are all invited to consider coaching. The focus on coaching will always be generated by the coachee; the coach is a partner who listens deeply and asks powerful questions to help the coachee set attainable and timely goals.
Learn More and Book a Coach.
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Registration is open!
The Episcopal Creation Care Gathering invites Creation Care leaders and activists to spend time digging deep into the theological and practical ministry of Creation Care across The Episcopal Church.
Printable Flyer
Registration
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ECCG Deep Dive
Thursday, June 11, 7:30 ET / 6:30 CT
And each 2nd Thursday!
Registration
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ALL are welcome to attend these Zoom conversations.
To get a reminder for any of these events, request to be added to the list by contacting Heather
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Archivists
Date of next meeting:
Jun 8, 11 am ET / 10 am CT
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89950734030 (password: 5)
Convener: Brian Wilbert, Ohio
webpage: https://www.provincev.org/archivist.html
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Creation Care
Date of next meeting:
Jun 8, 1 pm ET / 12 noon CT
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82932843412
(password: 5)
Convener: Jeanette Ettin, Eastern Michigan
webpage: https://www.provincev.org/creation.html
The Feast of Creation and the Revised Common Lectionary
There is big ecumenical news this year, and it is creation care news. The World Council of Churches, together with the Consultation on Common Texts, have created and approved a set of lectionary readings to celebrate a new feast day on the Christian calendar – The Feast of Creation in Christ, to be celebrated on the first Sunday of September each year.
What does this mean? How big is this moment in the life of the church? Will you be seeing these readings soon in a lectionary near you? How is such a feast to be celebrated?
Come join the conversation about this moment with the Rev. Jerry Cappel, who will review the history of how we got here and explore the selected texts for the three-year lectionary cycle. If you wish to prepare for this conversation, visit: https://www.feastofcreation.com/.
Rev. Cappel is the Environmental Network Coordinator for Province IV of the Episcopal Church, and President of the Center for Deep Green Faith.
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Migration Ministries
Date of next meeting:
July 21, 8 pm ET / 7 pm C
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81246380265
(password: 5)
Conveners: Silvia Huth, Michigan and
Jack Lloyd, Chicago
webpage: https://www.provincev.org/migration.html
Episcopal Migration Response Network
Episcopal Migration Ministry hosts an Asylum and Detention Ministry Network that meets virtually on the fourth Wednesday of every month. The Ministry Network’s collaborative work and conversation focus on best practice-sharing in areas of direct service, organizing, advocacy actions, Christian formation and worship resources, and community education to protect asylum, promote humane and dignified alternatives to detention, and to support asylum seekers and those harmed by the immigration detention system. Learn more and register to attend meetings here.
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Safe Church
webpage
Use this page to get connected to your diocesan contact for Safe Church training and information.
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Dismantling Racism
Date of next meeting:
Jun 4 1 pm ET / 12 noon CT
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83673680882
(password: 5)
webpage:
https://www.provincev.org/dismantlingracism
Be renewed and get connected with other leaders during our Wisdom Circles. As summer begins and seasons change, join us for a lunch Zoom gathering to reflect, reconnect, and continue the important work of dismantling racism together.
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Retired / Retiring Clergy
Date of next meeting:
BIG PROVINCIAL GATHERING!
During the BPG, we will set a time for online meetings.
Convener: Nancy Foster (Great Lakes) and Percy Grant (Ohio / Maine)
webpage:
https://www.provincev.org/retiredclergy.html
Gather together at the Big Provincial Gathering (BPG)! Register for the workshop for "Retired / Retiring Clergy" to learn more and get connected.
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Youth and Children
Convener: Carmen Piggins, Michigan
webpage:
https://www.provincev.org/youth.html
Provincial Youth Event will run concurrently / shared with BPG!
ALL Youth and Children Ministers
Watch this space for upcoming events.
Diocesan Youth Workers
If you are the youth minister for your diocese (or the main contact for youth work in your diocese), you are invited to join this conversation. Contact Carmen Piggins for the dates and details.
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Young Adult / Campus Ministry
Date of next meeting:
Aug 18, 1 pm ET / 12 pm CT
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88386235160
(password 5)
Contact: Eric Richey, Province V Campus Min
webpage:
https://www.provincev.org/yacm.html
If this is your ministry area, make sure that you're part of the Google Group!
province-v-yacm@googlegroups.com
This is a new group name, so please update in your address book.
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Episcopal Church webinars and resources
Sign up here to receive a weekly notice of Episcopal Church news.
These online conversations all happen on a regular basis. Click "register here" to get details about the schedule and to sign up to get reminders.
Creation Care Compline, register here
Companions in Mission monthly calls, register here
Vote Faithfully networking calls, register here
Public Witness Weekly Prayers and Networking, register here
Episcopal Public Policy Network, get alerts here
Immigration Briefings, register here
Racial Justice Leadership Circle, register here
Creation Care calls, register here
Office of Government relations, register here
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The Jordan Project
The Jordan Project will ignite new life and innovation into women-led rural and small-town congregations. This project serves the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and warmly welcomes priests from The Episcopal Church. Pastors and leaders from their congregations will explore their congregations’ rapidly changing social and cultural contexts, gain clarity about their values and mission, and draw on Christian theological practices and traditions to adapt their ministry to the demands of their changing contexts. Pastors serving multi-point settings can decide how this project is launched in one or more congregations served. With this knowledge and the skills to engage, pastors and their congregational leaders will be prepared to lead thriving congregations that experience a renewal of anticipatory joy, an ethos of “Why not? Let’s give it a try!” and personal, communal, and public witness to the love of God found in Jesus that will thrill the heart again.
More information and registration. Registration is open until June 1
A companion program is also available for all genders: The Moses Project
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Recovery Ministries 2026 Retreat
“Seeking Through Prayer and Meditation”
July 15-17, 2026
St. Francis Retreat Center in San Juan Bautista, California.
Retreat Leaders: Brian Nordwick and Steve Lane
Register here before June 15
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Lunch and Learn with Healthy Congregations
Join us on June 25, 2026 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM Eastern for a “lunch and learn” opportunity to connect, support, and strengthen a network of faith leaders to develop a robust exchange of ideas based in systems thinking.
Rev. Dr. Carol Jeunnette will present "Overfunctioning? Who, Me? Maybe, but..." exploring some challenging and potentially uncomfortable questions around overfunctioning - in family, ministry and life.
Learn more and register on the Healthy Congregations website.
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Wool School
July 10-12, 2026
Have you ever wondered how a sheep's fleece becomes yarn? Join us at Wool School to find out! Over the course of a weekend, expert craftspeople will teach you each step in the process: skirting, washing, teasing, carding, dyeing, spinning, and needle felting. Plus, meet our sheep on the farm and explore how sustainable fiber production contributes to a healthy ecosystem. Come with curiosity and leave with new skills, new friends, and new hobbies! This is a retreat that offers programming, lodging, and meals.
Information and Registration
Iconography Retreat
December 8-13, 2026
We are thrilled to invite you to join us at Bellwether Farm for an Iconography Retreat.
The art of making icons. An iconographer who aspires to make a theological statement may be said to “write” an icon. The term also refers to the whole history and tradition of the Christian use of icons. A number of conventions of iconography have been maintained, such as the frontal position, inverse perspective, and elongated and somber features. This is the style of iconography defended by the Seventh Ecumenical Council of 787. The term also refers to the entire planned scheme of pictorial representations in a church building. In this sense, it is possible to consider the iconography of a cathedral or a great chapel. (https://www.episcopalchurch.org/glossary/iconography/)
Led by Iconographer, Catherine Harrison and The Rev. Meghan Carlson of St James Episcopal Church in Wooster Ohio. Their pictures and bios.
Information and Registration
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Camp Chickagami
Presque Isle, Michigan
Retreat opportunities for adults - registration information
Finding Your Peace: Spiritual Practices for Peacemaking
Friday, July 17 - Sunday, July 19
Tiered pricing beginning at $380. Scholarships available.
The world is loud. The news is heavy. And most of us are moving too fast to find our footing. A weekend retreat led by Bishop Anne Hodges-Copple, rooted in Scripture and the deep wells of the Christian tradition. We'll explore what it means to cultivate peace — not as an escape from the world, but as the thing that steadies us inside it. To find it. To practice it. To become channels of it.
Contemplative Fiber Arts Retreat
Friday, September 25 - Sunday, September 27
Tiered pricing beginning at $300. Scholarships available.
Imagine spending a weekend working on a fiber project you love—knitting, weaving, embroidery, felting, whatever calls to you—surrounded by people doing the same. No judgment. No performance. Just hands working, minds quieting, and souls settling into something deeper.
Retreat in the Colors: a silent fall retreat
Friday, October 2 - Sunday, October 4
Tiered pricing beginning at $300. Scholarships available.
This is a silent retreat. Not silent like a library—silent like a sanctuary. A place where you step away from constant noise and return to your own voice.
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Soul Shop™ Training for trainers (Ohio residents)
Various Dates - Summer 2026
This suicide prevention training for faith and community leaders is a 4-day training over 5 days, going from 6:00 pm on day one to 1:00 pm on day five (it either runs from Sunday - Thursday or from Monday - Friday).
More information and registration
If you have questions, please contact Michelle Snyder at Michelle@SoulShopMovement.org
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Summertime Monk Opportunity
Their website or a flyer with more details.
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Wear Orange Sunday:
Gun Violence Prevention Resources
Sunday, June 7, 2026
Gun violence touches every community, every family, and every person of faith. Wear Orange Sunday is a national day of remembrance and resolve, observed each year around the anniversary of the shooting death of Nijaih Pendleton. Wearing orange on this day is a simple, visible act of solidarity. The prayers gathered here go deeper, inviting the whole community to name the grief, hold the hope, and recommit to the work of peace. (Source: Diocese of Missouri).
Check with your diocese about resources they might have.
Wear Orange Resource and Commemoration Liturgy from the Diocese of Missouri
End Gun Violence Michigan
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Church Periodical Club -
Grants for 2026
National Book Fund Grants are seeking your contribution! St. Aiden's, Ann Arbor, MI is a sponsor for St. Mark's, Nigeria and is asking for $3,000.
Ministry is strengthened when we work together. Now more than ever access to written materials is needed.
Your donation may be sent directly to:
CPC 320 3rd Ave #903 Sioux Fall SD
Details about this ministry
Books for congregation of 4000: Dr. Stephen C. Uche of Ypsilanti, Michigan, is applying for a book grant on behalf of the members of St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Umunachi Obowu in Imo State of Nigeria. The Church is Igbo Language-based, and Services are conducted in Igbo. All the adult members only read in Igbo language but cannot afford the books, especially Igbo Bibles and hymns.
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Deacon Formation Grants / Financial Assistance
A Meaningful Way to Help Episcopal Deacons
The Fund for the Diaconate provides financial assistance to deacons who have insufficient funds for their needs. Donations and planned gifts to The Fund enable grants that provide assistance to these deacon leaders.
https://www.fundfordiaconate.org
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What does your congregation know about your endowment?
For many churches, the annual meeting may be the only time the congregation hears about the endowment at all. People may know the fund exists, but not how it supports ministry, what it helps sustain, or why it matters to your church’s future.
When members understand the role the endowment plays in the life of your church, they are often more engaged in the conversations and decisions surrounding it, and more likely to give to it.
ECF’s Endowment Management team can help you think through how you communicate about your endowment and connect it to the life of your congregation.
Contact us at endowment@ecf.org to learn how we can help.
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AAM: Endowment Fund Grants
Do you have a project we can support? The Endowment Fund of the Association of Anglican Musicians has a grant program providing financial assistance for projects or programs supporting our mission: to “elevate, stimulate, and support music and the allied arts in the liturgy of the Episcopal Church and throughout the Anglican Communion.” Find out more and apply by September 1 at: https://www.anglicanmusicians.org/grants
| | A growing list of podcasts provide resources for devotion and contemplation in the Episcopal tradition. Here are a few. | |
In the Books, Bible, Beer and Queer podcast, Joyce covers a wide variety of topics with her guests, and manages to find the faith connections woven into each story.
More Info
Camp Ahead
Exploring the futurology of the summer camp industry. This information can be useful to you as your consider the future of your organization, regardless of industry.
More Info
Prophetic Voices
Hosted by the Rev. Isaiah “Shaneequa” Brokenleg, The Episcopal Church’s interim officer for Indigenous Ministries.
More Info
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The Listening Post’ podcast: ‘Walking through grief’
This three-part podcast series from TEC’s Armed Forces and Federal Ministries Office explores challenging realities faced by service members,
More Info
Good News and Gratitude
A New Podcast from the United Thank Offering
More Info
All Things . . . Episcopal
Diocese of West Missouri
More Info
Faith To Go Podcast
A Weekly, On The Go Resource for Parents and Non-Parents Alike
More Info
SpadeSpoonSoul
With Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows and author Jerusalem Greer
More Info
ChurchNext Podcast
Join Richelle Thompson and Chris Yaw as they dive deeper into the latest offerings from this digital formation ministry.
More Info
The Moonshine Jesus Show
Progressive Christian perspectives on sci-fi movies and shows with an emphasis on theology and politics.
More Info
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For People
With Bishop Rob Wright
More Info
Sermons that Work
Free sermons, Bible studies, bulletin inserts, and other resources that speak to congregations across the Church.
More Info
The TryTank Podcast
More Info
Forward Movement Podcasts
Forward Day by Day; A Morning at the Office; Daily Prayer; An Evening at Prayer; Compline; Scripture Day by Day
More Info
The Priesthood of All Queer Believers
Church of the Redeemer Cincinnati
More Info
Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana
Join Bishop Shannon Duckworth and others to expore questions of spirituality today
More Info
Love Your Neighbor with Sean Rowe
Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe discusses how denominations can empower local congregations for works of love and justice.
More Info
| | Province V Executive Board | | |
Do you have questions about Province V? Would you like to be more involved in planning the events that are offered at the provincial level? The Executive Board of the Province meets monthly on fourth Tuesdays at 3 pm ET / 2 pm CT via zoom.
Contact your diocesan representative to the Executive Board:
Mr. Rick Stanitis, Northern Michigan, President
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Bonnie Perry, Michigan, Vice President
The Rev. Garron Daniels, Springfield, Secretary
Ms. Rebecca Elfring-Roberts, Chicago, Treasurer
Canon Crystal Plummer, Executive Council Representative
The Rev. M.E. Eccles, Executive Council Representative
[vacant], Chicago
Dr. Elizabeth Jordan, Great Lakes
Ms. Lesley MacKellar, Indianapolis
Mr. Luke Thompson, Michigan
Ms. Betty Bowersox, Missouri
The Rev. Dr. Terri Bays, Northern Indiana
Ms. Katie Chipman-Bergsma, Northern Michigan
The Rev. Rachel Harrison, Ohio
Mr. Edward Lasseigne, Southern Ohio
Ms. Carol McCrary, Springfield
The Rev. Marlene Hogue, Wisconsin
Province V Staff:
Heather Barta, Province V Coordinator
Eric Richey, Campus Ministry Developer
Steve Welch, Communications Director
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