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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 7, 2020, at 10:50 AM, Nancy Schess <<a href="mailto:NSchess@kleinzelman.com" class="">NSchess@kleinzelman.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: CourierNewPSMT; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Hello Gotham!<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Continuing on our mission to stay true to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class=""><a href="https://www.gothamnetworking.com/page/gothamreacts" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Gotham's Stand Against Racism</a></i>, please join us on our continuing journey of honest self reflection. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">As we said in our statement, Gotham strives to provide a forum for education, engagement, enlightenment, and greater inclusion.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Our Book Club discussion was so vibrant that we wanted to continue the conversation but have decided to explore a different medium. This time, we are all going to watch<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class=""><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052918/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Imitation of Life (1959)</a></i></span><i class=""><span style="background-color: white;" class="">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><span style="background-color: white;" class="">an award winning film and a study of race, class and gender. (It is available to stream on Amazon.)</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="background-color: white;" class="">We hope that you can join us on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">November 2 from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>for a Zoom conversation moderated by our own Book Club Chair, Julie Klein and longtime Gotham member Melissa Cisco.</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="background-color: white;" class="">Let’s continue to learn together!</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Please RSVP to Steve Scully at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:stephen.scully@racsny.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">stephen.scully@racsny.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and Steve will send you the Zoom link. </span> <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Nancy B. 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