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November 2020

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In “Part Two” of our two-part series we spoke with faith leaders and change-makers about how we listen, learn and move forward in the face of deep national divisions. If
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In “Part Two” of our two-part series we spoke with faith leaders and change-makers about how we listen, learn and move forward in the face of deep national divisions. If dualistic “us-vs-them” thinking is a part of American democracy, we discussed how wisdom traditions and religious practices help expand our imaginations beyond binaries. On November 19, 2020 the Rev. Dr. Katie Givens Kime, Director of Religion and Civic Engagement at Odyssey Impact led a panel including special guest panelists from The On Being Project and Religion News Service who shared their candid experiences, diverse perspectives and insights on how to move toward courage, honesty, and hope.
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(Thursday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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October 2020

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In a year when political extremism is compounded by concurrent pandemics, how are faith leaders uniquely positioned to help heal and convene healthy dialogue? Many faith leaders face difficult choices
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In a year when political extremism is compounded by concurrent pandemics, how are faith leaders uniquely positioned to help heal and convene healthy dialogue? Many faith leaders face difficult choices about how to provide leadership and care amidst severe political polarization, often within their own communities. Faith communities may be among the few public spaces where Americans of diverse political and cultural viewpoints can meaningfully dialogue and be in relationship. Join us as we gather faith leaders to share their candid experiences and diverse perspectives on how to provide hope and healing amidst vitriol and even violence.
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(Thursday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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September 2020
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For chaplains and faith leaders, the mental health of teens and young adults is aspiritual care issue made more urgent by the compounded chronic stress of 2020. With rising rates
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For chaplains and faith leaders, the mental health of teens and young adults is aspiritual care issue made more urgent by the compounded chronic stress of 2020. With rising rates of suicide and mental health crises among our young people, what particular care strategies should every chaplain and every congregational leader know? Join us for a conversation with a panel of expert practitioners as we explore together how we end the shame, stigma and silence surrounding severe mental health crises,attending also to the ways particular communities bear these burdens disproportionately.
Time
(Wednesday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Organizer
Odyssey Impact, Interfaith Network on Mental Illness & Chaplaincy Innovation Lab
July 2020

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In this moment of social uprising and the compounding crises related to the global pandemic, many clergy and lay leaders are experiencing a pull to use pastoral skills in service
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In this moment of social uprising and the compounding crises related to the global pandemic, many clergy and lay leaders are experiencing a pull to use pastoral skills in service to the wave of social change and constantly shifting needs. Movement Chaplaincy, the work of spiritual accompaniment to justice movements and their leaders, is an emerging vocation that brings care, healing, and resilience-building to our struggles for justice. Join us for a conversation on how spiritual leaders can show up in this movement moment in supportive, healing, justice-centered ways of accompaniment such as the emerging vocation of movement chaplaincy and beyond.
Time
(Wednesday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Organizer
Odyssey Impact, Faith Matters Network & Chaplaincy Innovation Lab
June 2020
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(Wednesday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Odyssey Impact, Day1.org, Alban at Duke Divinity School & Center for Excellence in Preaching
May 2020
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Spiritual Care Providers working within correctional facilities across multiple faith identities face many challenges every day. But now, in pandemic conditions, the complexities have multiplied: grief needs, religious accommodations, increased
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Spiritual Care Providers working within correctional facilities across multiple faith identities face many challenges every day. But now, in pandemic conditions, the complexities have multiplied: grief needs, religious accommodations, increased stress and trauma on both those who are incarcerated and staff, and overall strain on already scant resources. Join us for a critical conversation with chaplain colleagues who are working in various correctional contexts, including men’s and women’s, private/federal/state/county, juvenile/adult facilities. How are they providing care and hope during COVID-19?
Panelists
Rev. Ulli Klemm
Religious Services Administrator Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections,
PA
Dr. Rachelle Green
Fordham University,
NY
Rabbi Dr. Shaul Marshall Praver
Cheshire Correctional Institute,
CT
Rev. Lillian Hines
Northern State Prison,
NJ
Chaplain Zeynab Abdullayeva
Albion Correctional Facility,
NY
Time
(Wednesday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Organizer
Odyssey Impact, Chaplaincy Innovation Lab & Ending Mass Incarceration
April 2020

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CAs the social impact campaign for The Rape of Recy Taylor comes to a close, and in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Odyssey Impact and the NAACP Youth &
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CAs the social impact campaign for The Rape of Recy Taylor comes to a close, and in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Odyssey Impact and the NAACP Youth & College Division invite you to join a live town hall conversation on the legacy of Recy Taylor, the disproportionate discrimination faced by survivors of color, and why it is important to be a vocal ally against racism and sexual assault.
The Rape of Recy Taylor highlights the legacy of physical abuse inflicted upon Black women by examining the story of Recy Taylor who, in 1944, bravely identified her White rapists in racially segregated Alabama. Since 2018, the film has educated the public about sexual violence against women and the historical trauma faced by Black women in the Jim Crow South. Please join Odyssey Impact and the NAACP Youth & College Division for a live town hall conversation to celebrate the conclusion of the social impact campaign for The Rape of Recy Taylor documentary film.
Panelists
Jewel Cadet,
Director of Programs,
The Center for Anti-Violence Education
Nancy Buirski,
Director,
The Rape of Recy Taylor
Precious Freeman,
Executive Director,
The G. W. Carver Interpretive Museum
Reverend Jacqueline Lewis, PhD,
Senior Minister for Public Theology and Transformation,
Middle Collegiate Church
Frank Walker,
Youth Council Advisor for the NAACP Collier County in Naples, FL
Florida SouthWestern State College
Jane Manning,
Director,
Women’s Equal Justice Project
Moderators
Melissa C. Potter,
Head of Social Impact and Communications,
Odyssey Impact
Kyra Mitchell,
Eastern Michigan University,
Chair of the NAACP National Youth Work Committee
Time
(Thursday) 2:00 pm - 11:50 pm EST
Organizer
Odyssey Impact & NAACP Youth & College
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Co-presented by Odyssey Impact and Ending Mass Incarceration Join us for a live town hall conversation on the challenges of life post-incarceration, the importance of communal support for the formerly incarcerated,
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Co-presented by Odyssey Impact and Ending Mass Incarceration
Join us for a live town hall conversation on the challenges of life post-incarceration, the importance of communal support for the formerly incarcerated, and the power of second chances.
Milwaukee 53206, chronicles the harsh reality of those living in the ZIP code, 53206, that incarcerates the highest proportion of African American men, up to 62%. The documentary features stories of affected individuals and families, which highlight the need for greater support for those who have been recently released from incarceration and seeking to reintegrate into their communities.
We encourage ALL faith leaders, in any context, to join us!
Panelists
Brittany White,
Live Free Decarceration Campaign Manager,
Faith in Action
Chad Sean Alexander,
Featured in Milwaukee 53206,
Owner of Plethora World,
Milwaukee, WI
Craig DeRoche,
Senior Vice President,
Advocacy & Public Policy, Prison Fellowship, VA
Moderators
Melissa C. Potter,
Head of Social Impact and Communications,
Odyssey Impact
Rev. John Vaughn Executive Pastor,
Ebenezer Baptist Church,
Atlanta, GA
Time
(Wednesday) 2:00 pm - 11:50 pm EST
Organizer
Odyssey Impact and Ending Mass Incarceration
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Co-presented by Odyssey Impact, Faith Trust Institute and ACPE Odyssey Impact, Faith Trust Institute and ACPE are convening a live town hall conversation examining how COVID-19’s stay-at-home orders are impacting the
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Co-presented by Odyssey Impact, Faith Trust Institute and ACPE
Odyssey Impact, Faith Trust Institute and ACPE are convening a live town hall conversation examining how COVID-19’s stay-at-home orders are impacting the psychological and spiritual isolation of people experiencing, or at risk of experiencing intimate partner violence, and how both chaplains and congregational leaders can help.
We encourage ALL faith leaders, in any context, to join us!
Panelists
Rev. Amy Gopp
Sr. Minister, Kent United Church of Christ
President, Faith Trust Institute
Rev. Tawana Davis
Co-Founder
Soul 2 Soul Sisters
Imam Mohamed Magid
Executive Imam
All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) Center
Cortney Fisher, JD, PhD
Deputy Director
Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse (JCADA)
Fr. Charles W. Dahm, O.P.
Archdiocesan Director
Domestic Violence Outreach
Associate Pastor
St. Pius V parish in Chicago
Time
(Monday) 2:00 pm - 11:50 pm EST
Organizer
Odyssey Impact, Faith Trust Institute and ACPE
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Co-presented by Odyssey Impact, Macedonian Ministry and Institute for Collective Trauma and Growth For faith leaders, no disaster exactly parallels the COVID-19 pandemic. However, what about other crises and communal traumas weathered
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Co-presented by Odyssey Impact, Macedonian Ministry
and Institute for Collective Trauma and Growth
For faith leaders, no disaster exactly parallels the COVID-19 pandemic. However, what about other crises and communal traumas weathered by congregations and those who lead them? Join us for a live town hall conversation with colleagues and experts who’ve led congregations in through both human-caused and natural disasters, and what pastoral care and leadership wisdom those experiences provide us now.
We encourage ALL faith leaders, in any context, to join us!
Panelists
Rev. Matt Crebbin,
Senior Pastor,
Newtown Congregational Church,
Newtown CT
Rev. Dr. Storm Swain
Assoc. Prof. of Pastoral Care & Theology,
United Lutheran Seminary
author of Trauma and Transformation at Ground Zero: A Pastoral Theology
Rev. Tyshawn Gardner,
Pastor,
Plum Grove Baptist Church,
Tuscaloosa AL
Moderators
Rev. Dr. Katie Givens Kime,
Director of Religion and Civic Engagement,
Odyssey Impact
Rev. Mark Ramsey,
Executive Director,
Macedonian Ministry
Time
(Wednesday) 2:00 pm - 11:50 pm EST
Organizer
Odyssey Impact, Macedonian Ministry and Institute for Collective Trauma and Growth
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All faith leaders are invited for a candid conversation with leading chaplains and pastoral theologians about the particular challenges facing those who provide spiritual care in health care settings. Join
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All faith leaders are invited for a candid conversation with leading chaplains and pastoral theologians about the particular challenges facing those who provide spiritual care in health care settings. Join our first Live Town Hall as we discuss solutions for moral dilemmas facing spiritual caregivers: when “do no harm” is threatened by a chaplain’s bodily presence, and when acute moral stress is caused by denials of care and other pandemic dynamics. What unique value does spiritual care have in the COVID-19 pandemic?
We encourage ALL faith leaders, in any context, to join us!
Panelists
Stephanie Crumpton, Associate Professor of Practical Theology
McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL
Carrie Doehring, Clifford Baldridge Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling
Iliff School of Theology Denver, CO
Zachary Moon, Assistant Professor of Practical Theology
Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago IL
Michael Shochet, Senior Clergy
Temple Rodef Shalom, Falls Church, VA
Moderators
Michael Skaggs, Chaplaincy Innovation Lab
Katie Givens Kime, Odyssey Impact
Time
(Monday) 12:00 pm - 11:50 pm EST
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Live Town Hall Events
september 2020
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For chaplains and faith leaders, the mental health of teens and young adults is aspiritual care issue made more urgent by the compounded chronic stress of 2020. With rising rates
Event Details
For chaplains and faith leaders, the mental health of teens and young adults is aspiritual care issue made more urgent by the compounded chronic stress of 2020. With rising rates of suicide and mental health crises among our young people, what particular care strategies should every chaplain and every congregational leader know? Join us for a conversation with a panel of expert practitioners as we explore together how we end the shame, stigma and silence surrounding severe mental health crises,attending also to the ways particular communities bear these burdens disproportionately.
Time
(Wednesday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Organizer
Odyssey Impact, Interfaith Network on Mental Illness & Chaplaincy Innovation Lab
july 2020

Event Details
In this moment of social uprising and the compounding crises related to the global pandemic, many clergy and lay leaders are experiencing a pull to use pastoral skills in service
more
Event Details
In this moment of social uprising and the compounding crises related to the global pandemic, many clergy and lay leaders are experiencing a pull to use pastoral skills in service to the wave of social change and constantly shifting needs. Movement Chaplaincy, the work of spiritual accompaniment to justice movements and their leaders, is an emerging vocation that brings care, healing, and resilience-building to our struggles for justice. Join us for a conversation on how spiritual leaders can show up in this movement moment in supportive, healing, justice-centered ways of accompaniment such as the emerging vocation of movement chaplaincy and beyond.
Time
(Wednesday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Organizer
Odyssey Impact, Faith Matters Network & Chaplaincy Innovation Lab
june 2020
Time
(Wednesday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Organizer
Odyssey Impact, Day1.org, Alban at Duke Divinity School & Center for Excellence in Preaching
may 2020
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Spiritual Care Providers working within correctional facilities across multiple faith identities face many challenges every day. But now, in pandemic conditions, the complexities have multiplied: grief needs, religious accommodations, increased
more
Event Details
Spiritual Care Providers working within correctional facilities across multiple faith identities face many challenges every day. But now, in pandemic conditions, the complexities have multiplied: grief needs, religious accommodations, increased stress and trauma on both those who are incarcerated and staff, and overall strain on already scant resources. Join us for a critical conversation with chaplain colleagues who are working in various correctional contexts, including men’s and women’s, private/federal/state/county, juvenile/adult facilities. How are they providing care and hope during COVID-19?
Panelists
Rev. Ulli Klemm
Religious Services Administrator Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections,
PA
Dr. Rachelle Green
Fordham University,
NY
Rabbi Dr. Shaul Marshall Praver
Cheshire Correctional Institute,
CT
Rev. Lillian Hines
Northern State Prison,
NJ
Chaplain Zeynab Abdullayeva
Albion Correctional Facility,
NY
Time
(Wednesday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Organizer
Odyssey Impact, Chaplaincy Innovation Lab & Ending Mass Incarceration
april 2020

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CAs the social impact campaign for The Rape of Recy Taylor comes to a close, and in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Odyssey Impact and the NAACP Youth &
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CAs the social impact campaign for The Rape of Recy Taylor comes to a close, and in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Odyssey Impact and the NAACP Youth & College Division invite you to join a live town hall conversation on the legacy of Recy Taylor, the disproportionate discrimination faced by survivors of color, and why it is important to be a vocal ally against racism and sexual assault.
The Rape of Recy Taylor highlights the legacy of physical abuse inflicted upon Black women by examining the story of Recy Taylor who, in 1944, bravely identified her White rapists in racially segregated Alabama. Since 2018, the film has educated the public about sexual violence against women and the historical trauma faced by Black women in the Jim Crow South. Please join Odyssey Impact and the NAACP Youth & College Division for a live town hall conversation to celebrate the conclusion of the social impact campaign for The Rape of Recy Taylor documentary film.
Panelists
Jewel Cadet,
Director of Programs,
The Center for Anti-Violence Education
Nancy Buirski,
Director,
The Rape of Recy Taylor
Precious Freeman,
Executive Director,
The G. W. Carver Interpretive Museum
Reverend Jacqueline Lewis, PhD,
Senior Minister for Public Theology and Transformation,
Middle Collegiate Church
Frank Walker,
Youth Council Advisor for the NAACP Collier County in Naples, FL
Florida SouthWestern State College
Jane Manning,
Director,
Women’s Equal Justice Project
Moderators
Melissa C. Potter,
Head of Social Impact and Communications,
Odyssey Impact
Kyra Mitchell,
Eastern Michigan University,
Chair of the NAACP National Youth Work Committee
Time
(Thursday) 2:00 pm - 11:50 pm EST
Organizer
Odyssey Impact & NAACP Youth & College
RECAP
VIEW THIS TOWN HALL
Event Details
Co-presented by Odyssey Impact and Ending Mass Incarceration Join us for a live town hall conversation on the challenges of life post-incarceration, the importance of communal support for the formerly incarcerated,
more
Event Details
Co-presented by Odyssey Impact and Ending Mass Incarceration
Join us for a live town hall conversation on the challenges of life post-incarceration, the importance of communal support for the formerly incarcerated, and the power of second chances.
Milwaukee 53206, chronicles the harsh reality of those living in the ZIP code, 53206, that incarcerates the highest proportion of African American men, up to 62%. The documentary features stories of affected individuals and families, which highlight the need for greater support for those who have been recently released from incarceration and seeking to reintegrate into their communities.
We encourage ALL faith leaders, in any context, to join us!
Panelists
Brittany White,
Live Free Decarceration Campaign Manager,
Faith in Action
Chad Sean Alexander,
Featured in Milwaukee 53206,
Owner of Plethora World,
Milwaukee, WI
Craig DeRoche,
Senior Vice President,
Advocacy & Public Policy, Prison Fellowship, VA
Moderators
Melissa C. Potter,
Head of Social Impact and Communications,
Odyssey Impact
Rev. John Vaughn Executive Pastor,
Ebenezer Baptist Church,
Atlanta, GA
Time
(Wednesday) 2:00 pm - 11:50 pm EST
Organizer
Odyssey Impact and Ending Mass Incarceration
RECAP
VIEW THIS TOWN HALLEvent Details
Co-presented by Odyssey Impact, Faith Trust Institute and ACPE Odyssey Impact, Faith Trust Institute and ACPE are convening a live town hall conversation examining how COVID-19’s stay-at-home orders are impacting the
more
Event Details
Co-presented by Odyssey Impact, Faith Trust Institute and ACPE
Odyssey Impact, Faith Trust Institute and ACPE are convening a live town hall conversation examining how COVID-19’s stay-at-home orders are impacting the psychological and spiritual isolation of people experiencing, or at risk of experiencing intimate partner violence, and how both chaplains and congregational leaders can help.
We encourage ALL faith leaders, in any context, to join us!
Panelists
Rev. Amy Gopp
Sr. Minister, Kent United Church of Christ
President, Faith Trust Institute
Rev. Tawana Davis
Co-Founder
Soul 2 Soul Sisters
Imam Mohamed Magid
Executive Imam
All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) Center
Cortney Fisher, JD, PhD
Deputy Director
Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse (JCADA)
Fr. Charles W. Dahm, O.P.
Archdiocesan Director
Domestic Violence Outreach
Associate Pastor
St. Pius V parish in Chicago
Time
(Monday) 2:00 pm - 11:50 pm EST
Organizer
Odyssey Impact, Faith Trust Institute and ACPE
Event Details
Co-presented by Odyssey Impact, Macedonian Ministry and Institute for Collective Trauma and Growth For faith leaders, no disaster exactly parallels the COVID-19 pandemic. However, what about other crises and communal traumas weathered
more
Event Details
Co-presented by Odyssey Impact, Macedonian Ministry
and Institute for Collective Trauma and Growth
For faith leaders, no disaster exactly parallels the COVID-19 pandemic. However, what about other crises and communal traumas weathered by congregations and those who lead them? Join us for a live town hall conversation with colleagues and experts who’ve led congregations in through both human-caused and natural disasters, and what pastoral care and leadership wisdom those experiences provide us now.
We encourage ALL faith leaders, in any context, to join us!
Panelists
Rev. Matt Crebbin,
Senior Pastor,
Newtown Congregational Church,
Newtown CT
Rev. Dr. Storm Swain
Assoc. Prof. of Pastoral Care & Theology,
United Lutheran Seminary
author of Trauma and Transformation at Ground Zero: A Pastoral Theology
Rev. Tyshawn Gardner,
Pastor,
Plum Grove Baptist Church,
Tuscaloosa AL
Moderators
Rev. Dr. Katie Givens Kime,
Director of Religion and Civic Engagement,
Odyssey Impact
Rev. Mark Ramsey,
Executive Director,
Macedonian Ministry
Time
(Wednesday) 2:00 pm - 11:50 pm EST
Organizer
Odyssey Impact, Macedonian Ministry and Institute for Collective Trauma and Growth
Event Details
All faith leaders are invited for a candid conversation with leading chaplains and pastoral theologians about the particular challenges facing those who provide spiritual care in health care settings. Join
more
Event Details
All faith leaders are invited for a candid conversation with leading chaplains and pastoral theologians about the particular challenges facing those who provide spiritual care in health care settings. Join our first Live Town Hall as we discuss solutions for moral dilemmas facing spiritual caregivers: when “do no harm” is threatened by a chaplain’s bodily presence, and when acute moral stress is caused by denials of care and other pandemic dynamics. What unique value does spiritual care have in the COVID-19 pandemic?
We encourage ALL faith leaders, in any context, to join us!
Panelists
Stephanie Crumpton, Associate Professor of Practical Theology
McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL
Carrie Doehring, Clifford Baldridge Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling
Iliff School of Theology Denver, CO
Zachary Moon, Assistant Professor of Practical Theology
Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago IL
Michael Shochet, Senior Clergy
Temple Rodef Shalom, Falls Church, VA
Moderators
Michael Skaggs, Chaplaincy Innovation Lab
Katie Givens Kime, Odyssey Impact
Time
(Monday) 12:00 pm - 11:50 pm EST
Organizer
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