<div>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Elsa Zavoda</strong><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Date: Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 1:06 PM<br>Subject: Announcement: VLANJ Speaker Series Launch<span style="font-size:12pt">Elsa Zavoda, MS OTR/L, SCLV, CLVT</span><br></div><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_-6208241179115664109WordSection1">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#660066">VLANJ ARISE Speaker Series- "Achieving Resilience, Inspiration, & Self-Empowerment"<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This new speaker series will include a variety of topics to motivate and inspire you to achieve your best self. You will engage with speakers
 who bring a wide perspective in sharing their stories, life experiences, and expertise to achieve a more positive mindset. Topics are inspirational and educational, balancing practical life tasks, to pursuing creative arts and encourage you to move towards
 your personal and professional goals, and a feeling of greater self-empowerment.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are excited to introduce our first guest speaker will be Father James Warnke.  Father Jim will be sharing about breaking the cycle
 of non-productive, circular negative thinking and achieving a more positive and self-empowered mindset in your life. The link to register is below, along with a link to read more about Father Jim. 
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Time:  Sep 29, 2021, at 7:00 PM
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please join us for this uplifting and inspiring event!  This event is free of charge through the generosity of grant funding. 
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To register, please click the link here:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you require any assistance with registering, please contact our Program Director, Linda Groszew at (973) 627-0055, ext. 1312.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#660066"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To learn more about Father James Warnke, please click here to read his bio:
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