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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">FOR: IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<h1><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">FROM: YWCA MISSOULA<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CONTACT: Ari Laurel, alaurel@ywcaofmissoula.org (543-6691)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<h2 style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase">SUBJECT:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">“YWTalk: Voting Rights and Discrimination in Montana”</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="color:black">MISSOULA</span></i><span lang="EN" style="color:black"> – As the election season creeps closer to November, YWCA Missoula wants to make sure every voter has a voice. Our Spring YWTalks series continues at the YWCA with
Jim Taylor who is the Legal Director for the ACLU in Montana. Jim will speak at the YWCA about voting rights litigation as it affects Native Americans in Montana. You can stop by and learn about what the ALCU does to advocate for voters, learn what you can
do, and even register to vote at the registration box in the front of the office.
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<span lang="EN" style="color:black">Jim Taylor has worked as a criminal defense lawyer as well as the Managing Attorney of the Tribal Defenders for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. He has also taught as a Visiting Clinical Supervisor at the University
of Montana School of Law. In 2007, he accepted a position with the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at the University of Montana, and lived in China from 2008-2010 working on criminal justice reform.
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color:black"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/510281942506492/">Facebook event link.</a> Join us, Wednesday, May 18. The talk will begin promptly at 4PM at the YWCA Center room at 1130 W. Broadway St., and will be recorded
by Missoula Community Access Television. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;vertical-align:baseline"><i><span lang="EN" style="color:black">Founded in 1911, YWCA Missoula is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Learn
more at <a href="http://www.ywcaofmissoula.org/">www.ywcaofmissoula.org</a>. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Ari Laurel</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt">
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<b><span style="color:#FF6633">YWCA Missoula</span></b><br>
1130 W. Broadway<br>
Missoula, MT 59801<b><span style="color:#FF6633"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#FF6633">T:</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt"> 406-543-6691 <br>
<b><span style="color:#FF6633">F:</span></b> 406-543-6777 <br>
<b><span style="color:#FF6633">E:</span></b> <a href="mailto:EMAIL@YWDOMAIN.ORG"><span style="color:#FF6633">alaurel@ywcaofmissoula.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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