<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-" style="margin-top:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.84px;white-space:pre-wrap">On Monday, December 21, from your own home, yard or neighborhood, join <a href="https://livableclimate.org/" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,141,184);text-decoration-line:none;padding-bottom:0.05em;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(0,141,184,0.3)">Families for a Livable Climate </a>and <a href="https://www.missoulaclimate.org/" target="_blank" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,141,184);text-decoration-line:none;padding-bottom:0.05em;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(0,141,184,0.3)">Climate Smart Missoula</a> for the <strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">“Rekindling Our Commitment to a Brighter Future” Winter Solstice event.</strong></p><p class="gmail-" id="gmail-yui_3_17_2_1_1607951713860_582" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.84px;white-space:pre-wrap">2020 has been a difficult year, with the concurrent crises of COVID-19, racial injustice, economic hardship, and the climate emergency weighing heavily on us all. On the shortest day of the year, let’s join as a community - physically apart, but together - to welcome the return of the light. We can rekindle our commitment to building a brighter future by sharing our <a href="https://livable-climate.squarespace.com/climateresolutions" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,141,184);text-decoration-line:none;padding-bottom:0.05em;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(0,141,184,0.3)"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Climate Resolutions for 2021</strong></a>.  </p><h2 style="font-family:adelle-sans;font-weight:300;font-size:26px;letter-spacing:0.02em;line-height:1.3em;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">How to Participate</h2><ol style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.84px"><li style="list-style-type:none"><p class="gmail-" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;white-space:pre-wrap">- As the sun goes down on Winter Solstice, or any time after dark, gather with your family or housemates and grab a candle, lantern, or luminary. Consider walking with your household, carrying your light, and then gathering on your porch or yard. Share your <a href="https://livable-climate.squarespace.com/climateresolutions" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,141,184);text-decoration-line:none;padding-bottom:0.05em;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(0,141,184,0.3)"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Climate Resolutions for 2021</strong></a> with one another. <strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">What are your hopes for our communities in the year ahead, and how do you want to take action and be part of the solutions?</strong></p></li><li style="list-style-type:none"><p class="gmail-" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">- Take a photo or video of your light display and your group! </strong>Be creative! Send it to us and we’ll compile the images to remind us of the light our community needs now more than ever. We may share on our websites, or in other online media.</p></li><li style="list-style-type:none"><p class="gmail-" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;white-space:pre-wrap">- Submit your <a href="https://livable-climate.squarespace.com/climateresolutions" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,141,184);text-decoration-line:none;padding-bottom:0.05em;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(0,141,184,0.3)"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Climate Resolutions for 2021</strong></a> via our website/email by <span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Wednesday December 23, 2020</strong></span>. We’ll include as many as we can (anonymously) in a special column for the Sustainable Missoula series in the <em style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Missoula Current </em>that will run on January 1st. </p></li></ol>More details: <a href="https://livableclimate.org/events/2020/12/21/rekindling-our-commitment-to-a-brighter-future-winter-solstice-event">https://livableclimate.org/events/2020/12/21/rekindling-our-commitment-to-a-brighter-future-winter-solstice-event</a></div>