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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Here is an announcement that you may wish to share with your communities:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Happy Friday, students! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">BITS, Blind Information Technology Solutions, is offering a GitHub workshop for accessible development. Learn more about the workshop at
<span class="elementtoproof"><a href="https://bits-acb.github.io/git-going-with-github/">https://bits-acb.github.io/git-going-with-github/</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Questions? Reach out to Jeff Bishop at
<a href="mailto:jeffbis@arizona.edu">jeffbis@arizona.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="elementtoproof"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">What Is This?</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">?<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">This is a two-day, hands-on workshop where blind and low vision participants learn to navigate, contribute to, and build real open
source projects on GitHub - using a screen reader, a keyboard, and nothing else.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">?<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">No mouse. No sighted assistance. No pretending.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">?<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">By the end of Day 2, your name will be in the commit history of a live, public open source project. Not a sandbox. Not a simulation.
The real thing.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">?<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">This workshop exists because open source software powers the world - and the people who use assistive technology every day deserve
to be the ones shaping it. Not just filing complaints. Building. Reviewing. Shipping.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="elementtoproof"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Who Should Attend?</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">This workshop is designed for:</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="elementtoproof"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Blind and low vision individuals</span></b></span><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> who want to learn GitHub and open source contribution</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-top:3.0pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span class="elementtoproof"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Screen reader users</span></b></span><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> (</span></span><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0969DA"><a href="https://www.nvaccess.org/download/"><span style="color:#0969DA">NVDA</span></a></span></span><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">,
</span></span><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0969DA"><a href="https://www.freedomscientific.com/products/software/jaws/"><span style="color:#0969DA">JAWS</span></a></span></span><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">,
or </span></span><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0969DA"><a href="https://support.apple.com/guide/voiceover/welcome/mac"><span style="color:#0969DA">VoiceOver</span></a></span></span><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">)
at any skill level</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-top:3.0pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span class="elementtoproof"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">People who have never used GitHub before</span></b></span><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> - no prior experience required</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-top:3.0pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span class="elementtoproof"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Developers who use assistive technology</span></b></span><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> and want to sharpen their open source workflow</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-top:3.0pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span class="elementtoproof"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Anyone curious about accessible development</span></b></span><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> - sighted participants are welcome; all content is fully keyboard-navigable</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">You do
<b>not</b> need to know how to write code. Seriously. Documentation improvements, accessibility bug reports, issue filing, and code reviews are all real, valued contributions. Some of the most impactful open source work never touches a line of code.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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