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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Friends and Colleagues: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We editors of publications in technical and professional communication sincerely thank you for your active participation in the two listening sessions we held on anti-racism and inclusion practices in publication
editing and academic publishing. We are sharing with you here our Thank You letter, along with our notes detailing our ongoing commitment to anti-racist and inclusive practices in publication editing and academic publishing:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/17zfFKMYS_bCwtKRx5tjd_zDzXz_hiwtO9_NFIC5q2Ug/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/17zfFKMYS_bCwtKRx5tjd_zDzXz_hiwtO9_NFIC5q2Ug/edit?usp=sharing</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you again for all of your help and support,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Derek G. Ross<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4">Dr. Derek G. Ross<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4">Professor & Director of Graduate Studies, Department of English<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4">Editor, </span><a href="https://sigdoc.acm.org/publication/" title="https://sigdoc.acm.org/publication/"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4">Communication Design Quarterly</span></i></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4">Co-Director, </span><a href="http://cla.auburn.edu/lucia/" title="http://cla.auburn.edu/lucia/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4">Laboratory for Usability, Communication, Interaction,
and Accessibility</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4">9030 Haley Center, Auburn University |334-844-9073 |</span><a href="http://www.derekross.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4">http://www.derekross.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#4472C4"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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